Nurse Practitioner - Full Time- Psychiatry and Mental Health

Barton Healthcare System

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California$134K - $215KFull TimePsychiatry

✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Practice Authority in California

Supervision Required

Requires collaborative agreement with a physician.

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Barton Healthcare System as a Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner – $134K-$215K, Outpatient in United States.

Key Responsibilities

of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, and talk or hear.

● The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

● The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

● Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Requirements

Education: ● Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner training program ● Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nurse Practice (DNP).

Experience: ● Minimum two years of recent outpatient clinic experience as a NP preferred.

● Ability to effectively communicate in English, in compliance with patient safety standards.

Benefits & Compensation

Salary: $134K - $215K

Work Schedule

Full-Time position.

No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Barton Healthcare System as a Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner – $134K-$215K, Outpatient.

Key Skills

Psychiatric evaluationMental health assessmentPatient diagnosisTreatment planningMedication managementElectronic medical recordsEpic EMRPatient educationClinical documentationPsychotherapyCrisis interventionCollaborationCommunicationCustomer serviceTeamworkEvidence-based practice

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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner - Full Time- Psychiatry and Mental Health at Barton Healthcare System a 4.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as below average. This places the position in the average range of all Psychiatry nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Candidates should carefully assess workload expectations and scheduling demands before applying.

Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

This Psychiatry position at Barton Healthcare System is open to nurse practitioner candidates.

Nurse Practitioners are among the fastest-growing healthcare professions, with expanding scope of practice in many states and strong demand for telehealth and primary care roles.

Nationally, Psychiatry professionals earn a median annual salary of approximately $300k, with the typical range spanning $230k to $400k depending on experience, location, and practice setting.

Compensation Analysis

Barton Healthcare System lists compensation for this nurse practitioner position at $134k to $215k annually.

This is approximately 42% below the national median for Psychiatry professionals, which is around $300k.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in California.

Why This Position Stands Out

No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
Transparent compensation ($134k–$215k)

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Psychiatric evaluation, Mental health assessment, Patient diagnosis, Treatment planning, Medication management, Electronic medical records, Epic EMR, Patient education. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Psychiatry role.

Core responsibilities: The Nurse Practitioner provides direct psychiatric patient care, including conducting evaluations, diagnosing conditions, and formulating treatment plans. They also collaborate with the healthcare team to monitor patient outcomes and ensure high-quality, evidence-based care.

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Psychiatry nurse practitioner jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.