Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Mental Health) On-Site in Edgewater, Maryland at Arundel Lodge, Inc.

Arundel Lodge is seeking a compassionate and experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our Clinic team. The Nurse Practitioner provides psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, medication management, medical treatment, crisis intervention, and counseling to clients and their families.

This position plays a critical role in supporting each person's journey toward recovery from mental illness, physical illness, and substance use. The ideal candidate embraces a person-centered, recovery-oriented approach and works collaboratively with clients, families, and an interdisciplinary treatment team.

Our Recovery Model emphasizes hope, empowerment, self-determination, peer support, respect, empathy, individual strengths, and a holistic approach to wellness.

• Provide psychiatric diagnosis, medication management, and medical treatment based on clients' behavioral health needs.
• Conduct routine and emergency psychiatric evaluations and assessments.
• Provide crisis intervention and individual and family counseling when clinically appropriate.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary treatment team to develop and implement appropriate treatment strategies.
• Support continuity of care between Arundel Lodge and community-based providers and services.
• Participate in person-centered treatment planning and recovery-oriented interventions.
• Complete clinical documentation accurately and within required timeframes.
• Monitor and manage laboratory testing, medications, and other medical procedures relevant to clients' psychiatric care.
• Maintain compliance with agency policies, professional standards, applicable licensing requirements, and COMAR regulations.
• Maintain appropriate communication with clients, families, visitors, and coworkers.
• Participate in required meetings, training, and quality-of-care activities.
• Provide rotating after-hours cell phone coverage for approximately one week every 12–14 weeks.
• Follow all health, safety, confidentiality, and infection-control requirements.
• Perform other duties as needed to support program goals and client care.

The successful candidate will:

• Treat every client with dignity, respect, empathy, and compassion.
• Use recovery-oriented and non-stigmatizing language and interventions.
• Recognize and build upon each client's strengths and goals.
• Demonstrate excellent clinical judgment and decision-making.
• Work effectively with limited direct supervision and manage competing priorities.
• Communicate essential information clearly with clients, families, and team members.
• Maintain strong computer and documentation skills.
• Demonstrate professionalism, reliability, punctuality, and accountability.
• Work respectfully with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Contribute positively to a collaborative clinical team.

The Nurse Practitioner is expected to comply with Arundel Lodge policies and procedures, including requirements related to ethics, fraud prevention, conduct and abuse, employee/client relations, mandatory training, attendance, timekeeping, overtime, vehicle and equipment use, health and safety, and confidentiality.

The position requires the ability to work with frequent interruptions, maintain awareness of environmental stimuli, communicate professionally, and perform responsibilities independently while remaining connected to the clinical team.

At Arundel Lodge, clinical care goes beyond treating symptoms. Our team works alongside individuals to support recovery, independence, wellness, and quality of life. This is an opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner who wants to make a meaningful difference while practicing in a collaborative, person-centered behavioral health environment.

Apply today to join the Arundel Lodge team and help support individuals on their journey toward recovery.