Float Physician Assistant — 3 days per week (Skilled Nursing Facilities)
Listed compensation
$84k-$96k
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Job Description
Float Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant Skilled Nursing Facilities, Greater Hartford, Connecticut
Job Type: Full-time (24-hour, W-2 role) Compensation: $84,000 - $96,000 base salary per year plus generous bonus.
Schedule: 3 rounding days every week (24 hours), Monday through Friday. Your days are set month to month with your manager based on coverage needs across the cluster. Typical 8-hour day, generally between 8 AM and 5 PM. No call, no weekends, no overnight travel.
Coverage Area
A cluster of 10 skilled nursing facilities in the greater Hartford region, including East Hartford, West Hartford, Rockville, Glastonbury, Windsor, Newington, Simsbury and Cromwell.
About the Role CRC is a physician-owned and operated group providing physical medicine and rehabilitation services in skilled nursing facilities nationwide. We are building a dedicated, salaried float bench to cover clinician PTO, leaves, and staffing transitions across a cluster of 10 CRC facilities in the greater Hartford region.
You will round at one facility per day, seeing CRC’s existing patient panel. Your rounding days are allocated across the cluster based on coverage needs (PTO, leaves and staffing transitions), and your schedule is set month to month with your manager. Expect roughly 15 to 20 visits in a day, enjoying the autonomy and flexibility to control your daily workflow while promoting a healthy work/life balance.
Benefits & Perks We offer creative strategies and technology-based solutions to reduce administrative burdens, alongside a comprehensive benefits package:
Virtual Support: Remote personal medical assistant to prepare your new patient notes, plus a full-time Virtual Scribe to assist with and complete all documentation ($1,368/month value).
Insurance: Great health coverage including Medical, Vision, and Dental, plus Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, and Critical Illness. 100% malpractice insurance coverage.
- Time Off: Generous PTO package.
- Retirement: 401(k) plan with an annual company contribution of 2-3%.
- Career Growth: $600 of continuous education reimbursement, opportunity to earn a minimum of 33 CEUs through the company at no cost, and access to CRC's Physiatry certification training.
- Equipment: Company-provided laptop.
What You Need
- Active, unrestricted Connecticut APRN or Physician Assistant license, plus current national certification
- Current DEA registration
- SNF, post-acute, geriatrics, or rehab experience preferred
- Reliable transportation and willingness to travel within the coverage area
Ability to Complete Facility Credentialing
A passion for post-acute healthcare, empathy, compassion, and a desire to deliver the best patient care.
What the Day Looks Like Rehabilitation-focused evaluations and follow-ups for patients already on CRC’s panel. You pick up the existing plan, manage mobility, pain, and function within your scope, coordinate with therapy and nursing, document the same day (with the help of your virtual scribe!), and hand off cleanly to the returning clinician. Physician backup from CRC’s clinical leadership is available throughout.
Key Responsibilities
Perform rehabilitation-focused evaluations and follow-ups for patients within a cluster of skilled nursing facilities. Coordinate care with therapy and nursing teams while maintaining accurate clinical documentation with the assistance of a virtual scribe.
Requirements
Requires an active, unrestricted Connecticut APRN or Physician Assistant license and current national certification. Candidates should have experience in skilled nursing, post-acute, geriatrics, or rehabilitation settings.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 52% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $87k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.3 / 10 · top 5% in physician assistant roles | ranked against 2,956 Physician Assistant roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $84k–$96k | Physician Assistant median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)42 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$87k in purchasing power | Connecticut index 103.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All physician assistant listings in Connecticut | 80 active | 3,012 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 8% remote · 52% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | US physician assistant listings (all specialties): 19% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 8% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation PA hiring demand | not ranked this month | postings stay open a median 46 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 11 postings, 25 closed |
| New Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation listings (all professions) | 106 in the last 30 days | 45 the 30 days before (+136%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician Assistant pay trend (all specialties) | +2.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Comprehensive Rehab Consultants | silver tier, 84/100 | Top Employers work-life index65 active listings |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Float Physician Assistant — 3 days per week (Skilled Nursing Facilities) at Comprehensive Rehab Consultants a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Physician Assistant roles — ranked against 2,956 active Physician Assistant roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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