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Acadia
Lancaster, South Carolina

Nurse Practitioner- Adult Psych

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$70/hr

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 30m ago · Verified live

Job description

Join Acadia as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – Adult Psych, No Weekends in Lancaster, SC, USA.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Pay rate: $70/hr.
  • Productivity bonus of $50 per patient per day for caseloads of 18+

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • On-call compensation: $225/night (M-F), $300/night (weekends)
  • No weekends required.

This position offers weekends off. Work with Acadia in Lancaster, SC, USA.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner will provide high-quality psychiatric care, including diagnosis, medication management, and rapid stabilization for patients in an acute inpatient setting. They will also collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to formulate treatment plans and ensure accurate clinical documentation.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed, board-certified or board-eligible Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with an active DEA license. A Master's degree in Nursing and at least one year of clinical experience in a relevant patient population are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Crisis managementPatient stabilizationDual diagnosis treatmentInpatient careDiagnostic testingTreatment planningTherapeutic boundariesLimit settingSubstance use disorder treatmentPsychiatric assessmentInterdisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner- Adult Psych at Acadia a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Psychiatry nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 32% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

6.2/ 10
Listing-based score

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  • No weekends
  • Includes call
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About Acadia

Mental Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Productivity bonus of $50 per patient per day for caseloads of 18+
On-call compensation: $225/night (M-F), $300/night (weekends)