Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Contractor - AZ / Remote

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis as part of its founding Arizona clinical team. 

Cartwheel is an early-stage company building a new kind of mental health program for kids that puts schools at the center. We see our role as supporting school staff who see kids every single day. Instead of going around them, we collaborate with them. This means: 

• Earlier intervention
• Higher student and family engagement in care
• Better coordination among the trusted adults in a student’s life 

Kids shouldn't just aspire to get out of bed and drag themselves to class. They should be able to experience joy. They deserve to envision and build a life they’re excited to live. If you join Cartwheel, you’ll help make this vision a reality for millions of students across the country. 

CARTWHEEL IN ARIZONA

Cartwheel is excited to be launching in Arizona in 2025 and scaling quickly through the year via our partnership model. As a Cartwheel clinician in Arizona, you will serve on the founding team for this region and will have an opportunity to be at the cutting edge of a new mental health care delivery model for Arizona students and families, with a particular focus on rural counties.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for team-oriented and mission-driven clinicians to join our care team of psychopharmacologists, therapists, and school health professionals. As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you'll work directly with school staff, students, and families in our partner school districts to build stronger systems of mental health support.

Role type: This is a 1099 Independent Contractor position

Location: 100% remote in the U.S.

Start date: Rolling start dates beginning February 2025

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Provide psychiatric medication management for school-age children and adolescents in Cartwheel’s partner school districts 
• Participate in case discussions with other Cartwheel team members
• Support students and families with transition to community mental health and primary care providers
• Build collaborative, trusted, and lasting relationships with school leadership, staff, students, and families. Meet regularly with school staff to discuss student mental health needs and develop strategies to improve school services.
• Help lead mental health workshops and other programming for staff and families
• Partner with school leadership on achieving their overall mental health vision

WHO YOU ARE 

Must have…

• Passion for working with schools on mental health
• Arizona - APRN authorization as PCNS or PNMHCS with prescriptive authority
• PMHNP certification
• Experience providing care to children and adolescents
• Strong technological skills and learning new systems, including Zoom, GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail, etc.), electronic health record systems, and other collaboration tools
• Access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection (50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload)
• Excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills

Extra credit…

• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Navajo, Apache, and Hopi)
• Experience working with American Indian/Native/Indigenous populations, immigrant populations, rural communities, and/or military families
• Experience working in a school setting
• Willingness to offer hours both during and after a typical school day
• Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link. It takes 2-4 weeks)
• CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link. It takes 3-4 days)

The above is a summary of the role, not an exhaustive list. If you think that you have most of the above but not everything, please apply. We'd love to hear from you.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE CARTWHEEL

At Cartwheel, you’ll have an unmatched provider experience.

• Competitive compensation ($110-115/hour base hourly rate + up to 5% quarterly Mission Bonus for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners dependent on experience, language, etc.)
  • The Mission Bonus of up to 5% is paid quarterly for serving higher-need populations ( based on the % of students you see who have Medicaid, are uninsured, or speak a non-English language)
• Access to free online accredited continuing education
• Administrative support from our experienced, full-time Care Coordinators, and optional access to an AI-enabled medical scribe that saves you hours of documentation time  (this is used and loved by the majority of Cartwheel clinicians!)
• Team-based care with mission-driven colleagues building a truly innovative school-community partnership model
• Opportunities beyond clinical care, including working closely with schools on staff support, workshops, and other programming

Cartwheel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives and an inclusive work environment. We're committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or veteran status.