Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner Job Near Grand Junction, CO
Compensation
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Job Description
Psychiatric practice seeks another Nurse Practitioner. Work alongside 1 Psychiatrist, 1 other NP and an experienced support staff. This is a full time outpatient only position.
Hours of Operation Are Mon-Fri 8Am-5pm by Appointment.
Responsibilities include medically evaluating and assessing patients; determine, establish, and administer overall treatment plans for patients. Practice will consider either an NP or PA.
Compensation Includes
generous salary, benefits, vacation/CME, relocation, malpractice and more. Area provides a wide variety of school options, year round outdoor activities, special/cultural events, an abundance of shopping and dining and some of the best ski resort in Colorado.
For more details on this position & others we have, email us at info@atlanticmedsearch.com or call 954-344-0606.
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner will medically evaluate and assess patients in an outpatient setting. They are responsible for establishing and administering comprehensive treatment plans for patients.
Requirements
The position requires a qualified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to work in a psychiatric practice. Candidates must be capable of working collaboratively with a psychiatrist and support staff.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner Job Near Grand Junction, CO at Atlantic MEDsearch a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% of all Psychiatry healthcare professional listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Psychiatry Career Context
In Colorado, the Psychiatry weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$105k (13 salary observations; 24 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (399 salary observations; 1,423 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 62% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
Psychiatry pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Grand Junction
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $412k
- Typical market rent
- $1,759/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.5
- State income tax
- Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Grand Junction, CO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.