Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Location: Tega Cay, South Carolina — Greater Charlotte/Fort Mill Area
Schedule: Full-Time or Part-Time
Current Full-Time Schedule: Four days per week
Estimated Full-Time Annual Earnings: $130,000–$175,000
Work Setting: Primarily in person, with potential hybrid flexibility after successful onboarding
Join a Respected, Physician-Led Psychiatric Practice
Integrity Behavioral Health is seeking a compassionate, dependable, and clinically skilled Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to join our established outpatient psychiatric practice.
Located in the beautiful lakeside community of Tega Cay, South Carolina, just minutes from Fort Mill and Charlotte, Integrity Behavioral Health provides thoughtful, individualized psychiatric care in a professional and supportive environment.
This opportunity is ideal for a PMHNP who values clinical autonomy, meaningful patient relationships, a manageable four-day full-time schedule, strong administrative support, and direct access to an experienced psychiatrist for consultation and mentorship.
The practice is led by Dr. Mahir Shah, a psychiatrist with more than 30 years of clinical experience. Our team is committed to ethical, evidence-based care, professional collaboration, and treating every patient with empathy, dignity, and respect.
Why Join Integrity Behavioral Health? Four-Day Full-Time Workweek
Our current full-time clinical schedule is structured as four days per week.
This schedule allows providers to maintain a productive caseload while preserving greater flexibility and work-life balance. Part-time candidates will also be considered, with scheduling based on provider availability, patient continuity, and the needs of the practice.
Physician-Led Clinical Support
Providers have direct access to an experienced psychiatrist for consultation regarding:
- Complex clinical cases
- Diagnostic clarification
- Medication-management questions
- Risk assessment
- Treatment planning
- Professional development
You will have the autonomy to manage your patients while knowing that experienced clinical guidance is available whenever needed.
Established Practice and Ongoing Patient Demand
Integrity Behavioral Health has an established patient base, a strong local presence, and ongoing demand for psychiatric services.
The incoming provider may have the opportunity to assume care for some existing patients while also developing a productive caseload with support from our administrative and clinical teams.
Meaningful, Relationship-Based Care
We believe quality psychiatric care involves more than brief medication checks.
Our providers develop therapeutic relationships with their patients and incorporate clinically appropriate brief psychotherapy into medication-management appointments.
Candidates should be comfortable providing interventions such as:
- Supportive psychotherapy
- Psychoeducation
- Motivational interviewing
- Behavioral and coping strategies
- Solution-focused interventions
- Other evidence-based therapeutic techniques appropriate to the patient’s needs.
Competitive, Productivity-Based Compensation
Estimated full-time annual earnings are $130,000–$175,000.
Compensation is productivity-based and calculated as a percentage of the professional collections generated by the provider. The advertised annual range represents estimated full-time earnings and is not a guaranteed fixed salary.
Actual earnings depend on the provider’s schedule, patient volume, completed visits, services performed, documentation, insurance reimbursement, and collections.
Part-time compensation is also based on actual professional collections.
Practice-Paid Professional Expenses
Integrity Behavioral Health pays for:
- Professional malpractice insurance
- Applicable South Carolina professional licensing fees
- Eligible professional license renewal expenses
Specific eligibility and coverage will be outlined in the employment agreement.
Strong Administrative Support
Our experienced administrative team assists with:
- Patient scheduling
- Patient communication
- Insurance-related workflows
- Prior authorizations
- Credentialing support
- Prescription-related administrative needs
- General practice operations
The practice uses Athenahealth for electronic health records, scheduling, documentation, billing, and clinical workflow management, allowing providers to devote more attention to patient care.
Professional and Collegial Environment
We value:
- Ethical clinical judgment
- Professionalism
- Reliability
- Mutual respect
- Open communication
- Accountability
- Collaboration
- Compassionate patient care
Our goal is to provide clinicians with the independence to practice effectively while ensuring that they never feel professionally isolated.
Position Responsibilities
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will provide outpatient psychiatric services to children, adolescents, adults, or a combination of age groups, depending on the provider’s education, training, and experience.
Responsibilities include:
- Conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations
- Diagnosing psychiatric and behavioral health conditions
- Providing ongoing psychiatric medication management
- Developing individualized, evidence-based treatment plans
- Monitoring medication effectiveness, side effects, safety concerns, and clinical progress
- Providing clinically appropriate brief psychotherapy
- Accurately documenting evaluation, medication-management, and psychotherapy services
- Ordering and reviewing appropriate laboratory testing
- Educating patients and families about diagnoses, medications, treatment options, risks, and safety concerns
- Coordinating care with therapists, primary care providers, specialists, pharmacies, hospitals, and other members of the treatment team
- Completing timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate documentation
- Participating in case consultation and clinical collaboration when appropriate
- Maintaining professional, ethical, regulatory, and prescribing standards
- Establishing therapeutic relationships built on empathy, trust, professionalism, and clear communication
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a provider who is clinically thoughtful, emotionally intelligent, dependable, and sincerely committed to delivering high-quality psychiatric care.
The ideal candidate:
- Demonstrates strong psychiatric assessment and medication-management skills
- Is comfortable providing clinically appropriate brief psychotherapy
- Has previous outpatient psychiatric experience
- Communicates effectively with patients, families, colleagues, and support staff
- Values continuity of care and long-term therapeutic relationships
- Practices with empathy while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries
- Completes documentation accurately and on time
- Works independently while recognizing when consultation is appropriate
- Is receptive to collaboration, feedback, and continued professional development
- Maintains a reliable and consistent patient schedule
- Treats patients and coworkers with professionalism and respect
- Takes pride in providing ethical, evidence-based, patient-centered care
Required Qualifications
- Master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program
- Board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, or board-eligible and actively pursuing certification
- Active South Carolina APRN license, or eligibility to obtain one
- Active DEA registration, or eligibility to obtain one
- Ability to meet applicable credentialing and prescribing requirements
- Strong psychiatric assessment, diagnostic, and medication-management skills
- Ability to provide clinically appropriate brief psychotherapy
- Strong written documentation and communication skills
- Commitment to ethical, compassionate, and evidence-based psychiatric care
- Ability to commute reliably to Tega Cay, South Carolina
Benefits for Eligible W-2 Employees
- Current full-time schedule of four clinical days per week
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Employer 401(k) matching
- Professional malpractice insurance paid by the practice
- Applicable professional licensing and renewal fees paid by the practice
- Flexible part-time scheduling
- Experienced administrative support
- Direct access to psychiatric consultation and mentorship
- Support in developing and maintaining a productive caseload
- Potential hybrid flexibility after successful onboarding
- Opportunity for professional and financial growth within an established physician-led practice
About Tega Cay and the Greater Charlotte Area
Integrity Behavioral Health is located in Tega Cay, South Carolina, a welcoming lakeside community situated along Lake Wylie.
Tega Cay borders Fort Mill and is a short drive from Charlotte, North Carolina. The area offers attractive residential communities, excellent schools, restaurants, outdoor recreation, and convenient access to the professional and cultural opportunities of a major metropolitan area.
Providers can enjoy the advantages of working near Charlotte while practicing in a comfortable and community-oriented setting.
Pay: $130,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: In person
