CLN Nurse Practitioner - Highlands Pediatrics - FT - 1st Shift

Nurse PractitionerNo nightsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

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

Patient AssessmentPrescription Writing

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.

What does the Nurse Practitioner market look like in Alabama?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $140k (middle half $130k–$162k)279 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingAlabama index 88.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All nurse practitioner listings in Alabama144 active15,604 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 30% remote · 52% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedAlabama 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 specialtiespostings stay open a median 30 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 86 postings, 134 closed
New Pediatrics NP listings82 in the last 30 days106 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Alabama figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Alabama Pediatrics postings state pay.

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

32 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

24 jobs
6
<$145k
10
$145k-180k
5
$180k-215k
3
$215k-250k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

20 jobs
401k / retirement match
80%
Sign-on bonus
60%
CME allowance
60%
Loan repayment
20%
Relocation assistance
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 5.1
Better work-life than 50% of Pediatrics (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 262 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Scottsboro

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Median resident rent
$830/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.