Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Chemung County NY)

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to provide on-site psychiatric services throughout skilled nursing facilities, long-term care centers, rehabilitation facilities, and post-acute care environments across Chemung County, Tioga County, and surrounding Southern Tier communities.

This opportunity is ideal for clinicians who are passionate about serving elderly and underserved populations while building a highly rewarding career in geriatric behavioral health. Providers will play a critical role in improving quality of life, emotional well-being, psychiatric stability, and overall health outcomes for residents facing complex medical, cognitive, and behavioral health challenges.

The position offers a unique combination of meaningful clinical work, provider autonomy, strong compensation potential, and long-term career advancement. As demand for psychiatric services within long-term care continues to grow, providers will have the opportunity to develop highly specialized expertise while becoming part of an organization committed to expanding access to behavioral healthcare throughout the Southern Tier region.

Why Join Our Team

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on an underserved geriatric population
• 100% on-site role providing direct patient care within skilled nursing, rehabilitation, nursing home, and long-term care environments
• Strong compensation package with significant earning potential
• Flexible scheduling options including full-time and part-time opportunities
• Daytime clinical schedule promoting work-life balance
• Opportunity to develop specialized expertise in geriatric psychiatry and behavioral health
• High level of clinical independence with access to support and collaboration when needed
• Established facility partnerships and organized operational infrastructure
• Long-term growth opportunities as the organization expands throughout the Southern Tier region
• Potential future pathways into leadership, provider mentorship, program development, and regional expansion initiatives
• Mission-driven culture centered on improving behavioral healthcare access for vulnerable populations

Requirements

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and behavioral health screenings for adult and geriatric residents residing in skilled nursing facilities, long-term care centers, rehabilitation facilities, and post-acute care settings

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat a broad spectrum of psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, dementia-related behavioral disturbances, chronic mental illness, adjustment disorders, insomnia, and other behavioral health concerns commonly encountered within aging populations

• Provide ongoing psychiatric follow-up care, monitoring symptom progression, treatment response, medication effectiveness, and overall psychiatric stability

• Prescribe, manage, and adjust psychotropic medications while balancing psychiatric treatment needs with complex medical comorbidities commonly present within geriatric populations

• Assess and monitor residents experiencing cognitive decline, dementia-related symptoms, behavioral disturbances, confusion, agitation, mood changes, and neuropsychiatric conditions

• Develop individualized treatment plans designed to improve psychiatric stability, quality of life, functional status, and overall well-being

• Collaborate closely with facility physicians, medical directors, nursing leadership, therapists, social workers, case managers, and interdisciplinary care teams to coordinate comprehensive patient care

• Participate in behavioral management planning and provide recommendations to facility staff regarding interventions that support resident safety, emotional well-being, and behavioral stabilization

• Communicate effectively with residents, family members, guardians, healthcare proxies, and caregivers regarding psychiatric diagnoses, treatment recommendations, medication management, and care planning

• Assist facilities in reducing unnecessary psychiatric hospitalizations through proactive assessment, treatment planning, and continuity of care

• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant documentation in accordance with facility, state, federal, and organizational standards

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives designed to enhance behavioral health outcomes and overall resident care

• Support a patient-centered approach focused on dignity, compassion, and individualized treatment for elderly and vulnerable populations

Qualifications

• Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)

• Active and unrestricted New York State Nurse Practitioner license

• DEA registration or ability to obtain

• Strong clinical knowledge of psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, psychopharmacology, and evidence-based treatment planning

• Ability to independently manage a psychiatric caseload across long-term care, rehabilitation, nursing home, and post-acute settings

• Experience working with adult and geriatric populations strongly preferred

• Experience managing dementia-related behaviors, cognitive disorders, mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety disorders, chronic mental illness, and behavioral disturbances preferred

• Understanding of the unique psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial challenges affecting elderly and medically complex patients

• Ability to collaborate effectively within interdisciplinary healthcare teams

• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and patient education skills

• Strong organizational skills and commitment to timely documentation and quality care

• Passion for serving vulnerable, underserved, and aging populations

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with strong long-term earning potential

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with employer contribution

• Paid time off and paid holidays

• Malpractice insurance coverage

• Continuing education and professional development opportunities

• Administrative and operational support designed to maximize provider efficiency

• Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing healthcare organization

Career Growth Opportunity

This position offers far more than a traditional PMHNP role. It provides the opportunity to establish yourself within the growing specialty of geriatric behavioral health while building expertise in long-term care psychiatry, post-acute psychiatry, and medically integrated behavioral healthcare.

Providers who demonstrate strong clinical performance may have opportunities to expand into additional facilities, participate in provider mentorship initiatives, assist with program development efforts, support regional growth initiatives, and pursue future leadership opportunities as the organization continues to expand throughout New York.

This is an opportunity to combine meaningful, mission-driven work with strong compensation potential while making a lasting impact on the lives of elderly and underserved patients throughout Chemung County, Tioga County, and the surrounding Southern Tier communities.