PMHNP | Columbus, GA

Nurse PractitionerContract Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$90-$100/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Columbus, GA | $90 - $100/hour | Part-Time (2-3 Days/Week) | 1099 Contract | On-Site*

About Resilience Behavioral Health

Resilience Behavioral Health is a behavioral health treatment organization focused on supporting individuals experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use conditions. The organization emphasizes compassionate, individualized care, evidence-based treatment, and interdisciplinary collaboration to help clients address their mental health needs and work toward meaningful recovery goals.

The Opportunity

Resilience Behavioral Health is seeking a compassionate and experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to provide psychiatric care at its Columbus, Georgia location.

This on-site, 1099 independent contractor opportunity offers a daytime schedule of 2-3 days per week, supporting individuals experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use conditions through comprehensive psychiatric assessments, medication management, and collaborative treatment planning. Compensation ranges from $90 - $100 per hour, commensurate with experience and education.

What You'll Do

Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and assessments to identify mental health needs, establish diagnoses, and inform individualized treatment planning.

Provide psychiatric medication management, including prescribing, monitoring treatment response, and making clinically appropriate medication adjustments within authorized scope of practice.

Collaborate with therapists, clinical leadership, and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate psychiatric care with individualized behavioral health treatment plans.

Evaluate and monitor individuals experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use conditions, supporting integrated and evidence-based treatment approaches.

Provide medication education and counseling to help clients understand treatment options, potential side effects, and the importance of medication adherence.

Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation, including psychiatric evaluations, medication management notes, and treatment recommendations.

Promote safe, ethical, trauma-informed psychiatric care consistent with professional standards, organizational policies, and applicable Georgia regulations.

Requirements

Required

Master's degree or higher in Nursing from an accredited advanced practice nursing program with preparation as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

Active Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) license and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) authorization through the Georgia Board of Nursing, with appropriate psychiatric mental health specialization.

Current national board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Appropriate Georgia prescriptive authority, including applicable Georgia controlled substance prescribing requirements and federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration when required for assigned prescribing responsibilities.

Minimum of 1-2 years of relevant experience providing psychiatric care, behavioral health treatment, or related advanced practice nursing services.

Strong psychiatric assessment, diagnostic reasoning, medication management, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills, with the ability to provide compassionate, evidence-based care in an on-site behavioral health setting.

Availability to work on-site in Columbus, Georgia, 2-3 days per week during daytime hours.

Benefits and Compensation

$90 - $100 per hour, commensurate with experience and education.*

1099 independent contractor opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

The PMHNP will conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, manage medications, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support individualized treatment plans. They are responsible for monitoring patient progress and providing medication education to individuals with mental health and co-occurring substance use conditions.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationTrauma-informed careSubstance use treatmentPatient counseling

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 60% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Psychiatry NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$187k–$208kPsychiatry NP median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$205k in purchasing powerGeorgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Psychiatry NP listings in Georgia65 active2,099 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 30% remote · 60% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment529 active listings, Nov 2026
Psychiatry NP hiring demand#14 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed
New Psychiatry NP listings896 in the last 30 days984 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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16
<$165k
4
$165k-210k
1
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4
$255k-300k
2
$300k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs · 19 employers
401k / retirement match
88%
Sign-on bonus
46%
CME allowance
42%
Loan repayment
8%
Visa sponsorship
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Psychiatry (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,070 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$163k
Typical market rent
$1,331/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbus, GA-AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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