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Thompson Child & Family Focus
Matthews, North Carolina

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Part Time

Nurse PractitionerPart-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$125-$140/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Get to know Thompson!

Thompson was founded in 1886 as an orphanage and has grown into an organization operating across the Carolinas, Florida Tennessee and Kentucky. Thompson’s continuum of care encompasses three domains: prevention, mental health services and foster care.

All Thompson programs are trauma-informed and evidence-based/evidence-informed with the intention of building resilience in our clients (ages 0-18) and their families, both virtually and in person. Our values are Excellence, Innovation, Commitment, Caring and Integrity.

What will you do as a Nurse Practitioner?

The Nurse Practitioner provides client medical and/or psychiatric treatment services in consultation with and supervision from the supervising Medical Director/Psychiatrist, and/or other care providers to ensure client medical and/or psychiatric needs are met in accordance with the treatment plan and agency policies and procedures.

As a Nurse Practitioner you will work a part time schedule, 20-26 hours per week

  • As Nurse Practitioner you will have the following responsibilities:
  • Learn and utilize the organization’s systems, processes and procedures as instructed.
  • Display a high degree of being open to coaching/feedback regarding performance and areas of improvement.
  • Contribute to a positive team culture through your actions, attitude, and communication.
  • Consistently deliver excellent customer service to your clients/customers.
  • Conduct yourself in the highest standards of ethics and integrity while displaying emotional intelligence in your day-to-day work with customers, peers, and leadership.
  • Represent the organization internally and externally through your communication and conduct.

Display trauma informed practices and principles in your interactions with customers, with peers and with leadership.

Residential Client Admissions - The Family or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will assist in the diagnostic process by evaluating clients with a concentration on past medical and psychiatric history, current physical and psychiatric status, and the agency’s ability to provide medical and psychiatric needs while in placement.

Providing and documenting appropriate residential medical care, including but not limited to: Compile medical history.

Admission/annual physical examinations, Management of acute and chronic illnesses, Orders for speech or occupational therapy.

  • Ensuring immunizations are up to date, providing orders for vaccines when lapsed.
  • Order and oversee processing of laboratory studies as medically indicated.
  • Referrals for off-campus healthcare as needed.
  • Provide orders for restrictive interventions and assess consumers following restrictive interventions as per TCFF policy and procedures.
  • Provide orders for self-harm watches as per TCFF policy and procedure.

Collaborate with the Medical Director in the coordination between MH/SA services being delivered with primary physical or psychiatric healthcare providers

What Does This Position Offer?

Starting Pay Range: $125.00-$140.00 hourly

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

  • Must have valid Driver’s License.
  • Meet any credentialing, licensing and privileging standards as it pertains to the program(s) they lead.
  • Must be eligible for licensure by and in good standing with North Carolina Boards of Nursing and Medicine.

Must maintain training and standards required to retain NC Family Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner License.

  • Must maintain documentation of supervision as required by the NC Boards of Nursing and Medicine.
  • A minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience.
  • Pediatric experience in a hospital or clinic setting is preferred working with children and adolescents.
  • You’re the right fit for the Nurse Practitioner role if…
  • You have a passion for working with youth & adolescents
  • You enjoy knowing you’re making an IMPACT on the lives of others
  • EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, COMMITMENT, CARING, AND INTEGRITY are important to you.

If your qualifications meet the requirements of the job and you want to be part of a winning culture, don’t delay! Apply at thompsoncff.org where we are strengthening Children, Families, and Communities!

Thompson is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thompson participates in E-Verify

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Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner provides medical and psychiatric treatment services to youth and adolescents in a residential setting. Responsibilities include conducting physical examinations, managing acute and chronic illnesses, and collaborating with the Medical Director to coordinate care.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical history compilationTrauma-informed careDiagnostic evaluationPatient assessmentMedication managementClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis interventionPediatric careAdolescent mental healthLaboratory study oversightTreatment planning

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 40 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 30% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychiatry by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$292k in purchasing powerNorth Carolina index 94.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry listings in North Carolina83 active2,213 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 50% remote · 30% no call · 70% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNorth Carolina Nurse Practitioner listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 11% offer loan repayment409 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry hiring demand#14 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 days · 18% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed
New Psychiatry listings1,324 in the last 30 days974 the 30 days before (+36%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry pay trend+6.2% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,187 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Thompson Child & Family Focus

Individual and Family Services
Matthews, NC
201-500 employees

Living in Matthews

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$415k
Typical market rent
$1,736/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.3
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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