UH
University Health
Lakewood, Colorado

APRN - Inpatient Behavioral Health - FT - Days - Lakewood

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Compensation

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  • APRN - Inpatient Behavioral Health - FT - Days - Lakewood
  • 101 Truman Medical Center
  • Job Location
  • UH Lakewood Medical Center
  • Kansas City, Missouri

Department: Behavioral Health GeriPsyche UHLMC

Position Type: Full time

Work Schedule: 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Hours Per Week

40

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

The APRN will provide inpatient behavioral health services within the GeriPsyche department. Responsibilities include clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of psychiatric conditions for geriatric patients.

Requirements

Candidates must be licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). Experience in inpatient behavioral health or geriatric psychiatry is expected for this role.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient CareTreatment PlanningPsychiatric Evaluation

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

In Colorado, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$156k (19 salary observations; 37 listings), vs ~$158k nationally (379 salary observations; 1,197 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 50% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 40 employers

27
<$170k
5
$170k-200k
8
$200k-230k
5
$230k-260k
5
$260k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
54%
Sign-on bonus
37%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$120-$130/hr
#2

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$75-$130/hr
#3

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

$240k-$270k
#4

Child & Adolescent PMHNP in Multiple Philadelphia Suburbs PA

$230k-$260k
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,120 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lakewood

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$557k
Typical market rent
$1,800/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
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.