Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (California) - Charlie Health
Los Angeles, CA
About the Job
Why Charlie Health?
We are currently facing a nationwide mental health epidemic marked by rising rates of depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use disorders, and suicide. At the same time, those seeking help often encounter barriers—whether geographic, financial, or systemic—that prevent them from receiving timely and effective care. This urgent need calls for a reimagined approach to behavioral health treatment.
At Charlie Health, our mission is to connect the world to life-saving mental health treatment. Our innovative virtual programs combine curated group sessions, individual therapy, and family therapy, delivered through personalized, evidence-based treatment plans designed for sustainable healing from the comfort of home. By connecting individuals with shared experiences and fostering supportive communities, Charlie Health provides a pathway to long-term recovery, with over 90% of our clients seeing improvement in their most challenging mental health symptoms.
Every member of our team shares a deep commitment to this mission. If you're driven to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to join us in reshaping the future of mental healthcare.
About the Role
Given the exceptional growth of its business, Charlie Health is adding Nurse Practitioners to the team. The Nurse Practitioners will partner with the Medical Directors, Chief Medical Officer, and the medical team to assure the highest quality of patient care, including comprehensive evaluations, patient consultations, and ensuring compliance with medical and clinical policies and procedures.
Our team is composed of passionate, forward-thinking professionals eager to take on the challenge of the mental health crisis and play a formative role in providing live-saving solutions. We are looking for a candidate who is inspired by our mission and excited by the opportunity to build a business that will impact millions of lives in a profound way.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care for medication management, diagnostic evaluations and medical assessments
- Provides patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits and reasonable outcome expectations.
- Works diligently with support staff to ensure proper patient communication and follow up
- Participates in treatment team meetings
- Assists Medical Directors with patient-facing tasks as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned by Medical Director
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Qualifications
- Ability to support the Charlie Health team on a contract, part-time, or full-time basis; remote friendly
- Masters of Science in Nursing with a Psychiatric/Mental Health emphasis from an accredited program
- Must be licensed as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- 3+ years experience working as a PMHNP; IOP, PHP, and/or IP experience is preferred
- Experience working with adolescents and young adults
- Commitment to delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care
- Ability to communicate and work proficiently with medical staff, patients, clinical support and administrative staff
- Proficiency in use of electronic health records
- Requires computer and internet skills, including Microsoft Word and Outlook
To apply, please send a brief email that includes your background, licensure, and CV / resume. Our team will do its best to respond to all qualified applicants within five business days.
Please do not call our public clinical admissions line in regards to this or any other job posting.
At Charlie Health, we value being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to cultivate an environment where individuals can be their authentic selves. Being an Equal Opportunity Employer means every member of our team feels as though they are supported and belong. We value diverse perspectives to help us provide essential mental health and substance use disorder treatments to all teens and young adults.
Charlie Health applicants are assessed solely on their qualifications for the role, without regard to disability or need for accommodation.
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Our Values
- Connection: Care deeply & inspire hope.
- We care personally about every single person in the Charlie Health ecosystem: our clients, providers, and team members alike.
- We inspire hope with every interaction, reminding our clients that we truly and unconditionally believe in them.
- Congruence: Stay curious & heed the evidence.
- We ask "why" five times before we're satisfied with the answer. We don't stick to the status quo; we challenge our assumptions and remain humble.
- Above all, we're results-oriented. When we find data that calls our original plan into question, we modify or pivot.
- Commitment: Act with urgency & don't give up.
- We work as swiftly as possible. The mental health crisis is relentless, and so are we.
- Our clients don't give up and neither do we. Persistence is our superpower.
Please do not call our public clinical admissions line in regard to this or any other job posting.
Please be cautious of potential recruitment fraud. If you are interested in exploring opportunities at Charlie Health, please go directly to our Careers Page: https://www.charliehealth.com/careers/current-openings. Charlie Health will never ask you to pay a fee or download software as part of the interview process with our company. In addition, Charlie Health will not ask for your personal banking information until you have signed an offer of employment and completed onboarding paperwork that is provided by our People Operations team. All communications with Charlie Health Talent and People Operations professionals will only be sent from @charliehealth.com email addresses. Legitimate emails will never originate from gmail.com, yahoo.com, or other commercial email services.
Recruiting agencies, please do not submit unsolicited referrals for this or any open role. We have a roster of agencies with whom we partner, and we will not pay any fee associated with unsolicited referrals.
At Charlie Health, we value being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to cultivate an environment where individuals can be their authentic selves. Being an Equal Opportunity Employer means every member of our team feels as though they are supported and belong. We value diverse perspectives to help us provide essential mental health and substance use disorder treatments to all young people.
Charlie Health applicants are assessed solely on their qualifications for the role, without regard to disability or need for accommodation.
