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Wound Care- Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant- Piedmont Athens

Nurse PractitionerNo callNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Job Description

Advanced Practice Provider– Wound Care – Athens, GA

Piedmont is recruiting for a nurse practitioner to join our wound care team at Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, GA. This is a full-time Monday through Friday position with no call responsibilities. You will provide care to a variety of wound care and hyperbaric oxygen patients mostly in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

  • Provide medical services to individuals, families and/or groups, including: diabetic ulcers, skin tears, non-healing surgical wounds, vascular insufficiencies, wound grafts and any other wound care or hyperbaric oxygen needs.
  • Emphasize health promotion as well as acute and chronic disease management.
  • Augment a physician’s ability to provide medical services to patients
  • Collect and document data, conduct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations and provide direct patient care services.
  • Have direct oversight of patients undergoing Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Piedmont Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Comprehensive Benefits
  • EPIC
  • Generous CME allowance
  • Quality, Service, and Reputation
  • Further educational and training opportunities complementing the role

Qualifications

***Preferred, not required. - Qualified candidates will have at least 2 years experience working as a Nurse Practitioner in a wound care setting.

  • Licensed as a Nurse and approved to practice as a NP by State of Georgia with National Certification
  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Specialty Services

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Diagnostic proceduresDocumentationConsultation coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Wound Care- Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant- Piedmont Athens at Piedmont Healthcare a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,994 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Wound Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 54% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner rolesranked against 13,994 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $139k (middle half $130k–$159k)291 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Georgia401 active14,203 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 54% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia Nurse Practitioner listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 8% offer loan repayment401 active listings, Oct 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend+1.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (13,994 Nurse Practitioner roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

31 jobs
401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
55% this job
Sign-on bonus
52%
Loan repayment
13%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.6this job 6.6
Better work-life than 50% of Wound Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 194 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Athens

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$329k
Typical market rent
$1,782/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Athens-Clarke County, GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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