Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$145k-$160k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
We are offering a $30,000.00 Sign On Bonus for this position!
Professional Care Medical Practices PC ("Professional Care”) is a private, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.
Professional Care provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services in the state of New York.
Correctional health care is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all of your learned medical skills and knowledge on a daily basis. It is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; providing care to an under-served, diverse, and truly appreciative patient population.
We are currently looking for a Full Time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join our team and provide on-site psychiatry services at the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville, NY and Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse, NY.
This is a 40 hour per week position. Weekly schedule is Monday - Friday, normal business hours shared between the two buildings.
Benefits
- Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Salary range $145,000.00 - $160,000.00
- Company-paid malpractice liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
- Medical / Dental / Vision offered.
- PTO & Sick Leave package provided.
- Annual licensure reimbursement provided.
- Unlimited company-paid CME technology provided, and more.
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Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
- Board Certified in Psychiatric Mental Health.
- Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of New York.
- Maintain current DEA license.
Maintain active BLS (i. e. CPR) certification.
Maintain current Driver’s License.
Key Responsibilities
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide comprehensive on-site mental health care services at correctional facilities. The role involves managing a diverse patient population while utilizing skills across primary, urgent, and addiction medicine.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Psychiatry nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Psychiatry — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 26 active listings.
Of the 47 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 77% have no call, 77% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $145k–$160k | Psychiatry median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$141k in purchasing power | New York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Psychiatry listings in New York | 168 active | 2,205 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 38% remote · 77% no call · 77% no weekends47 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New York Nurse Practitioner listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry hiring demand | #14 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 18% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 884 postings, 1,094 closed |
| New Psychiatry listings | 1,315 in the last 30 days | 1,034 the 30 days before (+27%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | +5.2% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C | silver tier, 76/100 | Top Employers work-life index26 active listings |
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- No weekends
About Professional Care Medical Practice, P.C
Benefits & Perks
Living in Syracuse
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $217k≈ 1.5× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,566/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Syracuse, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.