Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

About Us

Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation delivering specialty outpatient care for people living with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, and treatment-resistant depression. We design and operate high-acuity, in-person clinics across the United States, integrating psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, and community health workers under one roof to provide coordinated, longitudinal care for a historically fragmented population.

Leading health systems such as NewYork-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Mass General Brigham, Novant Health, and CommonSpirit Health collaborate with Amae to bring this model to their communities.

Why We Are Different

• Integrated care, not a referral network: Psychiatrists, therapists, primary care providers, dietitians, and community health workers work side-by-side and share responsibility for the same patients.
• Practice at the top of your license: Manageable caseloads, meaningful clinical depth, and purpose-built tools designed for this population.
• Continuous learning: Clinicians receive ongoing training, supervision, and mentorship in evidence-based SMI care through our collaboration with Mass General Brigham.
• Advancing the field: Clinicians contribute to new outcomes frameworks and research shaping the future of severe mental illness care.
• A model built for sustainability: Team-based care, thoughtful caseloads, and strong infrastructure make this work meaningful and sustainable over time.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral healthcare management to Amae Health patients; monitor and manage care through an array of treatment modalities as patients progress through phases of recovery.
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and assessments and provide ongoing medication management for patients with serious mental illness.
• Develop individualized treatment plans focused on addressing specific psychosocial and medical needs that might limit recovery.
• Provide continuous, regular consultations as patients navigate recovery, both in person and occasionally virtually.
• Liaise with patient care teams and collaborate closely with behavioral health providers to ensure an integrated, cohesive approach to care.
• Address medical and behavioral health needs to mitigate the negative impacts of social determinants of health.
• Educate patients and families about mental health conditions, treatment options, and recovery planning.

Requirements

• Master's or Doctoral degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC).
• Active, unrestricted California NP license and prescriptive authority in good standing.
• DEA registration (or ability to obtain).
• In possession of or willingness to obtain Clozapine REMS certification and Medicaid enrollment, if needed.
• A minimum of 2 years working with SMI/outpatient.
• Familiarity with the medical, mental health, and social service systems in the greater Bay Area.
• Holistic perspective on health and understanding of patient rights.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to adapt in a dynamic environment.
• Comfort with technology and a passion for using technology to improve care delivery.

What We're Building

• A national care delivery model for the highest-acuity patients in behavioral health.
• Precision medicine for SMI: Individualized treatment informed by multimodal clinical, behavioral, and social data.
• A clinical operating system that puts longitudinal data, real-time patient signals, and purpose-built tools into a single decision layer for care teams.
• Frontier science and measurement: Defining and validating outcomes frameworks that this field has never had (e.g., hospitalizations avoided, days stable, functional improvement).
• A collaboration model with the country's leading health systems that proves coordinated SMI care can work at scale.

Pay

Compensation includes a full-time base salary of $170,000 - $200,000 (based on level and experience). Part-time compensation and benefits packages will vary depending on schedule.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Parental leave.
• Programs built around employee well-being.

What We Value

• We center care in all we do. Empathy is not a brand value. It’s how we make clinical decisions, build products, and treat each other.
• We challenge convention. The existing system is the problem. We question it, test alternatives, and move with urgency when something works.
• We take the work seriously, not ourselves. High standards and humanity are not in tension. We hold a hard bar for quality while leaving room for humor and levity.
• Your job isn’t done until the job is done. We close gaps, follow through, and don’t hide behind titles or org charts.
• We win together and fail together. We own outcomes as a team, learn fast, and don’t do blame.
• We hustle with humility. Speed matters, as does integrity. We assume best intent and stay grounded in the mission.