Trouble Getting a New NP Job in Boston

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I'm an FNP with four and half years of experience.  I am also about to finish my PhD in nursing.  I haven't worked in a clinical setting in 10 months, because I took all of last year to work on my dissertation full-time.  I'll be teaching at a university (non-tenure track) this fall, and I'm hoping to work part-time clinically, but I can't find an NP job!  My experience is geriatrics and psych.  I've applied for positions in mostly these areas, but I've been turned down for the last two I applied for.  I'm pretty discouraged.   I wonder if I'm not being selected because potential employers think I will just leave when I finish my PhD?  Maybe they think I have more academic than clinical skills?  Is being out for 10 months a major disadvantage?  

I'm in Boston.  Anyone in the area have feedback on the market here?

 

Thanks!

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Have you tried locum tenens? Jobs I've gotten are 10+ week assignments. I work with Jake at Barton Associates. I don't know if I can post his number here?  

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Do you have previous psych experience as an RN?  This seems to be a requirement to be competitive for most jobs in the Boston area.  The FQHC  (Federally Qualified Health Centers) often hire grads with no PMHNP experience.  Have you tried hospital based outpatient or inpatient?

 

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If you can broaden your job search it is a numbers game right now.  I am sorry to hear that even experienced NPs are now having trouble securing positions.  

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Specializes in Corrections, Public Health, Occupational Medicine.

Could you perhaps do telemedicine in psych?

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