Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner

Company: BAS Healthcare
Location: Lawrence
Posted on: June 17, 2026

Job Description:

Location: Lawrence, MA

Serve locally. Grow academically. Lead change in community mental health.

Seeking an experienced Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join an innovative, mission-driven team expanding same-day access to mental health and substance use services for youth, adults, and families across Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, and North Andover.

This role offers the opportunity to practice within a fully integrated continuum of care that includes ambulatory services, mobile crisis, and short-term crisis stabilization while benefiting from strong academic mentorship and leadership development.

• Mission-driven care: Deliver high-quality, compassionate behavioral health services embedded in the community

• Exceptional team culture: Collaborative, multidisciplinary providers committed to excellence

• Academic & professional growth: Ongoing supervision and mentorship from psychiatrists and behavioral health leaders

• Teaching opportunities: Engage with NP students, medical students, psychiatry residents, and social work interns

• Innovation & leadership: Exposure to cutting-edge community psychiatry models and pathways to leadership roles

• Quality improvement & research: Participate in practice-based research and QI initiatives

• Provide urgent and scheduled mental health and substance use evaluations and treatment

• Conduct comprehensive diagnostic assessments and develop biopsychosocial treatment plans

• Provide medication management across a broad behavioral health population

• Coordinate care across ambulatory, crisis, and stabilization services

• Screen for and provide treatment for MOUD and MAUD (medications for opioid and alcohol use disorders)

• Collaborate as part of a multidisciplinary care team

• Operating hours:

  • Monday Friday: 8:00 AM 8:00 PM

  • Saturday Sunday: 9:00 AM 5:00 PM

• Must be available to work until 8:00 PM two evenings per week

• May include daytime and some weekend coverage for Community Crisis Stabilization

• Active Massachusetts PMHNP license

• Current PMHNP board certification

• Active DEA registration and MA Controlled Substance registration

• Minimum of 3 years of PMHNP experience required

• Spanish proficiency strongly preferred

• Annual salary range: $145,600 $185,120

Compensation is determined based on experience, education, training, certifications, geographic location, and job responsibilities, in accordance with applicable laws.

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