NURSE PRACTITIONER
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Job Description
Responsibilities
Are you caring, compassionate and hardworking? Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional development.
Stonington Institute, a division of one of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), has an immediate opening for a full time Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).
Stonington Institute is committed to providing quality substance abuse treatment options for adults in Southeastern Connecticut and surrounding areas. We offer medical detox as well as residential addictions treatment for active duty and retired military service members in our North Stonington location.
Our clinic in Groton, CT, offers partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient treatment, and is conveniently located across the street from The Inn at Trails Corner, a new 180 bed dormitory-style sober community for adult men and women who attend our outpatient day treatment programs.
The Inn offers overnight accommodations, full-meal service, indoor/outdoor recreation options, a workout room, and computer center for all clients. We accept private insurance, state-funded plans and self-pay arrangements.
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.
During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.
Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. uhs.com
Job Responsibilities
The APRN will interface with an inter-disciplinary team of clinicians, nurses, and mental health support staff to ensure that client centered, evidence-based, high quality behavioral health services are provided at Stonington Institute. The provider will travel between North Stonington and Groton.
Stonington Institute employees receive great opportunities.
Challenging and Rewarding Work Environment
- Comprehensive Benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Company matching 401K, Educational Reimbursement, including CEU’s, SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program, Student Loan Repayment Program, and more (for eligible part-time and full-time positions)
- Competitive Compensation
- Apply today to join our amazing team!
EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.
Notice
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.
We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email.
The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.
Qualifications
Graduate degree in nursing with a current State of Connecticut License.
Minimum of one year experience working in the Mental Health or Substance Abuse field preferred.
Commitment to Client-Centered Care: We are looking for compassionate, empathetic practitioners who are passionate about making a difference.
Strong Communication Skills: Ability to effectively communicate with clients and interdisciplinary team members.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Addiction Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
UHS ranks #9 of 19 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 70% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Nurse Practitioner median $160k (middle half $158k–$170k)22 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Connecticut index 103.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Practitioner listings in Connecticut | 233 active | 13,825 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 22% remote · 70% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | Connecticut Nurse Practitioner listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $14k) · 14% offer loan repayment233 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Addiction Medicine hiring demand | #19 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 29 days · 3% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 101 postings, 189 closed |
| New Addiction Medicine listings | 429 in the last 30 days | 247 the 30 days before (+74%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Practitioner pay trend | +1.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| UHS | #9 of 19 for pay | Top Employers work-life index |
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