Telepsychiatry Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) - Oklahoma licensure required

UnitedHealth Group•Tulsa, OK

2d•$109,500 - $164,000•Remote

About The Position

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. We are uniting industry-leading solutions to build an integrated care model that holistically addresses an individual’s physical, mental and social needs — helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. As a team member of our Optum Care at Home team, together in an interdisciplinary care environment, we help patients navigate the health care system and connect them to key support services. This preventive care can help patients stay well at home. This life-changing work adds a layer of support to improve access to care. We’re connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Care at Home is a collaborative, population health–focused care delivery model serving Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (DSNP) members—individuals with significant medical, behavioral, and social complexity, including serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorders (SUD). In this role, you will partner with an interdisciplinary care team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health care. As a Behavioral Health APC (PMHNP), you will play a critical role within an interdisciplinary care team—bringing psychiatric expertise into a home-based and population health model of care. You will support both direct patient care and consultative care. If you have Oklahoma licensure, you will have the flexibility to work remotely as you take on some tough challenges.

Requirements

Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Active, unrestricted NP license with prescriptive authority
Experience managing complex psychiatric conditions and/or SUD and SMI
Willingness to obtain multi-state licensure
Solid ability to collaborate within interdisciplinary teams
Comfort delivering care via telehealth and technology-enabled platforms
Ability to synthesize complex medical and behavioral health data into actionable care plans
Excellent communication, clinical judgment, and a solution-oriented mindset
Driver’s license and access to reliable transportation

Nice To Haves

3+ years of post-certification clinical experience
Experience in consultation-liaison psychiatry, population health, or integrated care models
Experience with geriatric, DSNP, or medically complex populations
Telepsychiatry experience

Responsibilities

Conduct telehealth-based psychiatric evaluations for patients with serious mental illness and substance use conditions
Diagnose, treat, and prescribe evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
Provide bridge stabilization through medication management and follow-up care for high-risk patients
Work with interdisciplinary care team to ensure connection to community mental health services.
Act as a behavioral health consultant to an interdisciplinary care team including providers, RNs, and social workers
Support management of depression, anxiety, SMI, and SUD
Provide real-time and asynchronous consultation, including treatment recommendations and care planning
Help triage patients to appropriate levels of care, including specialty mental health and community-based resources
Support care continuity by partnering with external behavioral health providers and systems of care
Facilitate engagement in specialty care when needed
Deliver behavioral health education to interdisciplinary teams managing medically complex patients
Participate in case conferences, care rounds, and team-based decision-making
Contribute to a culture of continuous quality improvement and clinical excellence
Document all patient encounters, consults, and care coordination efforts in the EMR
Communicate clearly and effectively across care teams and community partners