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Department Of Neurosurgery - Per Diem - Nurse Practitioner (APRN) or Physician Assistant

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsPer Diem Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

Location Detail: 85 Jefferson Street Hartford (10068)

Shift Detail: Days, Nights, Weekdays, Weekends, Holidays depending on service line needs

Outstanding opportunity to join a national leader in Neurosurgery. The Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare has a new opportunity available for a Per Diem Neurosurgery Physician Assistant/APRN to join our Advanced Practice team at Hartford Hospital located in Hartford, CT.

Practice autonomously, but collaboratively, with a team of attending neurosurgeons and APPs providing advanced specialized care to neurosurgical patients including open spine, MIS spine and deformity, intracranial cases, neurovascular, peripheral nerve, neurotrauma, and neuro-interventional radiological cases.

Enjoy a robust onboarding experience with an established, supportive process with frequent opportunities for training and education modalities at HHC’s Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI).

This role will assist in providing coverage on the inpatient side of neurosurgery including weekdays (day & night shifts), weekends (day & night shifts), and/or holidays to contribute to maintaining 24/7 service coverage.

Job Details

  • Managing neurosurgical brain and spine patients on the floor, stepdown, and ICU settings.
  • Intake H&Ps, progress notes, consultations, pre- and post-operative care, and discharges.
  • Providing neurosurgical consultations in the hospital and in the emergency department.
  • Performing bedside procedures: external ventricular drains, ICP monitors, lumbar drains, shunt taps.
  • First assisting the attending neurosurgeon in the operating room in brain and spine surgeries.
  • Per diem coverage of weekdays, weeknights, weekend days, weekend nights, and holidays based on neurosurgery service line coverage needs.

About the Ayer Neuroscience Institute

The Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare is a rapidly expanding Institute with a focus on comprehensive patient care, academics, and research. The Institute enjoys the resources of a system committed to excellence in patient quality and experience and an impressive staff of world class Neuroscience leaders.

About Hartford HealthCare (HHC)

HHC employs more than 2,500 providers in over 400 practice locations throughout Connecticut with 7 acute care hospitals, one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest, physician-led, multi-specialty medical groups in New England.

We support your development and wellbeing through the respected Hartford HealthCare’s Office of Advanced Practice - an internal organization committed to the growth and development of our Advanced Practitioners, and the groundbreaking Office of Provider Wellness

All of this means MORE OPPORTUNITY to propel your career to new heights within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are a collegial group of teachers, researchers, innovators, and, most of all, caregivers.

Location

Within an hour from New York City and two hours of Boston, Connecticut offers you and your family an exceptional lifestyle. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.

Qualifications

A minimum of 1 year of experience in a surgical subspeciality is strongly preferred.

BE/BC NCCPA certified and CT licensed Physician Assistant or APRN with First Assist.

This role will assist in providing 24/7 coverage on the inpatient side of neurosurgery including weekdays (day & night shifts), weekends (day & night shifts), and/or holidays on a per diem basis based on neurosurgery service line needs.

Key Responsibilities

The provider will manage neurosurgical patients in inpatient, stepdown, and ICU settings while performing bedside procedures and consultations. Additionally, the role involves first assisting attending neurosurgeons in the operating room for various brain and spine surgeries.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Inpatient managementSpine surgeryBrain surgeryClinical documentationEmergency department supportAdvanced practice nursingPhysician assistant practice

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 62% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $163k (middle half $153k–$200k)20 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingConnecticut index 103.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Connecticut225 active13,978 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 30% remote · 62% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedConnecticut Nurse Practitioner listings: 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $14k) · 13% offer loan repayment225 active listings, Oct 2026
Surgery hiring demand#5 of 17 specialtiespostings stay open a median 43 days · 7% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, September 2026 · 103 postings, 237 closed
New Surgery listings820 in the last 30 days489 the 30 days before (+68%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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  • Includes weekends

Living in Hartford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$272k
Typical market rent
$1,555/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
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.