Telepsychiatry Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) - Remote in Missouri

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 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. We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across 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 Missouri licensure, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary 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

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Active, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license with prescriptive authority
Experience managing complex psychiatric conditions and/or SUD and SMI
Willingness to obtain multi-state licensure
Comfort delivering care via telehealth and technology-enabled platforms
Ability to synthesize complex medical and behavioral health data into actionable care plans

Preferred Qualifications:

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

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $109,500 - $164,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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