Clinical Nurse Practitioner - Mclean Child Psychiatry
Listed compensation
$83.59/hr
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
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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
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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.
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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
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Psychiatry NP median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Massachusetts index 105.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry NP listings in Massachusetts | 75 active | 2,099 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 44% remote · 30% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Massachusetts 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 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed |
| New Psychiatry NP listings | 896 in the last 30 days | 984 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 |
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