PMHNP with 103 status
Headlight·Palm Desert, California
Headlight·Palm Desert, California
Diagnose and treat mental health and emotional disorders through individual and group therapy and medication management. Maintain detailed patient records and collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care.
Join a team that’s transforming mental healthcare.
Founded by psychiatrists [https://headlight.health/join-our-team/], Headlight is more than a company: it’s a movement.
A movement that exists on the front lines of the mental health crisis, transforming the way people access care and the way clinicians deliver it.
In order to help people in their time of need and ensure that every person who comes to us has options, we are transparent about our capabilities, treatments, and coverage, we champion innovation, and we leverage our rich data to continuously implement better ways of delivering care.
Our mission is simple but powerful: Improving lives, one session at a time.
Our highly skilled and principled clinical team enjoys autonomy and institutional support so they can put their focus where it should be: on improving patient outcomes. Our clinicians want to do more than help individual clients, so they work to affect the system as a whole, elevating standards of care so that their efforts reverberate far beyond what they could do in private practice.
As the most trusted behavioral health partner in the Western U.S., we’ve established deep relationships that give us unparalleled access, interoperability, and first-priority referrals. This exclusivity, combined with our best-in-class coordinated care and feedback loops, results in superior outcomes and cost savings.
Our services are convenient, accessible, and expert, combining personalized client engagement with advanced technology to enhance, not replace, human connection. Indeed, we hold that human-to-human relationships are indispensable, so from the match to the session to the time between sessions, we provide whole person care so nobody falls through the cracks and there is a brighter path forward for all.
Headlight is looking for PMHNPs with their 103 status to join our team in Southern California. This role is full-time with a hybrid schedule that requires 3 days a week in-office.
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Our Pillars
Make things easier.
Forge genuine connections.
Elevate the standard.
The typical wait time to see a W2 Clinician is 4 weeks, Headlight significantly reduces this to an average of 8.9 days to see a W2 Clinician, with 80% of clients being seen within two weeks.
Retention and
Therapeutic
Relationships: Industry data indicates approximately 70% of clients return for a second therapy session. Headlight boasts a 92% return rate, reflecting Headlights ability to match clients to the right clinician.
Continuity of care: Of Clients who attend at least four sessions, only 36% continue with the same clinician in the broader industry. Headlight surpasses this with a 94% continuity rate.
Client
Engagement and
Attendance: Industry average for clients attending their first scheduled appointment is 65%. Headlight improves upon this with an 81% attendance rate, indicating effective initial engagement strategies.
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If you need any accommodations for your interview please email HR@headlight.health prior to scheduling.
Headlight is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness and seeks to create a working environment reflective of this commitment. We seek to provide a diverse clinician base to support the diversity of our clients. Headlight supports and respects diversity of people, culture, and ideas throughout our organization. Headlight thrives to be a welcoming, diverse and discrimination- and harassment-free workplace.
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Requires a Master's degree in Nursing with a Psychiatric specialty, board certification (ANCC or AANP), and a valid state license and DEA. Minimum of 12 months post-licensure experience in a psychiatric clinical setting is required.
Market context
California continues to show steady demand for PMHNPs, especially in psychiatric settings serving high-need patients. This role is competitive because it requires a psychiatric nursing master’s degree, active PMHNP licensure, 12 months of post-licensure psychiatric experience, and an active DEA registration. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your licensure, DEA status, and recent psychiatric experience before applying.