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Belmont, Massachusetts

Clinical Nurse Practitioner - Mclean Child Psychiatry

Nurse PractitionerPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$83.59/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

Site: The McLean Hospital Corporation

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Job Summary

Mclean Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Per Diem, Psychiatric NP position in person at Child Partial Hospital Program in Cambridge, as well as opportunities at Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Programs at McLean Hospital in Belmont. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a licensed provider.

The NP is responsible for the assessment and management of various populations of patients, including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, development of appropriate plans of care and ongoing evaluation. This position is a Psychiatric NP and focuses on providing care to patients with mental health disorders.

Does this position require Patient Care? Yes

Essential Functions

Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population.

  • Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
  • Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
  • Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
  • Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
  • Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.
  • Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Master's Degree Nursing required

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?

No

Licenses and Credentials

Nurse Practitioner [NP - State License] - Generic - HR Only required

Experience

Experience as a Nurse Practitioner 0-1 year required

Requires both child/adolescent psychiatric experience, as well as experience in residential/partial/inpatient levels of care.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to build rapport and establish a strong therapeutic working relationship with clients.
  • Thorough professional knowledge of the practice of psychiatry.
  • Have the ability and training to prescribe to, and manage patients on psychiatric medications.
  • Actively support program goals and system improvements/changes.
  • Additional Job Details (if applicable)
  • Physical Requirements
  • Standing Frequently (34-66%)
  • Walking Frequently (34-66%)
  • Sitting Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Lifting Frequently (34-66%) 35lbs+ (w/assisted device)
  • Carrying Frequently (34-66%) 20lbs - 35lbs
  • Pushing Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Pulling Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
  • Balancing Frequently (34-66%)
  • Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Kneeling Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Crouching Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
  • Reaching Frequently (34-66%)
  • Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently (34-66%)
  • Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)
  • Feeling Constantly (67-100%)
  • Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
  • Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
  • Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
  • Talking Constantly (67-100%)
  • Hearing Constantly (67-100%)

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location: 799 Concord Avenue

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

Employee Type

Per Diem

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

  • $ - $83.59/Hourly
  • Grade
  • 7

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization.

Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors.

The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package.

In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

EEO Statement

1600 The McLean Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.

We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of psychiatric patients, including the development of therapeutic care plans. They provide direct care, perform physical examinations, and manage psychiatric medications for children and adolescents.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychiatric nursingPatient assessmentDiagnostic testingMedication managementPsychiatric medication prescribingTreatment planningClinical documentationTherapeutic relationship buildingChild psychiatryInpatient carePartial hospitalizationResidential careCrisis intervention

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 30% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychiatry NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPsychiatry NP median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMassachusetts index 105.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry NP listings in Massachusetts75 active2,099 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 44% remote · 30% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 6% offer loan repayment430 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 listings896 in the last 30 days984 the 30 days before (−9%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP pay trend+1.4% 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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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 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,070 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Belmont

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.37M
Typical market rent
$3,051/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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