Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$100k-$140k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Free food & snacks
- Home office stipend
Training & Development
This position requires advanced Psychiatric Skill Sets. You must have experience prescribing and/or recommending psychotropic medications in a Psychiatric Setting.
Region: Entire Illinois
About Us
Mava Healthcare Systems, PLLC provides fully integrative behavioral health services. Our multi-disciplinary team realizes that this population has special physical, emotional, and social needs. The psychiatric team is board-certified psychiatrists who collaborate with the psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to join our team! As a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, you will be examining patients, collecting patient medical history, and making tentative diagnoses on minor and major issues.
You will also be reading diagnostic tests and reports, interpreting data, taking the time with each patient to explain their test results and medical diagnoses, and prescribing therapy or medication with a physician's approval.
The ideal candidate has an excellent bedside manner, experience charting in a medical environment, and has strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
Examine each patient, take a detailed medical history, and chart everything medically important in their records
- Read test results, interpret data appropriately, and make diagnostic suggestions based on those results
- Explain to the patient test results and expected health outcomes
- Prescribe medication or therapy with a physician overseeing as part of a larger health plan
Work closely with nurses, other Physician Assistants, and Physicians to formulate a full, comprehensive treatment plan
Qualifications
- Nurse - PMHNP or PA-C with Psychiatric CAQ
- Bilingual Spanish is a plus!
- Must be licensed in IL
- Current License & DEA Required
- Experience with all age groups
- Must be a team-player
- Must be adaptive and flexible
- Nurse Practitioner PMHNP (Required)
- Physician Assistant with Psychiatric CAQ (Required)
What We Offer
- Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
- Collaborating Psychiatrists on the Illinois Team who provide services to the patients
- Flexible scheduling: Part-Time and Full-Time positions available
- Flexible work from home options available.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at MAVA Healthcare System a 6.0 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 remote work flexibility.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
MAVA Healthcare System holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 84/100, 3 active listings.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 66% have no call, 74% require no weekends — this position is remote.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $100k–$140k | Psychiatry median $128k (middle half $120k–$137k)22 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$120k in purchasing power | Illinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in Illinois | 77 active | 2,266 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 30% remote · 66% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Illinois Nurse Practitioner listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $18k) · 18% offer loan repayment494 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | +2.5% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| MAVA Healthcare System | silver tier, 84/100 | Top Employers work-life index3 active listings |
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