How common is it for a PMHNP to have a job secured prior to graduation?

allnurses Guide · Dec 18, 2013

I can't comment on PMHNP specifically, but I can comment on NPs in this area. I work with a well respected NP program in the metro area, and most cohorts with have 15-20% of the cohort with job offers prior to graduation. There is then a bit of a lag with only 20-30% of the cohort with job offers at 2 months. By 6 months more than 75% have offers and by 9 months it is near 100% of those actively looking with job offers.

myelin · Dec 18, 2013

I am on the west coast and in a PMHNP program. They told us that the class that just graduated all had jobs lined up prior to graduation. PMHNPs are in very high demand.

luckylady5 · Dec 18, 2013

Thank you for the responses. I have read that PMHNPs are in demand - does this fact make it easier for a new NP to gain employment with no prior experience? From what I'm reading on this site, some people are having trouble finding jobs, so I'm curious. I look on Indeed to get an idea of jobs in my area and I don't see much!

Averykat · Dec 21, 2013

I'm a PMHNP in the Boston area, graduated in May 2013. There were a couple people in my program that had jobs secured prior to graduation and a few more that had started interviewing, for the most part they had started pursing this on their own. I didn't start looking until I passed the ANCC exam, and once I put my resume up on a few job search engines I got at least one call a day from recruiters. I secured a job within about 6 weeks of looking/interviewing; the job I took came from a recruiter seeing my profile on LinkedIn and contacting me. There were a fair number of PMHNP jobs listed, but a lot of the calls I got were for jobs that were not posted. I'm in touch with a number of new grad PMHNPs and they did not have a problem finding employment. It was by far an easier job search than when I was a new grad RN.

luckylady5 · Dec 21, 2013

Thank you for the response Averykat. Can you give me an idea of salaries in this area? Again, I know there are lots of variables and most of the job postings I've read don't include salary. Thank you :)

Averykat · Dec 21, 2013

I had two offers, both were salary for full time work, M-F, no call, similar benefits: one was for $100k and one was for $120k. I ended up taking the one that paid more because it was a better fit overall.

kris_10 · Dec 22, 2013

I recently had an interview for a PMHNP program and my interviewer mentioned how they often get recruitment calls from around the country and how it is a great time to go into this field. I'm quite excited to pursue this career.

harmonizer · Dec 22, 2013

Averykat Looks like it is time to resign from my job. I have more than a year of experience I do not even earn that much... grr.. you must be lucky to live in few areas of the country where PMHNP are in demand.. what was the PTOs offered?

Averykat · Dec 23, 2013

For the position I took it's 20 days/year. The other one was only 2 weeks.

harmonizer · Dec 23, 2013

For the position I took it's 20 days/year. The other one was only 2 weeks.

Be sure to take that into consideration. PTO is $$. This maybe me but I would choose PTO over pay as long as you can get paid for it when you leave.

mzaur · Dec 24, 2013

Averykat Looks like it is time to resign from my job. I have more than a year of experience I do not even earn that much... grr.. you must be lucky to live in few areas of the country where PMHNP are in demand.. what was the PTOs offered?

A few areas? This isn't the first post I've seen where you say that PMHNP is only in demand in a few areas of the country. Why do you say that? I see job postings all over the country and have spoken with people who secured jobs in whichever area they looked in.