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Northside Hospital
Canton, Georgia

PMHNP - Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

The clinical nurse specialist, psychiatric/mental health, (CNS/PMH), is an advanced practice registered nurse who provides a full range of nursing services from mental health promotion to mental illness rehabilitation.

As a primary mental health care provider, the clinical nurse specialist, psychiatric/mental health, provides psychotherapy, clinical supervision, consultation, and liaison services.

The clinical nurse specialist, psychiatric/mental health, must practice in accordance with the Board- approved current standards of the American Nurses Association's A Statement on Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nursing Practice and Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nursing Practice.

Performs history and physical examinations and carries out appropriate intervention/procedures as determined by the plan of care. Coordinates care of assigned patients according to Northside Hospital established Standards of Care.

CNS/PMH is an integral part of the behavioral health team to assist with the identified psychiatric needs.

Qualifications

  • REQUIRED:1. Master's Degree in Nursing
  • 2. Advance Practice Nurse in the State of Georgia
  • 3. PMHNP-BC

PREFERRED:1. One (1) year experience.

Work Hours

7:30a-4p

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient assessmentCare coordinationPsychiatric nursingAdvanced practice nursing

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 56% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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$200k+

Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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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 2,209 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Canton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k
Typical market rent
$1,986/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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