Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$130K - $150K
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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Job Description
At Redefine Healthcare, we believe in providing all patients with the highest quality of care and compassion. With our dedicated team of Neurosurgeons, Interventional Pain Management Specialists, Orthopedists, Psychiatrists, Vascular Surgeons, Physical Therapists, and Chiropractors, we pride ourselves on specializing in continuity of care for our patients.
Redefine Healthcare is seeking a compassionate and clinically strong Psychiatric / Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our growing team in our Union location. This role will play a key part in treating patients with depression and related mental health conditions, while also supporting individuals navigating chronic pain and spine disorders, and serving as a major contributor to our expanding Spravato program.
Job Title: Psychiatric / Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Salary/Pay Rate: $130,000- $150,000/ annually, depending on specialty and experience
Hours: Monday-Friday daytime schedule. No nights or weekends.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits: Paid time off, sick time, health insurance (medical, dental, vision, accident, and critical illness), life insurance, 401(k) with Company match, yearly bonus
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct psychiatric assessments and develop individualized treatment plans
- Diagnose and manage behavioral health conditions related to chronic pain and spine disorders
- Provide medication management and therapeutic interventions
- Collaborate closely with pain management physicians, spine specialists, physical therapists, and care coordinators
- Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans as needed
- Evaluate patients for candidacy for Spravato treatment and ongoing psychiatric care
- Provide ongoing medication management and follow-up care for psychiatric patients, including those receiving Spravato
- Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
- Educate patients on coping strategies, treatment options, and wellness practices
- Participate in case conferences and quality improvement initiatives
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and clinical standards
Qualifications
- Master’s or Doctorate degree in Nursing
- Current PMHNP certification
- Active New Jersey NP licensure
- Outpatient psychiatric experience strongly preferred
- Experience with talk therapy, psychotherapy, or counseling approaches is a plus
- Experience treating major depressive disorder and/or treatment-resistant depression strongly preferred
- Familiarity with chronic pain populations strongly preferred
- Prior Spravato experience highly preferred
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Compassionate, patient-centered approach
- Interest in helping grow a behavioral health treatment program strongly preferred
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Redefine Management a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychiatry (NP) — ranked against 2,209 active Psychiatry (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Redefine Management holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 3 active listings.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 66% have no call, 72% 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 Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$140k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $129k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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