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Vascular Surgery Nights - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerNo callFull-Time Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

Location Detail: 79 Jefferson St HH Bliss Wing (10064)

Shift Detail: Up to $30,000 in shift differentials on top of base pay!

Position Details

Join a growing vascular surgery team where Advanced Practitioners practice with a high level of autonomy and clinical responsibility.

APPs on this vascular surgery service evaluate consults, develop treatment plans, manage complex vascular patients, and collaborate directly with vascular surgery attendings in a fast-paced environment without residents.

The team is committed to professional growth through a structured four-month onboarding program, dedicated mentorship, simulation training, daily educational opportunities, and expanding exposure to vascular surgery procedures and the OR.

This is an outstanding opportunity to build advanced vascular expertise while working within a supportive vascular surgery culture that is actively investing in its people and future.

  • Role: Open to Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (APRN) and Physician Assistants (PA)
  • Location: Hartford Hospital
  • Setting: 100% Inpatient Vascular Surgery

Schedule: Full-time, nights. Up to $30,000 in shift differentials on top of base pay!

Call schedule: No call required

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant 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, renters insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, low-interest loans, pet insurance and more!
  • Employee discount programs and colleague assistance 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

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: APRN (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner) or Physician Assistant
  • Experience: New grads welcome to apply!
  • We offer a comprehensive 4-month orientation where you will work closely with your director and preceptor to ensure you feel supported.

Preferred Experience: 2+ years in an inpatient vascular surgery setting

Key Responsibilities

Advanced practitioners will evaluate consults, develop treatment plans, and manage complex vascular patients in an inpatient setting. They will collaborate directly with vascular surgery attendings to provide high-level clinical care without the presence of residents.

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningInpatient careMedical planningPsychosocial planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Vascular Surgery Nights - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner at Hartford Hospital a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery (NP) — ranked against 289 active Surgery (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 50% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in surgery (np)ranked against 289 Surgery (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $160k (middle half $147k–$170k)23 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingConnecticut index 103.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Connecticut11 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All nurse practitioner listings in Connecticut279 active15,638 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 30% remote · 50% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentConnecticut nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $14k) · 13% offer loan repayment279 active listings, Nov 2026
Surgery NP hiring demand#6 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 40 days · 6% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 102 postings, 209 closed
New Surgery NP listings97 in the last 30 days98 the 30 days before (about the same)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+2.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (289 Surgery (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; 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 Surgery postings state pay.

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 289 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Hartford Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Hartford, CT
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Market-leading compensation
Generous paid time off
Paid CME time off
CME budget
Reimbursed professional licenses and dues
Enhanced tuition assistance
Higher education partnerships
Student loan programs

Living in Hartford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$272k
Typical market rent
$1,555/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.