Associate Director of Psychiatric Services, PMHNP

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Full Time US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Associate Director of Psychiatric Services, PMHNP

Reports to:

Senior Medical Director, Geriatric Psychiatry |

Location:

Fully Remote (travel ≤10%)

About Author Health

At Author Health, we are on a mission to improve access to high-quality mental health care for older adults with complex mental health conditions. Our multidisciplinary care team uses a virtual-first, technology-enabled model to deliver comprehensive wraparound mental health services to older adults with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders (SUD) and dementia. We serve Medicare Advantage, traditional Medicare and Dual-Eligible populations through value-based partnerships with leading plans and health systems.

Role Overview

The Associate Director of Psychiatric Services is a senior clinical leadership role created to support the growth and quality of Author Health's psychiatric NP workforce. Working closely with the Senior Medical Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, this role provides direct oversight and development of Lead NPs across our clinical pod structure, owns the full NP recruitment and onboarding lifecycle, and serves as a key operational and technology champion across the psychiatry team.

Author Health's psychiatric services are organized into clinical pods — each consisting of a supervising psychiatrist (MD) and a team of nurse practitioners — and are growing. Each pod is supported by a Lead NP: a senior nurse practitioner in a hybrid clinical-operational role responsible for fielding clinical questions from the pod, supporting the pod psychiatrist, tracking quality and efficiency metrics, and coaching pod members.

The Associate Medical Director works across all pods, providing direct oversight and development of Lead NPs. In addition to cross-pod leadership responsibilities, the Associate Medical Director may serve as the Lead NP for a designated clinical pod, maintaining direct accountability for that pod's clinical quality, operational performance, and team development — modelling the hybrid clinical-operational responsibilities of the Lead NP role.

This role maintains a direct patient care component and is grounded in Author Health's virtual-first care model.

Responsibilities

Administrative Responsibilities (40-60% of time; up to 80%)

Lead NP Management

Directly oversee and coach Lead NPs across pods, providing guidance on clinical workflows, documentation standards, technology tools, and interdisciplinary collaboration

Support Lead NPs in executing their supervisory responsibilities, including training pod members and serving as the first point of contact for clinical and operational questions

Review performance metrics with Lead NPs at regular intervals and ensure Lead NPs conduct the same cadence of review with their pods

Conduct documentation audits and support Lead NPs in doing the same, maintaining high standards of clinical quality across the psychiatry team

Serve as the escalation point for issues surfaced through Lead NPs that require senior clinical or operational judgment

Potential to serve as the Lead NP for a designated pod, directly modeling the hybrid clinical-operational standard expected of all Lead NPs

Drive initiatives that build connection and trust within a remote setting, ensuring Lead NPs foster a supportive and collaborative atmosphere for all interdisciplinary team members.

Recruitment, Onboarding & Training

Lead and oversee recruitment process strategy and execution for psychiatric NPs, from applicant screening through…