PMHNP | Columbus, GA
Listed compensation
$90-$100/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
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
Key Skills
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $187k–$208k | Psychiatry NP median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$205k in purchasing power | Georgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry NP listings in Georgia | 65 active | 2,099 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 30% remote · 60% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Georgia 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 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed |
| New Psychiatry NP listings | 896 in the last 30 days | 984 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 |
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