Telepsychiatry Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner; PMHNP - Oklahoma licensure

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family of businesses, is creating something new in health care. We are uniting industry‑leading solutions to build an integrated care model that holistically addresses an individual’s physical, mental and social needs—helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. As a member of the Optum Care at Home team, you will help patients navigate the health care system and connect them to key support services to keep patients well at home.

Care at Home is a collaborative, population‑health–focused care delivery model serving Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (DSNP) members—individuals with significant medical, behavioral, and social complexity, including serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorders (SUD). In this role, you will partner with an interdisciplinary care team to deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based behavioral health care.

As a Behavioral Health APC (PMHNP), you will play a critical role within an interdisciplinary care team by bringing psychiatric expertise into a home‑based and population‑health model of care. You will support both direct patient care and consultative care.

While Oklahoma licensure is required for remote work, you will have the flexibility to work remotely
* as you take on some tough challenges.

• Conduct telehealth‑based psychiatric evaluations for patients with serious mental illness and substance use conditions
• Diagnose, treat, and prescribe evidence‑based pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic interventions
• Provide bridge stabilization through medication management and follow‑up care for high‑risk patients
• Work with interdisciplinary care team to ensure connection to community mental health services
• Act as a behavioral health consultant to an interdisciplinary care team including providers, RNs, and social workers
• Support management of depression, anxiety, SMI, and SUD
• Provide real‑time and asynchronous consultation, including treatment recommendations and care planning
• Help triage patients to appropriate levels of care, including specialty mental health and community‑based resources
• Support care continuity by partnering with external behavioral health providers and systems of care
• Facilitate engagement in specialty care when needed
• Deliver behavioral health education to interdisciplinary teams managing medically complex patients
• Participate in case conferences, care rounds, and team‑based decision‑making
• Contribute to a culture of continuous quality improvement and clinical excellence
• Document all patient encounters, consults, and care coordination efforts in the EMR
• Communicate clearly and effectively across care teams and community partners

You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• Board‑certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
• Active, unrestricted NP license with prescriptive authority
• Experience managing complex psychiatric conditions and/or SUD and SMI
• Willingness to obtain multi‑state licensure
• Solid ability to collaborate within interdisciplinary teams
• Comfort delivering care via telehealth and technology‑enabled platforms
• Ability to synthesize complex medical and behavioral health data into actionable care plans
• Excellent communication, clinical judgment, and a solution‑oriented mindset
• Driver’s license and access to reliable transportation

• 3+ years of post‑certification clinical experience
• Experience in consultation‑liaison psychiatry, population health, or integrated care models
• Experience with geriatric, DSNP, or medically complex populations
• Telepsychiatry experience

* All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to United Health Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $109,500 to $164,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over…