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Southbridge, Massachusetts

Per Diem Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Ho

Physician AssistantPer Diem

Listed compensation

$61.34 /hr–$161K /yr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

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Hiring Range

  • $61.34 - $160,763.20
  • (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

  • Location: Southbridge, MA
  • Facility: UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital
  • Department: Hospital Medicine
  • Schedule: Per Diem

UMass Memorial Medical Group seeks a per diem Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our growing Hospital Medicine team at Harrington Hospital. Our competitive compensation and benefits package places us as your top choice in the region.

Harrington Hospital in Southbridge, MA is a community-focused, acute care hospital serving patients across South Central Massachusetts and Northeastern Connecticut. As part of UMass Memorial Health, Harrington combines the personalized approach of a community hospital with access to the resources, specialty expertise, and academic strength of the region's largest health system.

  • Click here to learn more about Harrington Hospital.
  • Key Highlights
  • Per Diem Schedule
  • Flexible schedule with 10 hour shifts, minimum shift commitment of 4 shifts per month
  • Collaborative, team-based model with Hospital Medicine Attendings and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)
  • No procedures required
  • Epic EMR and integrated clinical systems

Responsibilities

  • Perform and document complete history and physical exams
  • Develop diagnoses and treatment plans based on clinical evaluation
  • Order and interpret laboratory and imaging studies
  • Participate in daily inpatient rounds and document progress notes
  • Collaborate with consulting services and interdisciplinary teams
  • Perform routine bedside procedures per delineation of privileges

Qualifications

  • A Masters degree from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program
  • Eligible or current Massachusetts license, with national certification (ANCC, AANP, NCCPA, as applicable)
  • Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration and federal DEA Controlled Substance Registration are required.
  • Visit UMass Memorial Medical Group to learn more about our organization.

Qualified candidates may contact Brittany Kosiba, Provider Recruiter at Brittany.Kosiba@umassmemorial.org.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Treatment planningInterdisciplinary collaborationDiagnostic interpretation

Hospital Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 40 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 75% have no call, 57% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$161k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $152k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Hospital Medicine market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$161kHospital Medicine median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)44 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$152k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in Massachusetts7 active109 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 75% no call · 57% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Physician Assistant listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus · 5% offer loan repayment148 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 37 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 45 postings, 50 closed
New Hospital Medicine listings454 in the last 30 days379 the 30 days before (+20%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine pay trend+2.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, 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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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Hospital Medicine (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 105 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Southbridge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$388k
Typical market rent
$1,763/mo
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

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