Nurse Practitioner (Psychiatry)

Location: Oregon, IL | DeKalb, IL | Sterling, IL | Rockford, IL

The Role

This is a clinical position designed for a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who wants to practice at the top of their training in a supportive, collaborative environment.

You will:

• Co-manage a defined panel of adult and geriatric behavioral health patients
• Provide outpatient psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and follow-up visits
• Conduct rounds in Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) settings
• Participate in behavioral health care coordination alongside the physician and interdisciplinary care team
• Perform post-hospital / post-SNF psychiatric follow-up visits
• Manage depression, anxiety, dementia-related behavioral concerns, mood disorders, psychosis, and other complex psychiatric conditions
• Engage in medication reconciliation, goals-of-care discussions, crisis intervention, and comprehensive behavioral health treatment planning
• Collaborate with facility staff, families, therapists, social workers, and interdisciplinary teams
• Travel between Oregon, IL, DeKalb, IL, Sterling, IL, Rockford, IL, and surrounding service areas as part of regular patient care responsibilities

You will be integrated into the physician's practice - not functioning independently without support.

What Makes This Role Unique

Direct Mentorship

You will work closely with an experienced physician who values teaching, collaboration, and case discussion. Expect active support, real-time feedback, and meaningful clinical development.

True Continuity Model

Unlike siloed roles, you will see patients:

• In outpatient clinic settings
• In assisted/independent living communities
• In skilled nursing facilities
• After psychiatric hospitalization or post-acute care transitions

This provides rare exposure to the full continuum of psychiatric and geriatric behavioral health care.

Complex Behavioral Health Medicine

You will help manage:

• Depression and anxiety
• Dementia-related behaviors
• Polypharmacy and psychotropic medication management
• Mood disorders
• Psychosis
• Substance use concerns
• Advanced care planning
• High-utilizer and medically complex patients

If you enjoy thoughtful, relationship-based psychiatric care, this is for you.

For those interested, a long-term leadership trajectory may include involvement in behavioral health program development, clinic management, clinical operations strategy, interdisciplinary team leadership, and service line expansion-allowing you to grow not just as a clinician, but as a clinical leader.

Ideal Candidate

• Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) preferred
• FNP or AGNP with strong psychiatric experience may be considered
• Interest in geriatric psychiatry and behavioral health preferred
• Comfortable practicing across multiple care settings
• Strong communicator with patients, families, and facility staff
• Detail-oriented and thoughtful clinician
• Values mentorship and team-based practice
• New graduates with strong psychiatric clinical rotations may be considered

Schedule & Structure

• Full-time
• Mix of clinic days and facility rounding days
• Predictable schedule structure
• Travel required between patient care locations throughout Oregon, IL, DeKalb, IL, Sterling, IL, Rockford, IL, and surrounding service areas within the assigned regional coverage area

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on productivity with high earning potential
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending account (HSA)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Referral program
• Apple iPad provided
• Malpractice insurance coverage
• $2,000 allowance for CME courses

Why This Role Matters

Mental health care is essential-especially for older adults navigating complex medical, cognitive, and emotional challenges. This position offers the opportunity to build meaningful patient relationships while delivering thoughtful, high-quality psychiatric care across multiple settings.

If you want to make a lasting impact in behavioral health and geriatric psychiatry, we would love to meet you.

At Community Physicians, we are a dedicated, multi-specialty medical group focused on providing exceptional, relationship-based care to older adults in skilled nursing and post-acute settings. Our mission is to improve health outcomes, enhance care transitions, and preserve the dignity of every patient we serve.

Why You Should Join Us?

1. Purpose-Driven Work:
You will play a vital role in caring for medically complex older adults during their most vulnerable health transitions. Your expertise will directly impact patient outcomes, reduce hospital readmissions, and improve quality of life.

2. Collaborative and Supportive Environment:
We believe in the power of partnership. You'll work closely with facility staff, families, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure seamless, compassionate, and coordinated care.

3. Clinical Excellence and Innovation:
We prioritize evidence-based practices and continuity of care, bringing clinical excellence to every bedside. Our model allows you to practice meaningful medicine while making a tangible difference in patients' lives.

4. Professional Growth and Leadership:
As part of our team, you'll have opportunities to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of geriatric care in our community. We invest in our providers' development and support their journey toward excellence.

5. A Culture of Compassion and Respect:
We are committed to treating every patient with dignity, empathy, and respect-and we extend that same commitment to our team. Here, you'll be part of a culture that values each member's contribution and well-being.