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Santa Ana, California

Nurse Practitioner, Psych PMHNP - OC Steps

Nurse PractitionerPart-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$81-$100/hr

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Job Description

“They made it easier for me to live, breathe, eat, and stay clean. Without them, I’d be waiting somewhere, waiting for someone to give me a chance to live...” - Client from Telecare

What You Will Do to Change Lives

As a senior member of the clinical team, the Nurse Practitioner provides direct psychiatric nurse practitioner care and medical treatment to members served.

Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP - Part-time, 16 hours per week

Mondays and Wednesdays, 8am - 5pm onsite position

Compensation -

Expected Employee starting wage range - $81 - $100 / hourly

Telecare applies geographic differentials to its pay ranges. The pay range assigned to this role will be based on the geographic location from which the role is performed. Starting pay is commensurate with relevant experience above the minimum requirements.

Independent Contractors are not eligible for company benefits and must provide their own malpractice insurance.

What You Bring to the Table (Must Have)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Science and an advanced degree in a healthcare science as required by the State Licensing program
  • Minimum of one (1) year of full-time experience, or its part-time equivalent, working in a program serving persons with mental disabilities
  • Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Board Certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
  • Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner in the State of practice
  • Active DEA and Furnishing licenses

What’s In It For You*

  • Dynamic, collaborative, and professional team environment
  • Training and shadow host provided
  • Join an established mental health company, founded in 1965

Join Our Compassionate Team

Telecare's mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams.

Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems.

Telecare STEPS (Striving Towards Enhanced Partnerships) Orange County serves 141 adults with serious mental illness (SMI), aged 18+.

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability

*May vary by location and position type

Full Job Description will be provided if selected for an interview.

If job posting references any sign-on bonus internal applicants and applicants employed with Telecare in the previous 12 months would not be eligible.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner provides direct psychiatric care and medical treatment to members served as a senior member of the clinical team. They are responsible for engaging individuals in recovering their health and dreams within a behavioral health setting.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Nursing Science, an advanced degree in healthcare science, and be ANCC Board Certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. A minimum of one year of experience working with persons with mental disabilities and active DEA and furnishing licenses are required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Mental health assessmentClinical documentationPatient carePsychiatric mental health nursing

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 52% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$188k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $170k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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Salary Distribution24 jobs

4
<$165k
6
$165k-195k
8
$195k-225k
6
$225k-255k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
79% this job
CME allowance
67%
Sign-on bonus
13% this job
Loan repayment
4%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$200 per hour
#2

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#3

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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 2,033 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Santa Ana

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$882k
Typical market rent
$2,812/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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