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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Posted Oct 18 · Applications close Oct 26, 2027 · 1 year of experience

Pay
Not posted
Unit and setting
Psych
License
NP licenseUnrestricted current license to practice as a PMHNP in the state of practice.
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
Unrestricted current license to practice as a PMHNP in the state of practice.
Certification
Master in Science of Nursing or Post-Master’s Certificate from an accredited nurse practitioner program with a specialty in psychiatric mental health across the lifespan.
Certification
Current board certification as a PMHNP.
Certification
Current BLS certification.
Experience
Minimum one (1) year of experience as a PMHNP required.
Experience
If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply.
Also asks
Current DEA Registration.
Also asks
This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.
Also asks
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Also asks
We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.
Also asks
We encourage you to apply!
Also asks
You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Also asks
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Preferred

Experience
Corrections experience in a PMHNP role preferred.

The workplace

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  • How does compensation work, including base pay and the productivity or RVU formula?
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  • Does the employer cover malpractice and tail coverage, plus CME, licensing, and DEA support?
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Your fit

On your path

Psychiatric NP (PMHNP) is advanced-practice territory. Graduate school first; scope changes at the state line.

Original listing

Posted on Wellpath’s careers page.

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  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including: DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it! Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching Company paid life insurance Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA) Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans Why Us Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time. Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support. How you make a difference The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides a full range of psychiatric services to incarcerated patients in accordance with state licensure, collaborative practice requirements, and established policies and procedures. This role delivers direct psychiatric care, clinical consultation, and follow-up services to support patient treatment and continuity of care.

The position works closely with mental health, medical, and administrative teams to ensure consistent and compliant psychiatric services. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner also seeks clinical consultation and supervision as required by collaborative practice protocols.

Key Responsibilities

Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, follow-up care, and medication management within professional and regulatory standards. Monitor effectiveness and side effects of psychotropic medications and provide ongoing patient education and informed consent. Collaborate with mental health, medical, and administrative teams to ensure coordinated and consistent psychiatric services.

Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation and participate in required meetings, consultations, and on-call coverage. Support crisis intervention, referrals, transfers, and emergency or involuntary treatment processes as allowed by scope of practice and guidelines. Qualifications & Requirements Education Master in Science of Nursing or Post-Master’s Certificate from an accredited nurse practitioner program with a specialty in psychiatric mental health across the lifespan.

Experience Minimum one (1) year of experience as a PMHNP required. Corrections experience in a PMHNP role preferred. Licenses/Certifications Unrestricted current license to practice as a PMHNP in the state of practice.

Current board certification as a PMHNP. Current DEA Registration. Current BLS certification.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all. We encourage you to apply!

If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles. Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume.

Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

What's around it?

In Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% above the US average

Median rent
$1,854/mo
Household income
$83,130/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

See Fort Lauderdale, FL

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