Physician Assistant / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Trauma Surgery - Part-Time - Marietta, GA
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Job Description
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
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Wellstar Medical Group is seeking a part-time Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Trauma Acute Care Surgery team at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA. Kennestone is a level 1 Trauma center with just under 700 beds about 30 minutes northwest of the city of Atlanta. The team is comprised of 11 Trauma surgeons and 10 APPs and growing.
Responsibilities include responding to traumas, rounding on trauma, general surgery and surgical ICU patients and working with surgery residents as needed. Shifts are approximately 13.5 hours and include sign out in the morning and evening.
Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Experience preferred in an ICU, inpatient and surgical setting. For new graduates to be considered, must be an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant and have completed rotations in critical care and surgical specialties.
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits available.
We’d like to invite you on a career journey like no other! In return for your contributions, we’ll help you make the most of all life’s moments – on and off the job. Wellstar Total Rewards is designed to provide for your total well-being, including: Your Wellness, Your Pay, Your Future, Your Joy. We think it’s pretty simple – we care for our team members and our team members care for the community.
Make a difference in patients’ lives… and your own! Here, it’s more than healthcare – it’s CareerCare!
Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner will respond to trauma cases and perform rounds on trauma, general surgery, and surgical ICU patients. They will also collaborate with surgery residents to provide comprehensive patient care.
Requirements
Candidates must be a certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with experience in ICU, inpatient, and surgical settings. New graduates are considered if they have completed rotations in critical care and surgical specialties.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 56% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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