Pediatric Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Pediatric Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

South County Mental Health Center, Inc. is a private non‑profit behavioral health care provider serving south Palm Beach County from our headquarters in Delray Beach, Florida. Since 1974, we’ve been dedicated to delivering high‑quality, compassionate behavioral health care to individuals and families of all ages and incomes.

We take a community‑centered approach to care, offering a wide range of services—from crisis screening and mobile response to outpatient therapy, psychiatric support, and tailored programs for children, adults, and families. Our team works together to support client well‑being and independence while advocating for services in the least restrictive environment.

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Child Psychiatrist to join our multidisciplinary team in providing comprehensive mental health services to children and adolescents. The ideal candidate will be responsible for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating a wide range of psychiatric disorders in young patients, from infancy through adolescence. This role involves conducting thorough assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, and implementing evidence‑based therapeutic interventions.

To provide psychiatric services to children, adolescents and adults.

• Demonstrate the ability to interpret and abide by confidentiality laws, abuse reporting guidelines, client rights requirements, and adhere to a code of ethical and practice standards.
• Must be knowledgeable of Baker Act and Marchman Act.
• Experience with counseling/psychiatric interventions.
• Proficiency in client care protocol for children/adolescents.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal: must be able to articulate reports and evaluations regarding clinical and non‑clinical issues.
• Knowledge of medications for child/adolescent specific dosing.
• Expertise in the stages of development in children/adolescents.
• Aptitude for coaching children/adolescents about their illness at age‑appropriate levels.
• Competence educating children about peer influence concepts to adolescents.

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and create tailored treatment plans.
• Prescribe medications based on diagnosis.
• Evaluate effectiveness of medications, including side effects or lack thereof.
• Educate clients, significant others, and staff about medications and interactions.
• Provide consultation to staff about medication, treatment issues, and termination of clients' treatments.
• Collaborate with other mental health professionals, educators, and families to support patient care.
• Perform mental status examination.
• Determine Five (5) Axis Diagnosis based on DSM‑IV criteria, including GAF score.
• Offer discussions on psycho dynamics of evaluations (i.e., family environment).
• Deliver consultations concerning health status.
• Review & sign‑off on treatment plans, medication dividers, and insurance forms.
• Provide correspondence regarding client issues as appropriate to internal and external sources.
• On‑call duties rotation required for additional remuneration.

• Attend medical staff meetings.
• Participate in QI teams and committees to further performance improvement activities.
• Crisis Stabilization Unit on‑call as determined by Chief Medical Officer.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Pediatric Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with 3 years of experience treating pediatric populations.
  • FNP licensure alone does not meet qualifications for this position.
• Education across the lifespan of patient and can see children.

We believe taking care of our team is essential to the care we provide. Our comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off; health, dental, and vision insurance; life and long‑term disability coverage; and additional voluntary benefits. We also offer a 401(k) with company match to help you plan for the future.

Because of the work we do in the community, a full background check is required for all staff.

We are a drug‑free employer.

South County Mental Health Center, Inc is an EOE.