Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$130k-$150k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (i. e. PCM) has been in operation since 1986. We are a privately owned, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional healthcare practice.
PCM provides comprehensive medical, mental health, & dental care services to over 80 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout the states of PA, MD, FL, NY, & NH.
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 Full-Time, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to join our team and provide on-site medical care at the Bucks County Department of Corrections in Doylestown, PA.
This is a 40 hour/week position, Monday’s – Friday’s normal business hours (7a-3:30p/8a-4:30p).
Benefits
PrimeCare believes in offering a competitive compensation and benefits package to all their employees. Standard benefits for full-time employees include:
Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Annual Salary range is $130,000.00 - $150,00.00
Single and Family health care offered (i. e., medical / prescription / dental / vision).
- Company-paid life insurance provided & additional insurance benefits offered.
- Company-paid liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
Retirement benefits offered (i. e., 401k with discretionary company match).
Generous PTO package provided. Paid time off will accrue for a maximum accrual of twenty (20) days (or 160 hours) per year. In addition, you will also receive six (6) floating holidays, pro-rated within your first year of employment as dictated by your effective hire date.
Annual licensure reimbursement offered and more!
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner.
Board Certified
- Must have two or more years' experience as a PMHNP.
- Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of Pennsylvania.
- Maintain current DEA license.
Maintain active BLS (i. e. CPR) certification.
Maintain current Driver’s License.
Key Responsibilities
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide comprehensive mental health care services to patients within a correctional facility. This role involves utilizing a hybrid of primary, urgent, emergency, and addiction medicine skills to treat an underserved population.
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 PrimeCare Medical 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 no weekend requirements.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$153k (48 salary observations; 366 listings), vs ~$153k nationally (1,317 salary observations; 6,014 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 68% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$140k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $143k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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