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Jefferson Health Plans
Washington Township, New Jersey

Nocturnist

Hospital MedicineNo callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

Join Jefferson Health New Jersey’s nocturnist team, providing dedicated overnight inpatient care in our South Jersey acute care hospitals. This role involves 11–12 twelve-hour shifts per month (7 p m–7 a m), offering a supportive and sustainable work schedule.

Job Description

Overnight Admissions & Inpatient Care: Evaluate and admit patients from the ED, conduct night rounds, and manage care for previously admitted patients.

Cross-Coverage Support: Provide backup to APPs, assist with ICU needs including rapid responses and Code Blue events.

Clinical Supervision (Optional Academic Track): Supervise residents and support triage and admissions for teaching teams—three nocturnists typically cover each night.

Team Collaboration: Coordinate effectively with interdisciplinary teams (nursing, specialists, social work) and ensure comprehensive transitions at shift change.

Documentation & Compliance: Maintain thorough charting of histories, physicals, daily notes, and plans of care, ensuring compliance and accurate comorbidity coding.

Work Shift

  • Workday Night (United States of America)
  • Worker Sub Type
  • Regular
  • Employee Entity
  • Kennedy University Hospitals, Inc
  • Primary Location Address
  • 435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd, Turnersville, New Jersey, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Key Responsibilities

The nocturnist will provide overnight inpatient care, including evaluating and admitting patients from the emergency department and managing cross-coverage support. They will also coordinate with interdisciplinary teams and maintain accurate clinical documentation and compliance.

Requirements

The role requires a qualified medical professional capable of managing overnight hospital admissions and providing clinical supervision for residents. Candidates must be proficient in inpatient care, rapid response protocols, and thorough medical charting.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient admissionCode blue responseMedical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationICU support

Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 45 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Hospital Medicine market look like in New Jersey?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · top 25% in hospital medicineranked against 1,167 Hospital Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedHospital Medicine median $295k (middle half $259k–$350k)18 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingNew Jersey index 108.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in New Jersey21 active1,189 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 80% no call · 40% no weekends45 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew Jersey Physician listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $100k) · 12% offer loan repayment533 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine hiring demand#18 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 49 days · 28% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 402 postings, 440 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−11.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,167 Hospital Medicine 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.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nocturnist at Jefferson Health Plans a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Hospital Medicine — ranked against 1,167 active Hospital Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Top Hospital Medicine Jobs

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Salary Distribution

24 jobs · 11 employers
4
<$210k
0
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14
$275k-340k
5
$340k-405k
1
$900k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

19 jobs · 11 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
21%
CME allowance
11%
Relocation assistance
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 6.1
Better work-life than 90% of Hospital Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,167 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Jefferson Health Plans

Insurance Carriers
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical (including prescription)
Supplemental insurance
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Flexible spending accounts
Retirement plans

Living in Washington

Typical market rent
$2,008/mo
Residents’ average commute
34 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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