Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsNo nightsPart-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$82 per hour

The week · per this postingWeekdays only

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Job Description

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner– Correctional Facility

cTrace Solutions is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in Lima, OH. This role offers competitive pay, weekly compensation, and Sign on bonus.

  • Location: Lima, OH
  • Compensation: $82 per hour (DOE) plus $200 Sign-On Bonus
  • Schedule: The schedule will be part-time (32 hours per week), with an option to potentially work 40 hours a week and there is some flexibility in shift start/end times based on operational needs. No night, weekend, or holiday coverage is needed
  • Duration: Ongoing

Key Responsibilities

Conducts mental health and psychopharmacological assessments, formulates diagnoses, and provides appropriate treatment.

  • Prescribes and manages psychotropic medications, including ordering and interpreting laboratory tests.
  • Collaborates with medical and interdisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated, integrated patient care.

Documents clinical encounters and participates in treatment planning, team meetings, and quality improvement activities while maintaining clinical competency

Requirements

  • Active Ohio NP license - REQUIRED
  • ANCC certification - REQUIRED
  • DEA registration - REQUIRED
  • CPR/BLS certification - REQUIRED

Benefits

  • 1. $82 per hour, based on experience
  • 2. $200 sign-on bonus and referral bonuses available
  • 3. Weekly paychecks
  • 4. Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 5. 401(k) option

6. Note: Benefits eligibility requires a minimum of 30 hours worked per week. Assignments under 30 hours per week are not benefit-eligible.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Psychiatric assessmentPsychopharmacologyDiagnosisMedication managementClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationLaboratory test interpretation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at cTrace Solutions a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Psychiatry (NP) — ranked against 2,035 active Psychiatry (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 41 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 39% have no call, 59% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychiatry NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.8 / 10 · above average in psychiatry (np)ranked against 2,035 Psychiatry (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$171kPsychiatry NP median $153k (middle half $146k–$172k)311 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$184k in purchasing powerOhio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry NP listings in Ohio64 active2,068 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 54% remote · 39% no call · 59% no weekends41 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusOhio nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 7% offer loan repayment579 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP hiring demand#14 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed
New Psychiatry NP listings857 in the last 30 days967 the 30 days before (−11%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP pay trend+1.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (2,035 Psychiatry (NP) listings), 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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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.8
Better work-life than 60% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,035 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About cTrace Solutions

Staffing and Recruiting
Brooklyn, NY

Benefits & Perks

$82/hr based on experience
$200 sign-on bonus
Referral bonuses
Weekly paychecks
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) option

Living in Lima

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$161k
Typical market rent
$1,216/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.7
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lima, OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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