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Remote Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Full-Time, California

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Starting at $170K

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Job Description

Pay: Starting at $170,000 per year

Job Description

We’re Hiring: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) — 2 Openings

California · Fully Remote · Full-Time

Our practice serves patients in California, Arizona, and Oregon. This position is specifically for our California team and is focused exclusively on providing telehealth care to patients located in California.

If you’ve worked in telepsychiatry before, you may know the feeling: high patient volume, short visits, little connection with colleagues, and the sense that you’re a name on a roster rather than a clinician with a voice. Our practice was built to offer something different.

Our practice is co-owned by a practicing PMHNP who continues to see patients every week and leads the clinical side with one guiding question: Would I want to work here, and would I want to be a patient here?

Our goal is to be known as one of the best places to receive mental health care—and one of the best places to practice it. We want to help define what high-quality psychiatric care looks like and build a team of clinicians who want to be part of that mission.

The Role

We’re looking for two full-time PMHNPs to provide psychiatric care through telehealth to patients located in California. Although our practice operates in three states—California, Arizona, and Oregon—this role is exclusively for California.

Our practice operates seven days a week. Providers must agree to work at least two Saturdays or Sundays each month. Beyond this weekend requirement, we offer flexibility in building a full-time schedule that works for both you and your patients.

What Makes This Position Different

We are a small practice, and we intend to stay that way. We have no plans to grow beyond 25 providers because we want every clinician to remain known, valued, and connected to our management team.

That size gives us the flexibility to individualize each provider’s employment package. Some clinicians prefer more clinical hours and higher compensation. Others value fewer clinical hours and significantly more paid time off. We can work with you to create an arrangement that reflects your priorities while meeting the needs of the practice and our patients.

You will not be treated like a number here. Your goals, preferences, and quality of life matter. You will work directly with a small, accessible management team that has the flexibility to listen and build an individualized agreement with you.

Why This Role Stands Out

  • Clinician ownership: A practicing PMHNP co-owns the practice and leads clinical strategy.
  • A real team: We genuinely value communication, collegiality, and each clinician’s voice.

An individualized employment package: Depending on your priorities, your arrangement may emphasize higher compensation and more clinical hours or fewer clinical hours and substantially more paid time off.

Intentionally small practice: We have no plans to grow beyond 25 providers, allowing us to remain responsive, personal, and flexible.

Paid time for connection and learning: Full-time providers receive two to three hours of paid team and continuing-education time each week.

Your own dedicated virtual assistant: Every full-time provider receives dedicated administrative support.

An EMR designed for clinicians: Our PMHNP co-owner has spent hundreds of hours customizing our EMR and clinical workflows so that seeing patients feels efficient rather than exhausting.

Prescription-monitoring reports prepared for you: Our virtual assistants help ensure the necessary California prescription-monitoring information is ready for review, reducing administrative work between appointments.

Administrative support: We handle scheduling, billing, insurance, credentialing, intake, and technical support.

Patient-centered appointment lengths: Evaluations are scheduled for 60 minutes, and follow-up visits are scheduled for 30 minutes. You may schedule 60-minute follow-ups whenever a patient needs additional time. Clinical judgment stays with you—not with a billing algorithm.

Flexible remote scheduling: Work from home while building a full-time schedule within our seven-day operating week.

How We Build a Team in a Fully Remote Practice

Full-time providers participate in two to three hours of paid meetings and continuing education each week:

One-hour PMHNP team meeting for case discussions, peer support, and collaboration with colleagues who understand your work.

One to two hours with a physician, psychiatrist, or guest speaker for continuing education. This program has received excellent feedback, and we are committed to providing high-quality speakers and ongoing professional development.

The rest of your working time is dedicated to you and your patients.

Patient Population

Our primary patient population is adults ages 18 and older. Treating adolescents or geriatric patients is entirely optional.

We will prioritize building your caseload around the patients, conditions, and areas of practice you most enjoy. We believe clinicians provide their best care when they are able to do work they find meaningful.

Requirements

  • Active California PMHNP license in good standing
  • Board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Active DEA Registration Authorizing Practice in California

  • At least two years of post-licensure outpatient psychiatric experience New graduates are not eligible for this position
  • Availability to work full-time
  • Willingness to work at least two Saturdays or Sundays per month
  • Ability to provide care remotely in a private, professional, and secure setting

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time employment with an individualized compensation, clinical-hours, and paid-time-off arrangement.

Benefits

Starting compensation of $170,000 per year, depending on experience and the structure of your individualized employment package

  • 401(k)
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off, with options for an enhanced PTO arrangement
  • Parental leave
  • Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Licensure and DEA reimbursement
  • Continuing-education reimbursement, in addition to paid weekly continuing-education time
  • Internet stipend
  • Professional-development assistance
  • Retirement plan

WORK LOCATION: Fully remote within California.

How to Apply

You must complete our application to be considered for the position:

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Please only apply if you understand this is a full-time position requiring at least two Saturday or Sunday workdays each month (so 2 days out of a month you must work on a Saturday or Sunday - flexible it could be sat/sun once a month etc).

We personally read every application. We’re looking for someone who plans to stay and grow with us, and we approach the hiring process with that long-term relationship in mind.

Key Responsibilities

Provide psychiatric care through telehealth to adult patients located in California. Participate in weekly team meetings, case discussions, and continuing education sessions.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentPatient careCase managementElectronic medical recordsPsychiatric evaluationMental health counseling

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Remote Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Full-Time, California at Mental Health Practitioners a 6.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychiatry (NP) — ranked against 2,043 active Psychiatry (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Mental Health Practitioners holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 82/100, 3 active listings.

Of the 45 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 51% have no call, 80% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Psychiatry NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.7 / 10 · above average in psychiatry (np)ranked against 2,043 Psychiatry (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$170kPsychiatry NP median $137k (middle half $128k–$146k)71 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 38% remote · 51% no call · 80% no weekends45 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 8% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP hiring demand#14 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed
New Psychiatry NP listings831 in the last 30 days967 the 30 days before (−14%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP pay trend+1.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Mental Health Practitionerssilver tier, 82/100Top Employers work-life index3 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (2,043 Psychiatry (NP) listings), Top Employers work-life index, WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Benefits & Perks

401(k)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
Life insurance
Licensure and DEA reimbursement
Continuing-education reimbursement