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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bilingual Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Independent Contractor

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsContract Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$70.00/HR

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Looking for a role where your clinical expertise can make a meaningful impact every day?

If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality psychiatric care and supporting individuals on their mental health journey, COMHAR invites you to join our team as a Contractor Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).

In this vital position, you will provide compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric evaluation and medication management to individuals and families seeking support for mental health, behavioral health, emotional, or developmental needs. Your work will empower clients toward stability, healing, and long-term well-being.

Contract Flexible FT Hours |Available In the Philadelphia, PA 19133 Area| Bilinguals Speaker

Rate

$70.00/HR

Scheduled

Be able to contracted between the hours Monday-Friday 8AM-8PM, High Demand for Fridays!!

Summary

The Contractor Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) provides comprehensive on-site psychiatric services, including diagnostic evaluations, medication management, and ongoing clinical support to individuals with mental health, behavioral health, emotional, or developmental needs.

Operating as an independent contractor, the PMHNP delivers high-quality, person-centered care using evidence-based practices while collaborating with multidisciplinary team members as appropriate.

This role offers flexibility and autonomy in scheduling while requiring on-site presence to support COMHAR’s mission of promoting wellness, recovery, and resilience within the communities we serve.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensures thorough, quality, up-to-date medical and health documentation for assigned clients
  • Ensures effective, evidence-based therapeutics, including medication prescription for assigned clients
  • Completes psychiatric evaluations and mental status exams in conjunction with documentation standards

Completes all required client-related documentation including psychiatric evaluations, mental status exams, lab requests, mental status forms, incident reports, etc.) for all assigned clients in coordination with documentation standards

Meets monthly with supervisory staff to review cases, individual performance, identify and assess practice and developmental goals, etc.

  • Collaborates with treatment team members in reviewing client’s progress and treatment needs
  • Ensures timely and effective communication with clients, families, providers, caseworkers, advocates and other medical professionals involved in clients' care
  • Ensures compliance to all internal and external regulations, policies, and procedures
  • Ensures continued professional development and self-improvement
  • Maintains necessary credentials to ensure ongoing practice

Requirements

  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Job Requirements:
  • Bilingual (Spanish Speaking) required
  • Master's or higher degree in nursing science
  • Active and unrestricted PMHNP license in Pennsylvania
  • Eligibility for DEA licensure
  • Current license as a Registered Nurse
  • Community behavioral health outpatient experience preferred

About COMHAR

COMHAR is a nonprofit human-services organization dedicated to empowering individuals, families, and communities to live healthier, self-determined lives. Our mission is: “To provide health and human services that empower individuals, families and communities to live healthier, self-determined lives.”

Serving the Philadelphia region since 1975, COMHAR provides a wide continuum of behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disability, substance use, and social support services.

With programs that include outpatient treatment, residential services, community-based recovery centers, supportive housing, and specialized services for children, families, and diverse populations, COMHAR delivers person-centered care rooted in dignity, respect, and community integration.

Today, COMHAR’s team supports more than 5,500 people each month, helping individuals build stability, independence, and meaningful connections in their communities. COMHAR strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

COMHAR is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace. COMHAR, Inc. is a not-for-profit community-based health and human service organization founded in 1975.

We do not discriminate in services or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, past or present receipt of disability-related services or supports, marital status, veteran status, or any other class of persons protected by federal, state or local law.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Spanish FluencyClinical DocumentationEvidence-Based PracticePatient CareCase ReviewMultidisciplinary Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Bilingual Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Independent Contractor at COMHAR a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,424 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 46 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 52% have no call, 57% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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Salary Distribution10 jobs

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<$150k
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$150k-175k
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3
$200k-225k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 18 employers

CME allowance
57%
401k / retirement match
52%
Sign-on bonus
14%
Relocation assistance
10%
Loan repayment
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.3
Better work-life than 50% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,033 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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