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Nurse Practitioner (ACNP or AGACNP)/Physician Assistant | Abdominal Transplant | Full Time | Variable

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

At UF Health Shands Hospital, our Abdominal Advanced Practice Provider (APP) team is dedicated to delivering evidence-based, comprehensive and innovative care to our medical-surgical patient populations, specifically within the UF Health Liver Transplant programs.

In this role, the APP will operate in a highly autonomous practice setting, while collaborating with both the abdominal transplant team and the colorectal surgery team to ensure high quality patient care is delivered.

Our Liver Transplant program is proud to be rated as the #1 Liver Transplant Program in the United States by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. We would like to invite you to apply to a world class team and invite you to start a journey of excellence in patient care.

The duties of the APP include diagnosis, treatment, and provision of care to our patients, as defined by the APPs scope of practice.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Master's degree in Nursing.

Credentialing: Must meet requirements set forth by the Medical Staff Office to obtain and retain privileges to practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse within UF Health Shands Hospital and/or the Shands UF Healthcare Network, as applicable.

Additional Requirements Specific Area or Specialty --/-- Additional Requirements: Adult ICUs --/-- AGACNP required. ICU Experience preferred.

Emergency Medicine --/-- AGACNP required. Emergency Medicine Experience preferred.

Pediatric ICU --/-- PNP-AC required.

Neonatal ICU --/-- NNP required. NICU experience preferred. Surgical/Operative Adult --/-- APRN with RNFA required.

  • Adult Clinic/Primary Care --/-- AGACNP, AGPCNP, or FNP required.
  • Pediatric Clinic/Primary Care --/-- PNP or FNP required.
  • Nurse Midwife --/-- CNM or APRN with Florida license to practice midwifery required.
  • Psychology/Psychiatry --/-- PMHNP required.

Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will not operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose NOTE: A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile a) at least once daily, b) at least five individual trips per week or c) drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job.

Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current and clear license (or eligible to be licensed) as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Florida. BLS is required.

Key Responsibilities

The Advanced Practice Provider will deliver evidence-based, comprehensive care to medical-surgical patients within the liver transplant program. They will operate autonomously while collaborating with the abdominal transplant and colorectal surgery teams to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Evidence-based practiceMedical-surgical nursingAdvanced practice nursingClinical collaboration

Transplant Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 62% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
9%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 1.5
Below most Nurse Practitioner roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 14,090 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Gainesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$295k
Typical market rent
$1,618/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Gainesville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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