Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Oak Ridge NJ)
About The Position
We are expanding our behavioral health services and are seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to provide 100% on-site psychiatric care throughout skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, and long-term care communities in Oak Ridge, New Jersey (07438) and the surrounding area. Unlike traditional psychiatric positions, this opportunity allows you to become a trusted behavioral health resource within your assigned facilities, building meaningful relationships with residents, families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary teams. You'll work with medically complex adult and geriatric patients while helping improve psychiatric stability, quality of life, and overall patient outcomes. This role is ideal for providers who value clinical autonomy, enjoy developing long-term patient relationships, and are seeking meaningful career growth within a rapidly expanding behavioral health organization.
Requirements
- Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
- Active and unrestricted New Jersey Nurse Practitioner license
- DEA registration
- Strong psychiatric assessment, diagnostic, psychopharmacology, and treatment planning skills
- Ability to independently manage a psychiatric patient panel while collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary healthcare teams
- Excellent communication, organizational, documentation, and relationship-building skills
- Passion for improving psychiatric care for elderly and underserved populations
Nice To Haves
- Experience in psychiatry, behavioral health, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, long-term care, or geriatric medicine preferred
- Experience treating dementia-related behaviors, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychosis, chronic psychiatric illness, and medically complex patients strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, initial consultations, and ongoing follow-up visits for adult and geriatric residents
- Diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis, dementia-related behaviors, adjustment disorders, insomnia, chronic mental illness, and other behavioral health conditions
- Prescribe, monitor, and optimize psychotropic medication regimens while evaluating treatment effectiveness and potential side effects
- Assess residents experiencing behavioral disturbances, cognitive decline, agitation, aggression, mood instability, confusion, and neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Develop individualized treatment plans that address each resident's psychiatric, cognitive, medical, emotional, and functional needs
- Collaborate closely with attending physicians, medical directors, nursing leadership, rehabilitation teams, therapists, social workers, and facility administrators
- Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences and contribute behavioral health recommendations that improve resident outcomes
- Educate residents, family members, caregivers, and facility staff regarding diagnoses, medications, behavioral interventions, and treatment expectations
- Assist facilities in reducing psychiatric crises, behavioral escalations, emergency department utilization, and unnecessary hospitalizations
- Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant documentation within the electronic medical record
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives supporting behavioral health excellence throughout assigned facilities
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer contribution
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Malpractice insurance coverage
- Continuing education and professional development assistance
- Strong clinical and administrative support
- Long-term advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing behavioral health organization
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
