Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Orthopedic Surgeons - FT
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
The Memorial Specialty Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant renders medical care to patients within the specialty care setting of clinic offices and is responsible for management of acute episodic problems and stable chronic conditions in addition to health promotion and disease prevention in conjunction with physicians and other healthcare staff.
The nurse practitioner communicates care needs with patients, families, and the healthcare team for the continuance of care. The nurse practitioner identities and implements best practices to achieve improved outcomes and greater effectiveness of patient care.
Key Responsibilities
Provide medical care to patients in a specialty clinic setting, managing both acute episodic problems and stable chronic conditions. Collaborate with physicians and healthcare staff to implement best practices and ensure continuity of care.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program. Must hold a current license to practice in the state of Mississippi and, for NPs, have two years of clinical RN experience.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Orthopedic Surgeons - FT at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Orthopedic Surgery (NP) — ranked against 124 active Orthopedic Surgery (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Orthopedic Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 47 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 15% are remote, 55% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Gulfport
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $188k
- Typical market rent
- $1,483/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 90.0
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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