Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$125k-$165k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 25m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

  • Position: Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient RehabLocation: 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, NJ 07054Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday (32 hours per week)
  • Compensation: $125,000 -$165,000

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

We Support Your Career Growth and Personal Well-being

  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

A Nurse Practitioner is responsible for assisting physicians in the medical care and management of patients, performing such functions as making rounds, physical examinations, and other patient examinations, care of wounds and arranging for patient referrals.

Demonstrates behaviors and attitudes consistent with the organization's Mission Statement and Core Values. Demonstrates, maintains and upholds expectations of compliance set forth in the organizational Code of Conduct, including but not limited to confidentiality regarding patient and company information. Upholds professional standards and professional codes of conduct (as applicable to the role); holds self and others accountable as appropriate.

Accomplishes individual and team goals and objectives. Seeks to clarify information when not clear. Applies strong attention to detail and maintains continuous quality and accuracy. Displays excellent organizational skills and is able to manage multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.

Communicates effectively and respectfully, both verbally and in writing, with patients and patient families, internal and external customers, vendors, co-workers and managers. Contributes to building positive working relationships through effective teamwork efforts. Communicates with a focus on achieving goals, continuous learning and process improvement. Proactively shares information with others balancing confidentiality, sensitivity and transparency.

Consistently demonstrates commitment to patient-centered care and customer service excellence in all interactions with patients and patient families, internal and external customers by responding in a timely, professional and effective manner.

Promotes workplace safety through safe behaviors and by identifying potential risks, addressing them whenever possible and communicating those risks to appropriate individuals and/or supervisors.

Follows all hospital guidelines outlining standards of personal appearance, attendance and punctuality.

Based on the Competency Program established for direct care providers, possesses the skills and competencies necessary to perform job function in accordance with population served criteria.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Requirements
  • Current & valid state licensure as a Registered Nurse and an Advanced Practice Nurse required
  • BSN required
  • Certified Basic Life Support (BLS) or completion in first 90 days of employment required

Preferred Qualifications

  • Clinical experience
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Medical managementWound careCommunicationClinical documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 40 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 23% are remote, 73% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$145k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $133k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution25 jobs · 20 employers

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<$115k
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$115k-140k
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$140k-165k
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$165k-190k
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$190k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
71%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 8.0this job 6.0
Higher than about 3 in 10 of 68 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (NP) listings

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

  • No weekends

Living in West Orange

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$678k≈ 5.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,938/mo≈ 28% of gross pay
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
West Orange
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
Life and disability protection
Generous PTO
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan