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Heart & Lung Nurse Practitioner - Fort Worth, TX

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Improving the Health of the People in the Communities We Serve
  • Heart & Lung Nurse Practitioner
  • Fort Worth, TEXAS

Texas Health Physicians Group is pleased to announce a full-time opening for a Heart & Lung Acute Care or Adult Care Nurse Practitioner to join a team providing comprehensive care for a wide range of conditions affecting the heart, lungs and esophagus. Our surgeons offer complete diagnosis and treatment for a full range of heart and lung conditions, from the most basic to advanced and complex.

Position Details

  • Full time – 40 hours per week
  • Pre-Post Op Consultation and Care along with Hospital rounding
  • Electronic Medical Records
  • Assessing patient’s needs and establishing plan of care
  • Competitive Salary, plus comprehensive benefits package including CME Malpractice and 401K

Requirements Needed to Apply

  • Active Texas license
  • Acute Care/Adult Care Board Certification and Experience
  • Degree in NP studies from an approved Nurse Practitioner program
  • 1-3 years of Heart & Lung experience preferred

The Nurse Practitioner (“NP”) Must be a graduate of an accredited Advanced Nursing Program and have a current RN license for the State of Texas.

  • Certified Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the State of Texas.
  • The NP will report to the supervising physician and/or the Medical Director and will be responsible for meeting CME requirements to maintain certification and licensure.
  • The NP’s duties and responsibilities apply to the THPG patient population and assigned setting only.

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive care for patients with conditions affecting the heart, lungs, and esophagus. Responsibilities include conducting pre- and post-operative consultations, hospital rounding, and establishing patient plans of care.

Requirements

Must be a graduate of an accredited Advanced Nursing Program with an active Texas RN and NP license. Board certification in Acute or Adult Care is required, with 1-3 years of heart and lung experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentCare Planning

Cardiology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 54% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

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

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Salary Distribution40 jobs · 35 employers

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$205k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs

401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
56% this job
Sign-on bonus
26%
Relocation assistance
12%
Loan repayment
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Cardiology (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 347 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Fort Worth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$264k
Typical market rent
$1,615/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
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 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Texas Health Resources

Hospitals and Health Care
Arlington, Texas
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

CME allowance
Malpractice coverage
401K