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Nurse Practitioner-Corrections - Primary Care, Nocturnist

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Job Description

Company

Allegheny Health Network

Job Description

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

This job provides primary, or acute and/or behavioral healthcare services for certain acute or chronic health conditions in specific populations in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and with the policies, values, and mission of the organization. This position involves a rotation of shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Thursdays 6p-6a. Friday 6p-6a, Saturdays 6p-6a and every other Wednesday 10p-6a.

Essential Responsibilities

Provides appropriate patient care to include recording patient medical history and physical assessment, developing therapeutic care plan, ordering diagnostic tests, interpreting test results, discharge planning and providing accurate medical record documentation. (35%)

Communicates and coordinates patient care with patient, family, community health services and interdisciplinary team. Involves attending physician regarding plan of care and involves physician in clinical decision making of any issues that are outside the CRNP's knowledge base or scope of practice. (15%)

Prepares written prescription orders for drugs and controlled substances, administers medication and injections, sutures wounds and provides wound care. (10%)

Educates patients and family members regarding health and preventive medicine, medications prescribed, treatment instructions and recommends community resources as appropriate. (10%)

Triages patient telephone calls, provides monitoring and continuity of care. (10%)

Participates, develops, and implements performance and/or quality improvement initiatives. Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies. (10%)

Serves as the clinical expert and acts as a clinical resource. (10%)

May perform other duties such as daily rounding of patients, manage outpatient concerns and any other duty specific to specialty.

Qualifications

  • Minimum
  • MSN from the practicing State Board of Nursing Approved Master’s Program
  • National Board Certification for Nurse Practitioners through an accredited association
  • Current State Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner License

Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).

Preferred

Post Master’s program, DNP

ACLS Certification

For Behavioral Health areas: Board Certified Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), obtained within 2 years of hire.

Additional Employment Requirements

  • Prescriptive Authority from the practicing state within 60 days of hire
  • Drug Enforcement Agency Licensure within 60 days of hire
  • CPR – American Heart Association
  • Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
  • Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
  • Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

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Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner provides primary, acute, and behavioral healthcare services, including patient assessment, care planning, and diagnostic interpretation. They also coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams, manage medications, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical history recordingTherapeutic care planningDiagnostic test interpretationPrescription managementPatient educationTriageClinical expertiseRegulatory complianceInterdisciplinary coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner-Corrections - Primary Care, Nocturnist at Highmark Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,622 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 58% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Primary Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,193 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in Pittsburgh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$234k
Typical market rent
$1,545/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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