Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) / Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) – Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) – Traveling Float Provider

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) / Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) – Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) – Traveling Float Provider - Kentucky - Sign-On Bonus up to $10,000

Position Details

Reports To: Regional Director of Operations

Employment Type: Full-Time Exempt

Coverage Model: Skilled nursing facilities within a regional territory

Job Summary

We are seeking a dual-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) / Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) to provide psychiatric and medical care across skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and long-term care settings. This Float Provider role supports geriatric and post-acute populations with complex psychiatric, medical, and neurocognitive conditions.

This is a high-acuity “road warrior” role focused on continuity of care, behavioral stabilization, reduction of hospitalizations, and CMS-compliant clinical excellence across multiple facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Psychiatric and primary care coverage in SNFs and nursing homes
• Management of complex psychiatric, medical, and neurocognitive conditions
• Initial evaluations, follow-ups, medication management, and care planning
• Behavioral and medical crisis response across facilities
• Reduction of hospital transfers and ER utilization
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with facility teams
• CMS-compliant documentation and quality reporting
• Support facility stabilization and consultative needs

Coverage Model (Float / Road Warrior Role)

• Provider leave coverage
• Staffing shortages and census surges
• New facility onboarding
• Crisis-driven consults
• Multi-site regional travel across SNF/LTC settings

Required Qualifications

• Active PMHNP certification
• Active FNP or NP certification (dual certification required or strongly preferred)
• Active, clear, and unencumbered Kentucky Nurse Practitioner licensure required
• Active DEA registration required
• Minimum 2 years of experience in psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, SNF/LTC, or post-acute care settings
• Strong independent clinical decision-making in high-acuity environments

Core Skills

• Geriatric psychopharmacology
• Primary care and chronic disease management
• Behavioral crisis stabilization
• Dementia and neurocognitive care
• CMS regulatory compliance
• Interdisciplinary communication and leadership
• Multi-site clinical practice

Why This Role Matters

• Reduces psychiatric and medical hospitalizations
• Decreases emergency department transfers
• Improves behavioral stabilization in SNF populations
• Strengthens CMS compliance and quality outcomes
• Enhances staff confidence in managing complex patients
• Provides consistent psychiatric and medical leadership across facilities

Benefits & Perks

Available to All Employees (Part-Time & Full-Time)

• Flexible work-life balance schedule
• Hybrid model (in-person care + virtual charting)
• Company-provided equipment (Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, keyboard, case, stylus, charger)
• Telos swag
• Mileage reimbursement per company travel policy

Professional & Clinical

Support

• Malpractice insurance (occurrence-based) $1M/$3M coverage
• $1,000 annual CEU, DEA, and licensure reimbursement
• Professional development support

Full-Time Employee Benefits (30+ hours/week; eligible after 30-day waiting period)

Health & Retirement

• 401(k)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Voluntary Benefits (Aflac)

• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability
• Accident insurance
• Hospital indemnity coverage
• Critical illness coverage
• Voluntary life insurance options (term or whole life)

Time Off & Holidays

• PTO: 15 days (years 1–2), increasing with tenure
• 6 paid holidays:

+ New Year’s Day

+ Memorial Day

+ Independence Day

+ Labor Day

+ Thanksgiving Day

+ Christmas Day

Equal Opportunity Employer

Telos Health Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.