Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Maryland
Production pay · no annual figure stated
$100/intake, $40/follow-up
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) — Part-Time
Remote | Active Maryland PMHNP License Required
Make an Impact. Practice with Flexibility. Grow With Us.
Backpack Healthcare is growing our Maryland clinical team! We're looking for a compassionate, clinically strong PMHNP who wants the flexibility of part-time telehealth practice without giving up the collaboration and support that make great clinical care possible.
Backpack Healthcare provides accessible mental health care to children, teens, and young adults through telehealth. We're clinician-led and minority-owned, and our PMHNPs don't work in isolation.
You'll be part of an integrated care team alongside therapists, psychiatrists, and care coordinators, all working together to support the same child and family.
Whether you're supplementing an existing role, balancing family commitments, or expanding your telehealth practice, this role is designed to give you flexibility while keeping the clinical work meaningful.
Compensation + Monthly Bonus Potential
We believe clinicians should be rewarded for the important work they do.
Our PMHNP compensation includes:
- $100 per completed psychiatric intake
- $40 per completed follow-up session
- Monthly bonus potential based on eligible clinical and performance metrics
- Opportunities for professional growth and increased earning potential as Backpack continues to expand
- Additional Benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Medical, dental, and vision for eligible team members
- PTO based on employment status
- CEU reimbursement
- Clinical mentorship and case consultation
- Collaborative interdisciplinary clinical team
- 100% remote telehealth practice
Build a schedule that works for your life while creating meaningful earning opportunities and making a difference for kids and families.
What You'll Do
You'll provide comprehensive psychiatric care to children, teens, and young adults through telehealth, with a focus on evidence-based, family-centered treatment.
Afternoon, evening, and weekend availability is required—that's when families are most available for care.
Your Day-to-day Will Include
- Conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and developing diagnostic formulations
- Creating individualized treatment plans in partnership with patients and families
- Prescribing and managing psychotropic medications while monitoring effectiveness, safety, and clinical progress
- Providing brief supportive interventions and psychoeducation alongside medication management
- Collaborating with therapists, psychiatrists, and care coordinators through regular case consultation
- Maintaining accurate, timely clinical documentation in our EHR
- Educating patients and families about diagnoses, medications, treatment options, and expected outcomes
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a PMHNP who has:
- An active, unrestricted Maryland PMHNP license
- Multi-state or compact licensure preferred
- PMHNP-BC board certification
- An active DEA license
- A master's or doctoral degree from an accredited PMHNP program
- Experience with—or a strong interest in—working with children, adolescents, and families
- Comfort working independently in a telehealth environment
- Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and genuine empathy
- New graduates are welcome to apply!
Why Backpack Healthcare?
Since 2020, we've served 12,000+ kids and families, and 78% of families report that their child is doing better after three months.
We built Backpack because the traditional mental healthcare model wasn't working—for kids, families, or the clinicians trying to help them.
We're creating a different kind of clinical environment: one where providers have flexibility, support, meaningful collaboration, and room to grow.
When clinicians thrive, kids thrive. That's not a tagline. It's how we build.
Ready to Join Us?
If you're a Maryland PMHNP looking for flexible part-time telehealth work, transparent per-session compensation, monthly bonus potential, and a collaborative clinical team, we'd love to hear from you.
Bring your clinical expertise. We'll bring the support, referrals, and opportunity to grow.
Apply today and help us build healthier futures—one child, one family, and one community at a time.
Backpack Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity in age, background, identity, and experience—and we mean it.
Key Responsibilities
You will conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and develop individualized treatment plans for children, teens, and young adults via telehealth. Additionally, you will manage psychotropic medications and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to provide supportive care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active, unrestricted Maryland PMHNP license, PMHNP-BC board certification, and an active DEA license. A master's or doctoral degree from an accredited PMHNP program is required, and new graduates are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Maryland at Backpack Healthcare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 15,357 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 50% have no call, 76% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner roles | ranked against 15,357 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Psychiatry NP median $137k (middle half $128k–$146k)73 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 42% remote · 50% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | US nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 7% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry NP hiring demand | #14 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed |
| New Psychiatry NP listings | 844 in the last 30 days | 984 the 30 days before (−14%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry NP pay trend | +5.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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