PMHNP or NP (Primary Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner)

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

up to $180,000

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

We are looking for a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our team! You will be working clients in the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder field.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide counseling and medication maintenance on a scheduled basis to ABH clients in person, in the community or via telemedicine

  • Establish and maintain a therapeutic rapport with client and client’s family
  • Serve as a key member of the client care team
  • Willingly and professionally collaborate with department director, physician medical director, therapists, case managers and nurses
  • Create client care plans and contribute to existing plans
  • Record client medical histories and symptoms
  • Evaluate responses to therapy and medications
  • Evaluate, observe and assess physical and mental health conditions
  • Orders, administers and analyzes diagnostic tests
  • Consults with other healthcare professionals and entities as appropriate on behalf of client
  • Provide client services in a collaborative, respectful and professional manner
  • Provides education to clients on medication, physical health, psychiatric health, nutrition and self-care
  • Completes client documentation on a timely basis

Education

  • Must have a Nurse Practitioner degree or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree.
  • License
  • Must have New Hampshire License

Experience

  • At least 1 year in the Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder field.
  • Pay Scale
  • NP: Make up to $180,000.00 per year
  • PMHNP: Make up to $200,000.00 per year

Hours: NP: Minimum 30 Hours per Week

Key Responsibilities

Provide counseling and medication maintenance for clients with mental health and substance use disorders. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary care team to create and implement comprehensive client care plans.

Requirements

Must hold a Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree and a New Hampshire license. Requires at least one year of experience in the mental health or substance use disorder field.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care PlanningMedical History RecordingPhysical Health AssessmentMental Health AssessmentDiagnostic TestingPatient EducationClinical Documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PMHNP or NP (Primary Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner) at Anew Behavioral Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry (NP) — ranked against 2,211 active Psychiatry (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Anew Behavioral Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 31 active listings.

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 52% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New Hampshire is 104.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$190k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $182k in an average-cost state. 60.5% of New Hampshire clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

New Hampshire has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$190k midpoint, that is roughly $8k–$13k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
92%
Sign-on bonus
62%
CME allowance
38%
Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,211 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.