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Posted 2 weeks ago
Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner
BAS Healthcare
📍 lawrence
Healthcare & MedicalUrgent
Job description
<p><strong>Location: </strong> Lawrence, MA </p> <strong>Job Summary </strong> <p>Serve locally. Grow academically. Lead change in community mental health. </p><p>Seeking an experienced <strong>Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) </strong> to join an innovative, mission-driven team expanding same-day access to mental health and substance use services for youth, adults, and families across Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, and North Andover. </p><p>This role offers the opportunity to practice within a fully integrated continuum of care that includes ambulatory services, mobile crisis, and short-term crisis stabilization while benefiting from strong academic mentorship and leadership development. </p> <strong>Why Join Us? </strong> <ul><li><p><strong>Mission-driven care: </strong> Deliver high-quality, compassionate behavioral health services embedded in the community </p> </li><li><p><strong>Exceptional team culture: </strong> Collaborative, multidisciplinary providers committed to excellence </p> </li><li><p><strong>Academic & professional growth: </strong> Ongoing supervision and mentorship from psychiatrists and behavioral health leaders </p> </li><li><p><strong>Teaching opportunities: </strong> Engage with NP students, medical students, psychiatry residents, and social work interns </p> </li><li><p><strong>Innovation & leadership: </strong> Exposure to cutting-edge community psychiatry models and pathways to leadership roles </p> </li><li><p><strong>Quality improvement & research: </strong> Participate in practice-based research and QI initiatives </p> </li> </ul> <strong>Key Responsibilities </strong> <ul><li><p>Provide urgent and scheduled mental health and substance use evaluations and treatment </p> </li><li><p>Conduct comprehensive diagnostic assessments and develop biopsychosocial treatment plans </p> </li><li><p>Provide medication management across a broad behavioral health population </p> </li><li><p>Coordinate care across ambulatory, crisis, and stabilization services </p> </li><li><p>Screen for and provide treatment for MOUD and MAUD (medications for opioid and alcohol use disorders) </p> </li><li><p>Collaborate as part of a multidisciplinary care team </p> </li> </ul> <strong>Schedule </strong> <ul><li><p>Operating hours: </p><ul><li><p>Monday Friday: 8:00 AM 8:00 PM </p> </li><li><p>Saturday Sunday: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM </p> </li> </ul> </li><li><p>Must be available to work until 8:00 PM two evenings per week </p> </li><li><p>May include daytime and some weekend coverage for Community Crisis Stabilization </p> </li> </ul> <strong>Qualifications </strong> <ul><li><p>Active Massachusetts PMHNP license </p> </li><li><p>Current PMHNP board certification </p> </li><li><p>Active DEA registration and MA Controlled Substance registration </p> </li><li><p>Minimum of <strong>3 years of PMHNP experience </strong> required </p> </li><li><p>Spanish proficiency strongly preferred </p> </li> </ul> <strong>Compensation </strong> <ul><li><p><strong>Annual salary range: </strong> $145,600 $185,120 </p> </li> </ul><p>Compensation is determined based on experience, education, training, certifications, geographic location, and job responsibilities, in accordance with applicable laws. </p>