Locum NP (Nurse Practitioner), PA (Physician's Assistant) Neurosurgery
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Job Description
Position Overview
A respected healthcare organization in Longmont, CO is seeking an experienced Locum Tenens NP or PA to support its Neurosurgery team.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide advanced practice support to neurosurgeons in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Conduct pre‑operative and post‑operative evaluations, follow‑up visits, and patient education.
- Assist with hospital rounds, consults, and care coordination for neurosurgical patients.
- Manage acute and chronic neurosurgical conditions under physician supervision.
Perform procedures within scope (e. g., wound care, suture removal, drain management).
Document patient encounters accurately and maintain compliance with facility standards.
Collaborate with surgeons, nurses, care coordinators, and ancillary staff to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Assignment Details
- Schedule: Monday-Thursday, 8a-5p
- Setting: Inpatient and outpatient
- Patient Population: Adults
- Duties: Post-op appointments, inbasket management, and OR assistance
- Support Staff: MA
- EMR: Epic
- Must be board-certified
- DEA and BLS preferred
- Paid travel & expenses
Qualifications
- Active NP or PA license with ability to practice in Colorado
- National certification (AANP/ANCC for NP; NCCPA for PA)
- Prior neurosurgery or surgical specialty experience strongly preferred
- Strong assessment, procedural, and critical‑thinking skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment
- Current DEA registration (or ability to obtain)
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Locum NP (Nurse Practitioner), PA (Physician's Assistant) Neurosurgery at Rinvio Recruitment a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery (NP) — ranked against 306 active Surgery (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
In Colorado, the Nurse Practitioner weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$138k (87 salary observations; 151 listings), vs ~$138k nationally (1,960 salary observations; 6,195 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 52% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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