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Manchester, Connecticut

Medical ICU Nights - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Compensation

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Job Description

Location Detail: 71 Haynes Street (10627)

Shift Detail: Up to $30,000 in shift differentials on top of base pay, plus possibility for sign on bonus!

Position Details

Manchester Memorial Hospital is seeking a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join a strong, collaborative team of Critical Care Intensivists. The successful candidate will provide holistic, high quality care to critically ill patients admitted to the critical care unit.

With your comprehensive knowledge of acute critical care conditions, diagnostics & treatments, you will be expected to diagnose, treat, and manage acute & chronic diseases, perform procedures, order and interpret diagnostic tests, speak to patients & families about their conditions, and collaborate with a variety of consultants.

  • Role: Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Location: Manchester, CT
  • Setting: Inpatient, critical care intensivists
  • Schedule: Full-time

Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Benefits

  • Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time off
  • Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
  • Enhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education Partnerships

Voluntary benefits include student loan programs, home, auto, renter’s insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, pet insurance and more!

Employee discount programs and colleague assistance programs offering resources and information for personal and work-life issues

Family care benefits through Care.com including emergency back-up care benefit for children, adults and even pets!

Hartford HealthCare supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice:

  • Dedicated support and voice for our for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through the Office of Advanced Practice directed by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice
  • Hartford HealthCare is one of the largest, non-profit, fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut
  • With tools like EPIC, Hartford HealthCare’s state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction

About Hartford HealthCare

  • Honored as a “Best Organizations for Leadership Development” by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)
  • Prestigiously named one of the “Best Hospitals to Work for in Connecticut” by the Becker's Hospital Review
  • Committed to continuous development through The Center for Education Stimulation & Innovation (CESI), our Provider Leadership Development Institute and a robust on demand learning platform including CME, special courses, learning series and tools and resources
  • Established Mentorship and Orientation programs specially designed for newly hired providers and providers new to practice

About Manchester Memorial Hospital

Manchester Memorial Hospital is a 249-bed acute care community hospital serving the residents of eastern Connecticut for more than 100 years. The hospital provides comprehensive medical and surgical services, advanced diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine, cardiovascular care, cancer services, orthopedic surgery, and critical care.

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Role Scope

Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.

In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e. g., referral to other health team members or specialists.

Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider’s practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician.

Qualifications

  • Licensure: Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
  • Training: Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Experience: 1+ years as an advanced practice provider in a critical care setting.

This is a salaried position. While compensation is presented as an hourly rate for consistency across our postings, this position is paid on a salary basis. The hiring range reflects a good faith estimate of pay for this position as of the posting date. Actual pay will be determined based on qualifications, location, internal equity, and other factors that may include hire bonuses, incentive pay plans, loan repayment, administrative stipends, or relocation.

Key Responsibilities

The provider will diagnose, treat, and manage acute and chronic diseases for critically ill patients in the ICU. They will perform procedures, interpret diagnostic tests, and collaborate with intensivists and other consultants to provide holistic care.

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningDiagnostic test interpretationPatient communicationFamily communicationElectronic health recordsClinical informatics

Critical Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 56% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

What does the Nurse Practitioner market look like in Connecticut?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $160k (middle half $145k–$163k)30 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingConnecticut index 103.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Critical Care listings in Connecticut8 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All nurse practitioner listings in Connecticut279 active15,568 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 20% remote · 56% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonus · loan repaymentConnecticut nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $14k) · 13% offer loan repayment279 active listings, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+4.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Connecticut figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Connecticut Critical Care postings state pay.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

40 jobs · 38 employers
401k / retirement match
93%
CME allowance
63% this job
Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
13% this job
Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Critical Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 67 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Hartford HealthCare Medical Group

Medical Practices
Hartford, CT
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Up to $30,000 in shift differentials
Possibility for sign-on bonus
Market-leading compensation and benefits
Generous paid time off
Paid CME time off plus CME budget
Reimbursed professional licenses and dues
Enhanced Tuition Assistance
Student loan programs

Living in Manchester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$338k
Typical market rent
$2,065/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

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

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