CLN Nurse Practitioner - Highlands Pediatrics - FT - 1st Shift
Compensation
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Job Description
The Nurse Practitioner assesses plans and provides comprehensive patient care independently as well as in collaboration with other health care professionals.
The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive health assessment, medical diagnosis of acute and chronic illnesses, writes prescriptions, and formulates a treatment plan with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management.
The Nurse Practitioner services as an educational resource for patient, staff and the community.
Qualifications
Education required: MSN with current RN licensure in the State of Alabama. FNP board certification and licensure in the State of Alabama.
License, Certification and/or Registration: Successful completion of a National Certification Exam for NP. Current registration through the Alabama board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners. BLS required before the conclusion of the orientation period
Experience: Primary Care in a clinic setting strongly preferred
Additional Skills/Abilities: Must have excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, requiring prioritizing and changing tasks frequently and quickly
About Us
Highlands Medical Center is a 170-bed hospital located in Scottsboro, offering a wide variety of emergency, inpatient and outpatient services to support the wellness of our community.
A part of the Huntsville Hospital Health System, HMC has the strength of a collaborative group of high-performing hospitals across North Alabama to share information, processes, ideas and best practices for continual enhancements to the care and services offered to meet the health care needs of our diverse community.
Accredited by the Joint Commission, Highlands Medical Center stands out as one of the top-rated healthcare providers in the state.
In addition to Highlands Medical Center, the system provides many services through owned-entities across the community - Highlands Family Medicine, Highlands Home Health, Highlands Occupational Medicine, Highlands Surgical Services, Jackson County Family Medicine, Scottsboro OB-GYN, Highlands Pediatrics, and Highlands Health & Rehab and Cumberland Health & Rehab, two rehabilitation and long-term care nursing homes. With over 720 employees, HMC is one of the largest employers in Jackson County.
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner assesses, plans, and provides comprehensive patient care, including medical diagnosis and treatment planning. They also serve as an educational resource for patients, staff, and the community.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 52% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Nurse Practitioner median $140k (middle half $130k–$162k)279 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Alabama index 88.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All nurse practitioner listings in Alabama | 144 active | 15,604 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 30% remote · 52% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Alabama nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 11% state a sign-on bonus · 8% offer loan repayment144 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Pediatrics NP hiring demand | #17 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 30 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 86 postings, 134 closed |
| New Pediatrics NP listings | 82 in the last 30 days | 106 the 30 days before (−23%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties) | +1.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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