Senior Clinical Trainer — Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Cordial Health • Brooklyn, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Cordial Health delivers on-site psychiatric care to residents of nursing homes, assisted living communities, and post-acute facilities across New York and New Jersey. The Senior Clinical Trainer develops confident long-term-care psychiatric providers by owning onboarding, field training, and ongoing clinical development for the PMHNP and PA workforce. Reporting to clinical leadership in Brooklyn, this is a hands-on clinical education role involving time in the Brooklyn office, facility shadow visits, and virtual training sessions. The trainer also maintains a reduced personal caseload of roughly 20% to stay clinically current and credible, and serves as a clinical escalation point for complex cases during provider ramp-up. The role is full-time, on site four days per week, with travel across New York and New Jersey facilities.

Requirements

• Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with an active, unrestricted New York license; a New Jersey license or willingness to obtain one.
• Active DEA registration.
• At least 5 years of psychiatric practice, including at least 2 years in long-term care, skilled nursing facilities, or geriatric psychiatry.
• Prior experience precepting, training, or supervising NPs/PAs; formal clinical educator or lead experience is strongly preferred.
• Deep working knowledge of CMS long-term-care regulations and psychotropic prescribing standards.
• Ability to build curriculum from scratch and present to groups.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to facilities across the region 2–3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

• DNP or MSN with an education focus.
• Experience with EHR build/templates and telehealth delivery.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Formal clinical educator or lead experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and run clinical onboarding for new PMHNPs and PAs, covering geriatric psychopharmacology, skilled nursing facility workflows, documentation, and CMS and state regulatory requirements such as F-tags, PASRR, gradual dose reduction, and antipsychotic stewardship.
• Shadow and precept new providers at facilities during their first weeks, providing real-time feedback and competency sign-offs.
• Build and maintain clinical protocols, templates, and a training curriculum, keeping them current with regulatory changes.
• Lead monthly case conferences and continuing-education-eligible clinical education sessions.
• Conduct chart audits and quality reviews, and coach providers on documentation and clinical decision-making.
• Partner with Regional Leads and recruiting to identify skill gaps and shorten time to independent practice.
• Maintain a reduced personal caseload of roughly 20%.
• Serve as the clinical escalation point for complex cases during provider ramp-up.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k).
• PTO and paid holidays.
• CME allowance and license support (the posting’s benefits text ends after “license”).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior