Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
Salary range $130K–$150K
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
We are offering a $20,000.00 Sign On Bonus for this position!
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 Full Time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join our team and provide on-site psychiatry services at the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville, NY and Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse, NY.
This is a 40 hour per week position. Weekly schedule is Monday - Friday, normal business hours shared between the two buildings.
Benefits
- Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Salary range $130,000.00 - $150,000.00
- Company-paid malpractice liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
- Medical / Dental / Vision offered.
- PTO & 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
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide comprehensive on-site mental health care services to patients within correctional facilities. The role involves managing a diverse patient population while collaborating with a medical team to deliver primary and psychiatric care.
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 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry (NP) — ranked against 2,033 active Psychiatry (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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, 27 active listings.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 48% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$140k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $130k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
- No nights
- On-site
Living in Syracuse
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $219k≈ 1.7× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,541/mo≈ 14% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Syracuse, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.