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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Adults & Child/Adolescent
Sandalwood Mental Health, PLLC
Lake Wylie, SC | Hybrid
Part-Time to Full-Time
About the Opportunity
Sandalwood Mental Health is seeking an experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our growing outpatient psychiatric practice in South Carolina.
The clinician will provide psychiatric care to a mixed caseload of adults, children, and adolescents. We are particularly interested in a PMHNP who has prior experience working with children and adolescents and enjoys caring for patients across the lifespan.
This is a part-time to full-time hybrid position, combining in-person appointments at our Lake Wylie, SC office with telehealth care. The position can begin with a part-time schedule and grow as the clinician's caseload develops.
Sandalwood is a PMHNP-owned and clinician-led practice. Our model emphasizes thoughtful, collaborative psychiatric care rather than high-volume medication management. We provide longer appointments that allow clinicians to get to know their patients, provide education, collaborate with families and other providers, and incorporate supportive psychotherapy when appropriate.
What We Offer
- Part-time to full-time opportunity with the ability to grow your caseload
- Hybrid schedule combining in-person and telehealth care
- In-person practice location in Lake Wylie, SC
- Flexible scheduling
- Opportunity to treat a combination of adults, children, and adolescents
- Longer appointments with an emphasis on quality rather than high-volume medication checks
- Ability to incorporate supportive psychotherapy into medication-management visits when clinically appropriate
- Meaningful clinical autonomy within a collaborative practice
- Administrative and scheduling support
- Billing and credentialing support
- Referral-development and practice-growth support
- Established EHR and telehealth infrastructure
- Commercial insurance and Medicaid patient populations
- Opportunity to help shape and expand our child and adolescent psychiatric services
Clinical Population
The PMHNP will provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and ongoing treatment for adults, children, and adolescents with conditions that may include:
- ADHD
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Mood disorders
- Trauma-related disorders
- Sleep concerns
- Autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions
- Other common outpatient psychiatric conditions
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations
- Diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions within scope of practice
- Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans
- Provide psychiatric medication management
- Monitor treatment response, side effects, and clinical progress
- Incorporate supportive psychotherapy and therapeutic interventions when appropriate
- Provide patient and family education
- Collaborate with parents and guardians when treating minors
- Coordinate with therapists, primary care providers, schools, and other treatment-team members when clinically appropriate and authorized
- Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation
- Provide both in-person and telehealth appointments
- Follow applicable prescribing, regulatory, and professional requirements
Qualifications
Required:
- Current PMHNP-BC certification
- Current South Carolina APRN licensure + DEA license or ability to obtain South Carolina licensure
- Prior psychiatric experience treating children and/or adolescents
- Experience conducting psychiatric evaluations and providing medication management
- Comfortable treating a mixed outpatient caseload that includes adults as well as children/adolescents
- Strong clinical judgment, communication, and documentation skills
- Ability to provide both in-person care at our Lake Wylie office and telehealth services
- Commitment to evidence-based, collaborative, patient-centered care
- Maintain an appropriate collaborating physician relationship as required for practice in South Carolina
Especially valued:
- Outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry experience
- ADHD evaluation and treatment experience
- Autism/neurodevelopmental experience
- Experience working with Medicaid populations
- Experience incorporating psychotherapy or therapeutic interventions into psychiatric practice
- Interest in helping develop and grow a child/adolescent service line
Schedule
Part-time to full-time.
We are open to a clinician who would like to begin part-time and gradually increase clinical hours as their caseload develops.
This may also be a good fit for an experienced PMHNP who currently has another position and would like to initially join the practice on a limited schedule before transitioning to a larger caseload.
Compensation
Competitive productivity-based compensation.
Compensation grows with the clinician's caseload and productivity. Sandalwood provides the practice infrastructure necessary to support the clinician, including billing, credentialing, scheduling systems, EHR/telehealth infrastructure, and referral development.
Additional compensation details will be discussed during the interview process.
About Sandalwood Mental Health
Sandalwood Mental Health, PLLC is a growing outpatient psychiatric practice providing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and integrated supportive psychotherapy.
As a PMHNP-owned and clinician-led practice, we aim to provide clinicians with the flexibility and autonomy of private practice while offering the administrative infrastructure and collaboration of a group practice.
Our approach emphasizes thoughtful medication management, patient education, collaboration with therapists and other healthcare professionals, and partnership with patients and families.
If you are an experienced PMHNP who enjoys working with both adults and younger patients and are looking for a flexible opportunity with room to grow, we encourage you to apply.
Job Type: Part-Time to Full-Time
Work Location: Hybrid – Lake Wylie, SC & Telehealth
Sandalwood Mental Health, PLLC is an equal opportunity employer.
Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have experience working with children/adolescents?
- Do you currently have a collaborating physician?
- Do you currently have prescription authority and SC DEA license?
- Briefly describe your interest in this position.
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in psychiatric nurse jobs.
- Active RN license in the state of employment with no restrictions
- One to three years of inpatient or outpatient psychiatric nursing experience
- Proficiency in de-escalation techniques such as CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
- Experience conducting mental health assessments and documenting in an EHR system
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Certification (PMH-BC) preferred or required for senior roles
- BLS and ACLS certification current at time of hire
Tips for Your Psychiatric Nurse Job Search
Tailor your resume to care settings
Psychiatric nursing covers wildly different environments, from locked inpatient units to outpatient clinics to crisis stabilization. Customize your resume for each setting by naming the specific patient populations you treated, the acuity levels you managed, and any de-escalation frameworks you used.
Highlight your psychiatric certifications prominently
The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Certification from ANCC is a real differentiator. If you hold it, put it directly after your name in the header. If you don't, note any completed CEUs in behavioral health, because hiring managers do read that section on psychiatric nursing resumes.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists psychiatric nurse openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by patient population served
Your experience with geriatric psychiatry doesn't automatically translate to adolescent or forensic work in a hiring manager's eyes. When searching, filter or scan job descriptions for the population explicitly named and apply to the ones that match your clinical background first.
Prepare a clinical scenario for behavioral interviews
Most psychiatric nurse interviews include a behavioral question about managing a patient in acute crisis or navigating a volatile unit situation. Have a specific, real example ready that walks through your assessment, your intervention, and the outcome, using the STAR format without using that word.
Negotiate shift differentials and sign-on structure
Inpatient psychiatric units often run overnight and weekend shifts, and sign-on bonuses in behavioral health are frequently tied to shift commitments. Before accepting an offer, clarify which shifts the bonus requires you to work and whether the differential is included in overtime calculations.
Psychiatric Nurse Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most psychiatric nurses?
The companies hiring the most psychiatric nurses right now include LifeStance Health, Thriveworks, and LiveWell Homecare Agency, with the largest share of openings in New York, Virginia, and North Carolina, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is consistently highest in health systems that operate dedicated behavioral health service lines.
How many psychiatric nurse jobs are remote?
About 68% of psychiatric nurse openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with the most remote-eligible roles concentrated in telepsychiatry, care coordination, and utilization review. Direct inpatient and crisis unit positions remain almost entirely on-site by nature of the clinical environment.
How do you become a psychiatric nurse?
You become a psychiatric nurse by first earning an ADN or BSN and passing the NCLEX-RN to become a licensed RN. From there, you gain experience in a behavioral health or psychiatric setting, which most employers require before hiring. Many psychiatric nurses then pursue the PMH-BC certification through ANCC to specialize formally and advance into higher-acuity or leadership roles.
How do you get hired as a psychiatric nurse with little experience?
Focus your applications on new-grad psychiatric nurse residency programs offered by health systems with behavioral health units, as these are specifically designed for RNs without psychiatric experience. If none are available, apply to medical-surgical or emergency roles and request psychiatric rotation opportunities. Volunteering or completing a practicum in a community mental health center also strengthens your candidacy when you're early in your career.
What does the psychiatric nurse interview process look like?
The interview process typically starts with a phone screen by a recruiter or nurse manager focused on your license status and clinical background. A panel interview follows, usually including a charge nurse or clinical director, with behavioral questions about managing aggressive patients, de-escalation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Some facilities also include a unit tour and a brief scenario exercise before extending an offer.
Where can I find and apply to psychiatric nurse jobs?
You can find and apply to psychiatric nurse jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Find roles that match your experience and the care setting you want to work in, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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