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Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Qualifications:

Psychiatric APRN to perform psychiatric evaluations and medication clinics required. APRN as issued by the Florida Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

Embracing Lightshare's mission, vision and our five Pillars is important for our work at Lightshare. Our five pillar embrace the following:: Compassion (show empathy and genuine care for the well-being of our colleagues, the people we serve and our community); Acceptance (create an environment where everyone feels valued and included; foster creativity through the richness of our differences); Respect (treat every individual with dignity, courtesy and consideration; value the opinions and contributions of others); Empowerment (take ownership of your work, seek growth opportunities to reach your full potential and actively contribute to our success); Stewardship (responsibly manage the resources and assets entrusted to us).

Job Duties: The APRN candidate will be responsible for interviewing clients, obtaining and recording health histories, performing physical assessments as well as assessing mental and developmental client status within a substance use disorder treatment setting. In addition, he/she will be responsible for ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and procedures when necessary along with managing the healthcare for those clients whom he/she has been assigned to, including providing health teaching and counseling, nutritional recommendations and modifications of diet, consultation, collaborative management and/or referrals as appropriate.

The APRN candidate will evaluate the outcomes of prescribed treatment and plans of care, analyze health behaviors related to personality, illness, culture and lifestyle and its impact on the clients health, and will be responsible for maintaining the medical records, providing emergency treatment and referring to community resources when applicable.

Benefits Available to Our Full-time Employees

  • Lucrative vacation time – 168 hours
  • Mental Wellness Days – 3 days
  • Medical insurance, prescription tools, dental, vision, mental health, wellness programs, EAP, life and ADD and the ability to participate in a 401K, Supplemental – accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Lightshare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact Human Resources.

All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, business needs, and other lawful considerations.

Key Responsibilities

The APRN will perform psychiatric evaluations, physical assessments, and manage medication clinics for clients in a substance use disorder treatment setting. They are also responsible for interpreting diagnostic tests, providing health counseling, and maintaining accurate medical records.

Requirements

Candidates must be a Psychiatric APRN licensed by the Florida Board of Nursing and certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. The role requires the ability to perform clinical assessments and provide emergency treatment within a behavioral health environment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationMedication managementPhysical assessmentMental status assessmentDevelopmental assessmentDiagnostic test interpretationHealth history recordingPatient counselingNutritional counselingMedical record maintenance

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 54% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychiatry NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingFlorida index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry NP listings in Florida124 active2,075 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 32% remote · 54% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedFlorida nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 3% offer loan repayment777 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 listings840 in the last 30 days948 the 30 days before (−11%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution

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$195k-220k
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$220k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs
401k / retirement match
93% this job
Sign-on bonus
50%
CME allowance
43%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,043 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery

Hospitals and Health Care
Sarasota, Florida
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

168 hours vacation (21 days)
3 mental wellness days
Medical insurance
Prescription tools
Dental
Vision
Mental health
Wellness programs

Living in Sarasota

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$440k
Typical market rent
$2,210/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.