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Detroit, Michigan

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Behavioral Health | Days

Nurse Practitioner 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo nightsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Company Description

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world.

We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail.

With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations.

Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Job Description

  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Behavioral Health | Days
  • Location: Henry Ford Detroit (1 Ford Place)
  • Status: Full-Time | Days
  • Schedule: Monday – Friday
  • Setting: 100% Outpatient | Adult + Geriatrics
  • Weekends: 2 Weekends per year

Position Overview

Henry Ford Health Detroit is seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner with a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) certification to join our Behavioral Health team.

This role focuses on providing outpatient psychiatric care, including completing biopsychosocial histories, performing mental status examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, establishing diagnoses, and developing and managing appropriate treatment plans.

The PMHNP will provide care under the supervision of a qualified member of the medical staff and collaborate with physicians, social work, psychology, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to support high-quality, patient-centered behavioral health care.

A minimum of one year of outpatient Behavioral Health experience as an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is required.

Why Henry Ford Health

Competitive Salary and Comprehensive Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
  • Supportive, collaborative systemwide team

Meaningful Impact on Employee Health and Safety

Employment contingent upon credentialing and completion of Employee Health screening per HFHS policy.

Qualifications

  • PMHNP Certification is required
  • 1 Year of outpatient experience in Behavioral Health as an APP Required
  • NP graduate from an accredited program
  • Current (or in-process) Michigan licensure
  • BLS required; ACLS required (or obtained after hire)

Credentials

Education & Training

Nurse Practitioner (NP): Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)

Licensure

Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Michigan, or in the process of applying (proof of application required).

Certification

NP: National certification by a certification body recognized by the State of Michigan (e. g., ANCC, AANP)

PMHNP: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification (PMHNP-BC) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Required Certifications

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) – required
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – required (may be obtained after hire)

DEA / Controlled Substance Licensure

NP: DEA registration required through credentialing; NPs do not hold a Michigan CSL and will use their Michigan license number during the application process

Job Type: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will provide outpatient psychiatric care, including conducting assessments, establishing diagnoses, and managing treatment plans. They will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, social workers, and psychologists to deliver high-quality, patient-centered behavioral health services.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Diagnostic testingTreatment planningPatient-centered careInterdisciplinary collaborationAdult psychiatryGeriatric psychiatryClinical documentationAdvanced practice nursing

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Behavioral Health | Days at Henry Ford Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry (NP) — ranked against 2,176 active Psychiatry (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 54% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychiatry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.0 / 10 · top 25% in psychiatry (np)ranked against 2,176 Psychiatry (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPsychiatry median $140k (middle half $130k–$162k)282 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry listings in Michigan33 active2,205 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 54% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan Nurse Practitioner listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus · 3% offer loan repayment308 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry hiring demand#14 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 days · 18% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed
New Psychiatry listings1,315 in the last 30 days1,034 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry pay trend+5.2% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (2,176 Psychiatry (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 8.0
Better work-life than 90% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,176 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights
  • Includes weekends
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About Henry Ford Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Detroit, MI
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits
Professional development and continuing education

Living in Detroit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$79k
Typical market rent
$1,328/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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