Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) - Hybrid | Jersey City

Job Description

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Hybrid | Jersey City, NJ

The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.

Hybrid Outpatient Psychiatry | Jersey City + Telehealth | Full-Time

Aurora Wellness is seeking a full-time Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our growing outpatient psychiatry team.

This is a hybrid role combining outpatient psychiatric medication management and telepsychiatry with two designated in-person clinic days per week at our Jersey City location. Clinicians also have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience within our growing interventional psychiatry program, including Spravato (esketamine) treatment.

Position Snapshot

• Location: Hybrid — Jersey City, NJ + Telehealth
  
• Employment: Full-Time
  
• Specialty: Adult Outpatient Psychiatry
  
• Clinical Focus: Psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychopharmacology, and longitudinal psychiatric care
  
• In-Person: 2 designated clinic days per week in Jersey City
  
• Remaining Schedule: Primarily telehealth outpatient psychiatry
  
• Full-Time Availability: Minimum 40 hours of clinical availability per week, inclusive of in-person clinic days
  
• Compensation: Guaranteed minimum compensation + productivity-based earning potential
  
• Patient Growth: Aurora actively supports patient acquisition and panel development
  
• Call: None
  
• Practice Model: Insurance-based outpatient psychiatry
  
• Administrative Support: Credentialing, billing, scheduling, prior authorizations, insurance verification, and patient communications handled by Aurora
  

Compensation & Earning Potential

Aurora offers a guaranteed minimum compensation structure with additional productivity-based earning potential as your patient panel and clinical volume grow.

Full-time clinicians receive a guaranteed monthly minimum, providing predictable income and financial stability while their outpatient patient panel develops.

As clinical volume grows, compensation transitions to a productivity-based model once productivity earnings exceed the guaranteed minimum.

This structure provides:

• Predictable minimum compensation
  
• Productivity-based upside
  
• Compensation that scales with completed clinical volume
  
• Aurora-supported patient acquisition and panel growth
  
• No need to build or market a private practice
  

Actual compensation details and productivity rates will be discussed during the interview process.

Why Join Aurora?

Growing Patient Demand

Aurora continues to experience growing demand for outpatient psychiatric care.

Our goal is to help clinicians develop productive, sustainable patient panels. While appointment volume depends on provider availability and patient demand, Aurora continually invests in patient acquisition, referral relationships, and operational infrastructure designed to support provider schedules.

Clinicians who maintain broader and more consistent availability have greater opportunity to develop high-volume outpatient schedules and benefit from the productivity-based compensation model.

No Practice Building Required

You should be able to focus on being a psychiatric clinician—not running a business.

Aurora provides the infrastructure behind your outpatient practice. You will not be responsible for building your own referral network, marketing yourself, negotiating insurance contracts, independently managing payer credentialing, billing and collections, scheduling, routine prior authorizations, or routine patient communications.

Comprehensive Administrative Support

Our dedicated operations team manages:

• Provider credentialing and payer enrollment
  
• Insurance verification
  
• Prior authorizations
  
• Patient intake and scheduling
  
• Patient communications and appointment reminders
  
• Billing and revenue cycle management
  
• Claims management and administrative coordination
  

Aurora participates with major commercial insurance plans, including Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and other commercial and regional payers.

Your Clinical Practice

This is first and foremost an outpatient psychiatry position

Your clinical practice will include:

• Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations
  
• Psychiatric diagnostic assessments
  
• Adult outpatient medication management
  
• Evidence-based psychopharmacology
  
• Individualized treatment planning
  
• Medication initiation, adjustment, monitoring, and optimization
  
• Longitudinal psychiatric care
  
• Patient education
  
• Coordination with therapists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals
  
• Interventional psychiatry exposure
  

Hybrid Schedule

Two designated days each week will be spent at Aurora's Jersey City treatment center. Clinic days may include extended operating hours based on clinic scheduling and patient demand.

The remainder of your clinical availability will primarily consist of outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication-management appointments conducted remotely through telepsychiatry.

Full-time clinicians are expected to maintain a minimum of 40 hours of clinical availability each week, inclusive of in-person clinic days.

Interventional Psychiatry

One of the distinguishing features of this position is the opportunity to participate in Aurora's growing interventional psychiatry program.

At our Jersey City treatment center, clinicians work with patients receiving Spravato (esketamine) treatment and collaborate closely with our psychiatric and clinical teams.

Responsibilities may include:

• Supporting clinical evaluation of patients being considered for interventional treatment
  
• Providing appropriate clinical monitoring during treatment
  
• Assessing response and tolerability
  
• Monitoring clinical status and vital signs as appropriate
  
• Identifying and responding to changes in clinical status
  
• Patient education
  
• Clinical documentation
  
• Coordinating interventional treatment with longitudinal psychiatric care
  

Prior Spravato experience is not required . PMHNPs with strong outpatient psychiatric experience and an interest in developing interventional psychiatry expertise are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations via telehealth and in person
  
• Diagnose and treat adult outpatient psychiatric conditions
  
• Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans
  
• Provide ongoing psychiatric medication management
  
• Apply current psychopharmacology principles and clinical best practices
  
• Monitor medication efficacy, tolerability, adherence, and adverse effects
  
• Educate patients regarding diagnoses, medications, risks, benefits, and treatment options
  
• Develop longitudinal therapeutic relationships with patients
  
• Recognize changes in clinical acuity and facilitate appropriate escalation of care
  
• Coordinate care with therapists, primary care providers, specialists, and other behavioral health professionals when appropriate
  
• Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation
  
• Maintain compliance with applicable clinical, payer, regulatory, and professional standards
  

Patient Population

The PMHNP will primarily evaluate and treat adults with common outpatient psychiatric conditions, including:

• Major Depressive Disorder
  
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  
• ADHD
  
• Panic and anxiety disorders
  
• Bipolar Disorder
  
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  
• PTSD and trauma-related disorders
  
• Insomnia
  
• Adjustment disorders
  
• Treatment-resistant depression
  
• Other appropriate outpatient psychiatric conditions
  

Requirements

• Master's or Doctoral degree in Nursing from an accredited program
  
• Graduate of an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program
  
• Current PMHNP-BC certification through the ANCC
  
• Active and unrestricted New Jersey Advanced Practice Nurse license, or ability to obtain required licensure prior to start
  
• Current RN licensure as required by New Jersey
  
• Active DEA registration or ability to obtain prior to providing applicable clinical services
  
• Ability to obtain required controlled-substance registrations
  
• Ability to meet commercial payer credentialing requirements
  
• Strong knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and psychopharmacology
  
• Excellent clinical judgment and communication skills
  
• Ability to practice both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary behavioral health team
  
• Ability to work two designated in-person clinic days each week in Jersey City
  
• Ability to maintain at least 40 hours of clinical availability per week
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous outpatient psychiatry experience
  
• Psychiatric medication-management experience
  
• Experience treating adult behavioral health populations
  
• Telepsychiatry experience
  
• Experience with commercial insurance
  
• Familiarity with electronic health records and payer documentation requirements
  
• Experience treating mood and anxiety disorders
  
• Experience treating treatment-resistant depression
  
• Experience or interest in Spravato, ketamine therapy, TMS, or other interventional psychiatry modalities
  

Professional Growth

Aurora is expanding its outpatient and interventional psychiatry programs, creating opportunities for clinicians who want to grow with the organization.

Future opportunities may include expanded clinical responsibilities, interventional psychiatry specialization, new treatment programs, mentorship, quality improvement, and clinical leadership.

About Aurora Wellness

Aurora Wellness is a physician-led behavioral health organization focused on expanding access to high-quality, insurance-based psychiatric care.

Our mission is to make exceptional mental healthcare more accessible while creating an environment where clinicians have the resources and support necessary to do their best work.

We combine outpatient psychiatry, telepsychiatry, and interventional treatment with the operational infrastructure necessary to deliver accessible, coordinated behavioral healthcare.

We believe clinicians should spend their time treating patients—not navigating unnecessary administrative complexity.

If you're a PMHNP looking for a role that combines outpatient psychiatry, telehealth flexibility, in-person patient relationships, productivity-based earning potential, and exposure to interventional psychiatry , we'd love to meet you.

Aurora Wellness is an Equal Opportunity Employer. xhyhwjd

Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.