Locum PMHNP - Psychiatric Clinic Lead (Onsite & Telehealth) - Queens, NY (Adult/Geriatric)

Provide behavioral health care via face-to-face and telehealth, including psychiatric assessment, medication management, behavioral health consultation, and clinical leadership in collaboration with primary care and interdisciplinary teams. Candidates with geriatric, primary care, or internal medicine experience are encouraged to apply.

Compensation

• $75-$95 per hour

Schedule & Setting

• Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
• 40 hours per week
• Onsite and telehealth
• Adult and geriatric patient population
• Bilingual preferred but not required

Key Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive psychiatric assessments and develop individualized treatment plans
• Manage psychotropic medications and adjust treatment per clinical need and evidence-based guidelines
• Provide psychopharmacology, brief psychotherapy, CBT interventions, psychoeducation, advocacy, and emotional support
• Offer behavioral health consultation to care managers, primary care providers, and interdisciplinary teams
• Monitor mental status, treatment effectiveness, and patient outcomes; modify interventions as needed
• Provide telephone consultation for complex or urgent behavioral health cases
• Coordinate care with primary care and community providers and communicate treatment plans clearly
• Deliver education and in-service training to primary care staff on behavioral health conditions and treatments
• Support multidisciplinary care planning and integrated behavioral-primary care services
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation and adhere to clinical, ethical, legal, and regulatory standards

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing from an accredited NP program
• Graduate-level specialization in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• PMHNP board certification
• Active, unrestricted New York RN and NP license
• Current DEA registration and New York prescribing privileges

Preferred

• Minimum 1 year of NP experience
• Psychiatric prescribing experience
• Experience with geriatric patients