Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Part Time
Listed compensation
$85-$100/hr
Listing transparency2 of 6 stated
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and weekend coverage.
- Employment & setting
- Part-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
- Salary Range: $85.00 - $100.00 HourlyTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: AnyJob Category: Nurse Practitioner/Physician AssistantSUMMARY: Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Psychiatric Practitioner works with the treatment team to deliver care to patients Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders Patient population: Adults + Adolescents; dual diagnosis, mental health, substance abuse Provide follow up psychiatric care to individual case load: improve patient mental health outcomes, medication management, address comprehensive mental healthcare needs Team-based integrated care: coordination with counselors to integrate psychiatry & counseling Thematic focus on patient experience: optimizing for safety, patient satisfaction and access to care Conduct psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, and evaluate treatment results Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments within psychiatric parameters Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis Examine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen. Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost. When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient. You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement. Review patient medical records, as appropriate Sign off on orders, as appropriate Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense If a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year Any and all other duties as assigned Qualifications Must possess a current state license in the state in which services are to be provided (MD, DO, Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant, Psychiatry) Board Certified Current DEA registration Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery Must be able to drive a motor vehicle Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training Benefits (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status): Referral program 401(k) w/employer match Health insurance Vision insurance Dental insurance Professional Development Paid Time Off Dis
- ability Insurance
Key Responsibilities
Evaluate, diagnose, and treat adult and adolescent patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders within a correctional facility. Coordinate with counselors to provide integrated psychiatric care and manage patient medication and treatment plans.
Requirements
Must hold a current state license (MD, DO, NP, or PA) in psychiatry, be Board Certified, and have a current DEA registration. BLS certification and experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 60% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Rockford
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $193k
- Typical market rent
- $1,195/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.2
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Rockford, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.