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