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MAVA Healthcare System
Downers Grove, Illinois · Hybrid

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$100k-$140k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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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

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Psychiatric assessmentMedication managementDiagnostic testingPatient chartingTreatment planningPsychotropic medication prescribingCollaborationMedical history collection

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.

Psychiatry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$100k–$140kPsychiatry median $128k (middle half $120k–$137k)22 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$120k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry listings in Illinois77 active2,266 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 30% remote · 66% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois 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 Systemsilver tier, 84/100Top Employers work-life index3 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About MAVA Healthcare System

Mental Health Care
Spring, Texas
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k)
401(k) matching
Company parties
Competitive salary
Free food & snacks
Home office stipend
Training & development
Flexible scheduling