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Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia

Surgical Services Lead Nocturnist NP / PA

Nurse PractitionerPart-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Job Description

Be inspired. Be rewarded. Belong. At Emory Healthcare.

At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide:

  • Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
  • Family-focused benefits
  • Wellness incentives
  • Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs
  • And more
  • Description

Job Description

  • Provides oversight and leadership for less than 10 APPs or at discretion of department
  • Maintains regulatory files for APPs in service line.
  • Works with lead to recruit and hire APPs, establishes work schedules, supervises staff performance, participates in performance evaluations, and determines and disseminates quality activities and design for assigned staff.
  • Provide formal and informal clinical instruction, coaching and mentoring on all shifts
  • Develops and monitors individual APP goals for clinical practice and professional development and provides feedback during annual performance review process regarding goal achievement.

Supervises Educational Activities for the Service Line

  • Works with Lead and Chief to formulate plan for professional development.
  • Participate in leadership development programs, required meetings and annual retreats
  • Oversees clinical scheduling for designated areas to ensure adequate patient coverage
  • Other duties as assigned 0.05 - 0.2 FTE admin time depending on section/department size

Minimum Qualifications

2+ years of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse, Physician Assistant, or Certified Nurse Midwife, or CRNA/AA

  • Masters degree or higher
  • PALS, BLS, or ACLS may be required in some areas.
  • Completion of an accredited Advanced Practice Nurse, Physician Assistant, or Certified Nurse Midwife, or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, or Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant program
  • Currently licensed as an advanced practice nurse in the state of Georgia by the Georgia Board of Nursing

Certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or equivalent body, or certified as a Physician's Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), or as a Certified Nurse Midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), or as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist by National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA), or as a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA)

JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY! Emory Healthcare (EHC), part of Emory University (EUV), is the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia and the first and only in Georgia with a Magnet® designated ambulatory practice.

We are made up of 11 hospitals-4 Magnet® designated, the Emory Clinic, and more than 425 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network, established in 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 3,450 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at careers@emoryhealthcare.org. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Provides leadership and oversight for Advanced Practice Providers, including managing schedules, performance evaluations, and regulatory files. Responsible for clinical coaching, mentoring, and ensuring adequate patient coverage within the surgical services line.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree or higher and at least 2 years of experience as an NP, PA, CNM, CRNA, or AA. Must hold a valid Georgia state license and current national certification in the respective advanced practice field.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Clinical LeadershipStaff SupervisionPerformance EvaluationRegulatory Compliance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Surgical Services Lead Nocturnist NP / PA at Emory Healthcare a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Hospital Medicine (NP) — ranked against 356 active Hospital Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Hospital Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 50% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 10% in hospital medicine (np)ranked against 356 Hospital Medicine (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $140k (middle half $130k–$160k)289 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in Georgia18 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All nurse practitioner listings in Georgia528 active15,606 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 26% remote · 50% no call · 80% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentGeorgia nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment528 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine NP hiring demand#4 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 42 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 119 postings, 207 closed
New Hospital Medicine NP listings144 in the last 30 days150 the 30 days before (−4%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+2.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (356 Hospital Medicine (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Georgia figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Georgia Hospital Medicine postings state pay.

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

median 1.5this job 6.6
Among the best 10% of Hospital Medicine (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 356 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Emory Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Atlanta, GA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Health Benefits
Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Family-focused Benefits
Wellness Incentives
Mentorship and Leadership Programs

Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$375k
Typical market rent
$1,942/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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