We have an immediate opening for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in children and teens. The Nurse Practitioner will provide direct patient care, including psychiatric evaluations and medication management.

This is an incredible opportunity to help continue to build mental health support within a primary care pediatric practice. You will work with pediatricians, psychologists, and therapists who recognize the mental health needs of their patients. As capacity grows, you can be part of building an integrated healthcare model.

Benefits:

• A steady stream of referrals
• Competitive compensation and benefits including health insurance and 401k matching!
• Paid time off
• Full administrative support (answering phones, scheduling, benefits checks, claim submission, collecting payments) - you just see your clients and write your notes!
• Paid time off for professional development
• Opportunities for individual and group supervision, plus case consultation with colleagues
• A very supportive team

This position is split between our offices at THH Pediatrics in Germantown, MD, and Metropolitan Pediatrics in North Bethesda, MD.

$80,000 - $125,000 yearly

Essential Functions:

• Performs psychiatric evaluations.
• Develop treatment and medication plans
• Provides behavioral health consultations with patients and their families.
• Prescribe appropriate psychiatric medications to clients
• Monitor effectiveness and impact in conjunction with psychologists and pediatricians
• Consult with pediatricians and the mental health team on treatment decisions

Additional Responsibilities:

• Responsible for meeting quality expectations of accuracy, and completeness, and is responsive to feedback.
• Meets timeliness expectations of completing work as scheduled, demonstrating self-paced performance, and adjusting priorities as needed.
• Professionally relates to patients, families, and peers at all times.
• Participates in regular staff meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Licensed Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Board Certification required
• Active DEA license
• Master's degree in Nursing with active prescriptive authority required
• Ability to work collaboratively with a team of medical and behavioral health providers
• Child and teen experience
• Desire to work in a collaborative environment
• Three years of experience is a plus

With a combined 43 years of pediatric services, MAPP manages and represents the collaboration of two established, independent practices in Montgomery County: Metropolitan Pediatrics and THH Pediatrics.

Initiated in January 2020, MAPP united 14 pediatric providers with the goal of delivering compassionate, individualized, and evidence-based pediatric care. With the goal of optimizing each child’s wellness, our teams of clinicians and staff take great pride in partnering with families to establish and maintain a comprehensive medical home. To that goal, we have established additional healthcare services, such as our behavioral health department, lactation support, and more.