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UnityPoint Health
Waterloo, Iowa

Inpatient Psychiatry - Nurse Practitioner - Waterloo, IA

Healthcare 9.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Waterloo, IA

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care.

The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions.

The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

  • Experienced team of 1 MD and 4 APPs
  • Experienced staff, both clinical and non-clinical
  • Flexible scheduling; 4 day work week
  • 24/7 open unit
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

  • 21 bed inpatient unit with 3 providers on each shift seeing
  • 8-12 patients per shift
  • Adult only unit (ages 17 and up)
  • Call schedule requirement
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
  • Provide the best outcome for every patient every time

Qualifications

  • PMHNP certification is preferred unless applicant has prior inpatient mental health experience as FNP
  • Strong preference for candidates with inpatient mental health experience as RN or NP
  • Hold an unrestricted license to practice in Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States

We Offer

Salary based position with performance incentive

Attractive Incentive Package

  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in
  • Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation

  • Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience
  • A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve

Waterloo and Cedar Falls comprise a metro area of more than 107,000 residents who are proud to call the Cedar Valley home. These two cities are just minutes apart, and though they’re intertwined by shared geography and regional pride, each boasts its own unique history and attractions. Whichever city you choose to plant your roots, you won’t have to go far to enjoy the amenities of the other – an added benefit of life in the Cedar Valley!

Please contact Kristine Harris, Advanced Practice Provider Recruiter, at Kristine.Harris@unitypoint.org

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Inpatient careMental health assessmentMedication managementAnalytical skillsTeamworkClinical documentation

Healthcare Professional Career Context

Of the 50 active healthcare listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 54% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many healthcare jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedhealthcare median $139k (middle half $129k–$159k)294 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingIowa index 87.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
healthcare listings in Iowa28 active1,986 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 54% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
healthcare pay trend+11.9% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Inpatient Psychiatry - Nurse Practitioner - Waterloo, IA at UnityPoint Health a 9.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 1% of all healthcare professional listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

34 jobs
401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
50% this job
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
21% this job
Relocation assistance
12%

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Work-life snapshot

9.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • No call
  • No weekends
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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous time off
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Retirement contributions
Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
Dedicated provider resources for work-life balance

Living in Waterloo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$173k
Typical market rent
$945/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.1
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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