We are seeking multiple experienced and compassionate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) to provide psychiatric care in long-term care, skilled nursing, nursing home, and post-acute care settings throughout Tompkins County & surrounding area. This is an outstanding opportunity for clinicians who want to work with a medically and behaviorally complex geriatric population while benefiting from strong earning potential, flexible scheduling, clinical autonomy, and long-term career growth.
This role is ideal for providers who are motivated by both mission and income opportunity. Clinicians will have the ability to build a highly rewarding practice in the LTC behavioral health space, with access to strong support, established facility relationships, and opportunities for future advancement.
Why Join Us:
Strong earning potential with opportunity for meaningful income growth
Flexible full-time and part-time scheduling options
Predictable daytime schedule
Opportunity to work across skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities
High level of autonomy with clinical support available when needed
Ongoing professional development and training
Opportunity for advancement into leadership, travel, and expansion roles
Meaningful work serving an underserved geriatric and elderly population
Requirements
Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for residents in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities
Provide ongoing medication management and psychiatric follow-up visits
Diagnose and treat common geriatric psychiatry conditions including depression, anxiety, dementia-related behaviors, psychosis, mood disorders, and chronic mental illness
Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychotropic medications based on each resident’s clinical presentation
Develop individualized treatment plans that align with residents’ psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial needs
Collaborate with nursing staff, physicians, medical directors, social workers, therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams
Provide behavioral health recommendations to facility staff to support continuity of care
Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant documentation within the medical record system
Communicate effectively with residents, families, guardians, and facility teams
Support quality psychiatric care delivery within the nursing home / LTC setting
Qualifications:
Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Active and unrestricted New York State Nurse Practitioner license
DEA registration preferred or ability to obtain
Strong clinical judgment and ability to practice independently
Experience working with geriatric, elderly, long-term care, skilled nursing, nursing home, behavioral health, psychiatry, or post-acute populations preferred
Prior experience managing dementia, behavioral disturbances, chronic mental illness, or psychotropic medication regimens strongly preferred
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Must be comfortable working in skilled nursing facilities / nursing homes / LTC environments
Benefits
Competitive compensation package
High earning potential for experienced providers
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with employer match
Paid time off
Flexible scheduling options
Long-term growth opportunity within an expanding organization
Skills Required
- Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- Active and unrestricted New York State Nurse Practitioner license
- DEA registration preferred or ability to obtain
- Strong clinical judgment and ability to practice independently
- Experience working with geriatric, long-term care, skilled nursing, or post-acute populations
- Prior experience managing dementia, behavioral disturbances, chronic mental illness, or psychotropic medication regimens
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Comfortable working in skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and long-term care environments
What We Do
Cordial Health, PC is a psychiatry practice dedicated to enhancing lives through compassionate mental health care services across New York. They specialize in providing exceptional general psychiatry and medication management, with a particular focus on delivering on-site services within nursing homes and offering accessible telehealth psychiatric care to ensure patients receive personalized treatment plans tailored to their unique needs.
