Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) - Hybrid | White Plains, NY

Job Description

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Hybrid | White Plains, NY

Full-Time | 2 In-Person Days + Telehealth | Outpatient & Interventional Psychiatry

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

This hybrid position combines two 12-hour in-person clinic days (9:00 AM–9:00 PM) with a primarily telehealth schedule for the remainder of the week. The role focuses on adult outpatient psychiatry, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychopharmacology, and longitudinal care, with additional involvement in our growing Spravato® (esketamine) program.

Position Snapshot

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• Location: Hybrid — White Plains, NY + Telehealth
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• Employment: Full-Time
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• In-Person: 2 designated days/week, 9:00 AM–9:00 PM
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• Remaining Schedule: Primarily telehealth
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• Availability: Minimum 40 clinical hours/week, inclusive of clinic days
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• Compensation: Guaranteed minimum + productivity-based earning potential
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• Call: None
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• Patient Population: Adult outpatient psychiatry
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• Practice Model: Insurance-based behavioral healthcare
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Two clinic days account for 24 hours of weekly clinical availability, allowing the remainder of the full-time schedule to be completed primarily through telepsychiatry.

Compensation & Earning Potential

Aurora offers a guaranteed minimum compensation structure with productivity-based upside.

Full-time clinicians receive a guaranteed monthly minimum while their patient panel develops. Once productivity earnings exceed that minimum, compensation transitions to the productivity-based amount.

The model provides income stability while allowing compensation to grow with clinical volume.

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

Why Aurora?

Growing Patient Demand

Aurora continues to experience growing demand for outpatient psychiatric care. We actively invest in patient acquisition, referral relationships, and operational infrastructure to support clinician panel growth.

While appointment volume depends on provider availability and patient demand, clinicians with broader and consistent availability have greater opportunity to develop high-volume outpatient schedules.

No Practice Building Required

Aurora provides the infrastructure behind your practice. You will not be responsible for building your own referral network or managing the business side of outpatient psychiatry.

Our team handles:

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• Insurance credentialing and payer enrollment
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• Billing and revenue cycle management
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• Insurance verification
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• Prior authorizations
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• Scheduling
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• Patient communications
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• Administrative support
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Aurora participates with major commercial payers including Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and others.

Clinical Responsibilities

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• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations via telehealth and in person
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• Diagnose and treat adult outpatient psychiatric conditions
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• Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans
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• Provide ongoing psychiatric medication management
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• Initiate, adjust, and monitor psychotropic medications
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• Apply evidence-based psychopharmacology principles
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• Monitor treatment response, medication efficacy, tolerability, and adverse effects
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• Provide patient education and shared decision-making
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• Coordinate care with therapists, psychiatrists, primary care providers, and other clinicians
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• Complete timely and compliant documentation within the EHR
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• Recognize changes in clinical acuity and coordinate appropriate escalation of care
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The patient population includes adults with depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD and trauma-related disorders, insomnia, treatment-resistant depression, and other appropriate outpatient psychiatric conditions.

Interventional Psychiatry & Spravato®

During the two White Plains clinic days, the PMHNP will also participate in Aurora's interventional psychiatry program, including care for patients receiving Spravato® (esketamine).

Responsibilities may include:

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• Clinical assessment and monitoring of Spravato patients
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• Assessing treatment response and tolerability
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• Monitoring vital signs and clinical status
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• Identifying and responding to adverse events
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• Patient education
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• Clinical documentation
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• Coordinating interventional and longitudinal psychiatric care
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• Collaborating with Aurora psychiatrists and the clinic team
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Prior Spravato experience is not required. Strong outpatient psychiatric clinicians interested in developing interventional psychiatry expertise are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

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• Master's or Doctoral degree in Nursing from an accredited program
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• Graduate of an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program
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• Current PMHNP-BC certification through the ANCC
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• Active, unrestricted New York NP and RN licensure, or ability to obtain required licensure prior to start
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• Active DEA registration or ability to obtain
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• Ability to obtain applicable controlled-substance registration
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• Strong knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and psychopharmacology
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• Strong clinical judgment and communication skills
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• Ability to provide independent outpatient psychiatric care within applicable scope-of-practice requirements
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• Ability to meet commercial payer credentialing requirements
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• Ability to work two designated in-person clinic days per week from 9:00 AM–9:00 PM in White Plains
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• Ability to maintain at least 40 hours of clinical availability per week
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Preferred Qualifications

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• Outpatient psychiatry and medication-management experience
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• Experience treating adult behavioral health populations
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• Telepsychiatry experience
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• Experience with commercial insurance
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• Experience with EHR systems
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• Experience treating mood and anxiety disorders
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• Experience with treatment-resistant depression
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• Experience or interest in Spravato®, ketamine therapy, TMS, or interventional psychiatry
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Growth Opportunities

Aurora is expanding its outpatient and interventional psychiatry programs. Clinicians may have future opportunities in interventional psychiatry, new clinical 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 support necessary to do their best work.

We invest in credentialing, payer relationships, billing, patient acquisition, scheduling, technology, and operational support so our clinicians can focus on delivering excellent psychiatric care.

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

Aurora Wellness is an Equal Opportunity Employer.