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Joliet, Illinois

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse PractitionerNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

The Nurse Practitioner Hourly MAT provides a full range of medical services for patients in accordance with established policies, procedures, and state guidelines.

The role examines referred patients, performs medical histories and physical examinations, determines diagnoses and opioid dependence, reviews treatment plans, and prescribes planned regimens of patient care.

The position assesses coexisting medical and psychiatric disorders, makes appropriate referrals, and collaborates with the treatment team regarding patient care.

The Nurse Practitioner provides support and training to medical staff, responds to urgent and emergency situations, and prepares required reports and clinical documentation.

The role maintains patient confidentiality and follows applicable treatment policies, regulations, accreditation standards, and clinical practices.

Key Responsibilities

Examine referred patients, perform medical histories and physical exams, determine diagnoses and opioid dependence, review treatment plans, and prescribe appropriate patient care regimens.

Assess coexisting medical and psychiatric disorders, make appropriate referrals, utilize available in-house resources, and discuss and analyze cases with the treatment team.

Maintain professional standards and follow treatment policies, applicable regulations, accreditation standards, formulary requirements, confidentiality practices, and Universal or Standard Precautions.

Provide support and training to medical staff, attend case conferences and staff meetings/training, respond to health emergencies, and provide input to facility committees as requested.

Maintain appropriate clinical documentation, prepare and review records and reports, and communicate concerns regarding referrals or necessary nursing and medical interventions.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
  • Advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner program

Experience

  • 2 years’ experience as a Nurse Practitioner
  • Licenses/Certifications
  • Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner within the state of employment

Must Have and Maintain Current CPR Certification

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact ADARequests@wellpath.us

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program and hold a current state license. A minimum of two years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner and current CPR certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medication assisted treatmentPatient assessmentMedical history takingDiagnosisOpioid dependence treatmentTreatment planningPrescribingPsychiatric disorder assessmentEmergency responseStaff training

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Wellpath a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,527 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Addiction Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 66% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Addiction Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner rolesranked against 13,527 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedAddiction Medicine median $128k (middle half $120k–$130k)22 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingIllinois index 100.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Addiction Medicine listings in Illinois5 active197 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 26% remote · 66% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois Nurse Practitioner listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 18% offer loan repayment472 active listings, Nov 2026
Addiction Medicine hiring demand#19 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 29 days · 3% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 101 postings, 189 closed
New Addiction Medicine listings454 in the last 30 days247 the 30 days before (+84%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Addiction Medicine pay trend+11.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (13,527 Nurse Practitioner roles 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.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
63%
Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
20%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.1
Better work-life than 50% of Addiction Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 191 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Dependent Scholarships

Living in Joliet

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$285k
Typical market rent
$1,675/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
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.