Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$70-$80/hr
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the work setting, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Professional Care Medical Practices PC ("Professional Care”) is a private, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.
Professional Care provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services in the state of New York.
Correctional health care is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all of your learned medical skills and knowledge on a daily basis. It is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; providing care to an under-served, diverse, and truly appreciative patient population.
We are currently looking for a Part Time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join our team and provide onsite services for Jefferson County Jail in Watertown, NY.
This is an 4-6 hour per week position (one full day).
Benefits
- Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Hourly rate $70-80 per hour
- Company-paid malpractice liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
- Sick Leave package provided.
- Annual licensure reimbursement provided.
- Unlimited company-paid CME technology provided, and more.
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Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
- Board Certified in Psychiatric Mental Health.
- Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of New York.
- Maintain current DEA license.
Maintain active BLS (i. e. CPR) certification.
Maintain current Driver’s License.
Key Responsibilities
Provide onsite psychiatric mental health services to patients at the Jefferson County Jail. Deliver comprehensive medical and mental health care within a correctional environment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,529 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 26 active listings.
Of the 40 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% are remote, 35% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner roles | ranked against 13,529 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $146k–$166k | Psychiatry median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$145k in purchasing power | New York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in New York | 168 active | 2,205 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 45% remote · 35% no call · 60% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New York Nurse Practitioner listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry hiring demand | #14 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 18% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed |
| New Psychiatry listings | 1,315 in the last 30 days | 1,034 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | +5.2% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C | silver tier, 76/100 | Top Employers work-life index26 active listings |
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,176 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
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About Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C
Benefits & Perks
Living in Watertown
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $203k
- Typical market rent
- $1,546/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 87.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.