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Backpack Healthcare
Rockville, Maryland · Remote OK

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Maryland

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Production pay · no annual figure stated

$100/intake, $40/follow-up

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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

Psychiatric evaluationDiagnostic formulationTreatment planningPsychotropic medication managementEvidence-based practiceFamily-centered careInterdisciplinary collaborationPediatric mental healthAdolescent mental health

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).

Psychiatry NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner rolesranked against 15,357 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPsychiatry NP median $137k (middle half $128k–$146k)73 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 42% remote · 50% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS 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 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed
New Psychiatry NP listings844 in the last 30 days984 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (15,357 Nurse Practitioner roles listings), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About Backpack Healthcare

Mental Health Care
Elkridge, Maryland
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

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
Monthly bonus potential