# Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Maryland at Backpack Healthcare

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Maryland at Backpack Healthcare in Annapolis, MD; Baltimore, MD; Bowie, MD; Columbia, MD; Dundalk, MD; Elkridge, MD; Ellicott City, MD; Frederick, MD; Glen Burnie, MD; Hagerstown, MD; Laurel, MD; Rockville, MD; Salisbury, MD; Silver Spring, MD; Towson, MD; Woodlawn, MD. Remote. Posted September 23, 2026.

- Company: Backpack Healthcare
- Location: Annapolis, MD; Baltimore, MD; Bowie, MD; Columbia, MD; Dundalk, MD; Elkridge, MD; Ellicott City, MD; Frederick, MD; Glen Burnie, MD; Hagerstown, MD; Laurel, MD; Rockville, MD; Salisbury, MD; Silver Spring, MD; Towson, MD; Woodlawn, MD
- Workplace: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hellobackpack/jobs/4737418005
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/psychiatric-mental-health-nurse-practitioner-maryland-backpack-healthcare-hkbqyv

## Description

🧠 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) — Part-Time
**📍 Remote | Active Maryland PMHNP License Required**

### 💙 Make an Impact. Practice with Flexibility. Grow With Us.

**Backpack Healthcare is growing our Maryland clinical team!** We're looking for a compassionate, clinically strong PMHNP who wants the flexibility of part-time telehealth practice without giving up the collaboration and support that make great clinical care possible.

Backpack Healthcare provides accessible mental health care to **children, teens, and young adults** through telehealth. We're clinician-led and minority-owned, and our PMHNPs don't work in isolation.

You'll be part of an **integrated care team alongside therapists, psychiatrists, and care coordinators**, all working together to support the same child and family.

Whether you're supplementing an existing role, balancing family commitments, or expanding your telehealth practice, **this role is designed to give you flexibility while keeping the clinical work meaningful.**

### 💰 Compensation + Monthly Bonus Potential

We believe clinicians should be rewarded for the important work they do.

**Our PMHNP compensation includes:**

- 💵 **$100 per completed psychiatric intake**

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

- 💰 **Monthly bonus potential** based on eligible clinical and performance metrics

- 📈 Opportunities for professional growth and increased earning potential as Backpack continues to expand

### Additional Benefits

- 💼 **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 clinical team

- 🏡 **100% remote telehealth practiceBuild a schedule that works for your life while creating meaningful earning opportunities and making a difference for kids and families.**

### 🌟 What You'll Do

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

**Afternoon, evening, and weekend availability is required**—that's when families are most available for care.

### Your day-to-day will include:

🩺 Conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and developing diagnostic formulations

📝 Creating individualized treatment plans in partnership with patients and families

💊 Prescribing and managing psychotropic medications while monitoring effectiveness, safety, and clinical progress

💬 Providing brief supportive interventions and psychoeducation alongside medication management

🤝 Collaborating with therapists, psychiatrists, and care coordinators through regular case consultation

📋 Maintaining accurate, timely clinical documentation in our EHR

👨‍👩‍👧 Educating patients and families about diagnoses, medications, treatment options, and expected outcomes

### ✅ What We're Looking For

We're seeking a PMHNP who has:

✔️ An active, unrestricted **Maryland PMHNP license**
*Multi-state or compact licensure preferred*

✔️ **PMHNP-BC board certification**

✔️ An active **DEA license**

✔️ A master's or doctoral degree from an accredited PMHNP program

✔️ Experience with—or a strong interest in—working with **children, adolescents, and families**

✔️ Comfort working independently in a telehealth environment

✔️ Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and genuine empathy

⭐ **New graduates are welcome to apply!**

### 🎒 Why Backpack Healthcare?

Since 2020, we've served **12,000+ kids and families**, and **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.

We're creating a different kind of clinical environment: one where providers have **flexibility, support, meaningful collaboration, and room to grow.When clinicians thrive, kids thrive. That's not a tagline. It's how we build.**

### Ready to Join Us?

If you're a Maryland PMHNP looking for **flexible part-time telehealth work, transparent per-session compensation, monthly bonus potential, and a collaborative clinical team**, we'd love to hear from you.

**Bring your clinical expertise. We'll bring the support, referrals, and opportunity to grow.** 🎒💙

**Apply today and help us build healthier futures—one child, one family, and one community at a time.**

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