Women's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - New Jersey

Psychiatric Consultant (PMHNP) - Pennsylvania

Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in women’s mental health care? Here's your chance to be a vital part of FamilyWell's mission to enhance access to high-quality, equitable, and affordable mental health services for pregnant, postpartum, and menopausal individuals across the U.S.

Background:

FamilyWell Health is an AI-enabled mental health start-up dedicated to solving the women’s mental health crisis by seamlessly embedding high quality, equitable, & affordable mental health care into OB/Gyn practices. FamilyWell provides comprehensive virtual mental health services designed specifically for integration into OB/Gyn practices utilizing the psychiatric collaborative care model.

FamilyWell’s virtual care team model delivers evidence-based coaching, therapy, care coordination, and psychiatric services with specialized expertise in perinatal mental health and perimenopause/menopause. For more information:

familywellhealth.com.

Role:

The Women's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner supports the collaborative care team, which includes the OB/GYN providers, patients, social workers, licensed therapists, and coaches—through regular consultations on an assigned caseload of patients. The Women's PMHNP will either advise the OB/GYN provider on appropriate medications and other treatment strategies, or for more complex cases will see the patient directly for short-term medication management in the context of pregnancy and postpartum, and/or peri/menopause.

Requirements:

• Licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner in PA
• Able to practice independently without supervision in the state(s) of licensure
• Hold an active DEA license in state(s) of licensure
• Hold an active and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude
• Ability to quickly synthesize medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence-based clinical recommendations
• Passionate, driven, & inspired by a mission to improve perinatal and/or perimenopause mental healthcare delivery, particularly in vulnerable patient populations
• Experience or interest in perinatal or perimenopause mental health and collaborative care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and medication management visits for FamilyWell program participants via telehealth for the short-term management of mental health conditions in the perinatal period and/or experiencing peri/menopause. Provide treatment recommendations for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care.
• Complete pre-conception medication consultation and psycho-education for individuals trying to conceive and currently treated with psychotropic medications.
• Perform asynchronous caseload consultations through a review of clinical information prepared by the patient’s care team, as well as review of available medical records. Case review consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload or who are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan. Provide recommendations for next steps in treatment.
• Complete documentation for case consultations and direct patient visits within 24 hours of visit.
• Work with care managers to oversee the status and population health of their assigned patient caseload. The psychiatric consultant will use FamilyWell’s registry to track all assigned patients and prioritize patients for case review and treatment adjustment.
• Provide the care team with educational support on diagnosing and managing behavioral health conditions.
• Be available to provide occasional ad hoc telephone, email, or telehealth consultations to OB providers for complex patients or challenging patient situations within normal working hours. Maintain professional cell phone and email accounts for contact during usual business hours. Check professional accounts daily and respond to email questions/consultations within two business days, sooner if urgent.
• Job Type: Part time, 5-20 hours per week as a 1099 contractor