# PMHNP at Backpack Healthcare

PMHNP at Backpack Healthcare in Alexandria, VA; Arlington, VA; Chesapeake, VA; Fairfax, VA; Lynchburg, VA; Norfolk, VA; Richmond, VA. Remote. Posted September 23, 2026.

- Company: Backpack Healthcare
- Location: Alexandria, VA; Arlington, VA; Chesapeake, VA; Fairfax, VA; Lynchburg, VA; Norfolk, VA; Richmond, VA
- Workplace: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hellobackpack/jobs/4737414005
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/pmhnp-backpack-healthcare-fmcx57

## Requirements

- Active, unrestricted Virginia PMHNP license
- Ability to practice independently without an MD collaboration agreement — required
- PMHNP-BC board certification
- Active DEA license
- Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited PMHNP program
- Experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and/or families preferred
- Strong clinical judgment and comfort practicing autonomously
- Comfortable delivering care through telehealth
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Compassionate, culturally responsive approach to patient and family care
- Afternoon, evening, and/or weekend availability required

## Description

🧠 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) — Part-Time, Autonomous Practice
**Remote · Virginia License Required · Independent Practice**

### Make an Impact. Practice Autonomously. Be Part of Something Bigger.

Backpack Healthcare is looking for a **Virginia-licensed PMHNP** who values clinical autonomy, meaningful work, and genuine collaboration.

We provide accessible mental health care for **children, teens, and young adults** through telehealth. As a clinician-led, minority-owned organization, we're building a different kind of behavioral health experience — one where clinicians have the autonomy to practice at the top of their license while still having a strong team behind them.

**Autonomous doesn't mean alone.** You'll work alongside therapists, psychiatrists, and care coordinators who believe integrated care leads to better outcomes for kids and families.

### 💜 Why Backpack?

- **Autonomous practice:** Practice independently in Virginia without an MD collaboration agreement

- **Flexible part-time schedule:** Build a schedule that works for you and your life

- **Competitive compensation:$100 per completed intake and $40 per completed follow-up session**

- **Monthly bonus potential:** Additional earning opportunities based on eligible clinical and performance metrics

- **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 care team**

- **100% telehealth:** Provide care from wherever you do your best work

### 💰 Compensation

Our PMHNP compensation model is designed to provide competitive per-session earnings while giving you the flexibility of part-time telehealth practice.

**Current session rates:**

- **$100 per completed psychiatric intake**

- **$40 per completed follow-up session**

- **Additional monthly bonus potential** based on eligible clinical and performance metrics

Your schedule is yours to build, with **afternoon, evening, and weekend availability required** to meet families when they are most available.

### 🩺 What You'll Do

You'll provide comprehensive psychiatric care to children, teens, and young adults through telehealth, with a focus on accessible, evidence-based, family-centered treatment.

Your day-to-day will include:

- Conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and developing diagnostic formulations

- Creating individualized treatment plans with patients and families

- Prescribing and managing psychotropic medications

- Monitoring treatment effectiveness, safety, and clinical progress

- Providing brief supportive interventions and psychoeducation

- Collaborating with therapists, psychiatrists, and care coordinators through case consultation and care planning

- Educating families about diagnoses, medications, treatment options, and expected outcomes

- Maintaining accurate, timely clinical documentation in the EHR

- Supporting a culture of high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally responsive care

### 🌟 What We're Looking For

- Active, unrestricted **Virginia PMHNP license**

- Ability to practice independently without an MD collaboration agreement — **required**

- PMHNP-BC board certification

- Active DEA license

- Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited PMHNP program

- Experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and/or families preferred

- Strong clinical judgment and comfort practicing autonomously

- Comfortable delivering care through telehealth

- Excellent communication and documentation skills

- Compassionate, culturally responsive approach to patient and family care

- **Afternoon, evening, and/or weekend availability required**

### 🎒 About Backpack Healthcare

Since 2020, we've served **12,000+ kids and families** through accessible behavioral healthcare. **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.

Here, clinicians have the opportunity to **practice independently, collaborate meaningfully, and make a measurable difference in the lives of young people.When clinicians thrive, kids thrive. That's not just a tagline. It's how we build.**

### 🌈 Join Us

If you're a Virginia PMHNP looking for **clinical autonomy, flexible telehealth practice, competitive per-session compensation, and additional monthly earning potential**, we'd love to meet you.

**Come help us build the future of behavioral healthcare — one family at a time.**

*Backpack Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity in age, background, identity, and experience — and we mean it.*