Nurse Practitioner-Nursing Research & Scholarship
Listed compensation
$81K - $113K
Listing transparency1 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Market Range: 15
Hiring Salary: $6,735.34 - $9,429.47/Monthly
THIS IS A TEMPORARY GRANT-FUNDED POSITION FUNDED UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 2027
JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Under the oversight of the Principal
Investigator, the Nurse Practitioner participates in all aspects of healthcare
and community and nursing education related to a large Health Resources and
Services Administration grant. The purpose of the grant is to continue an
established Mobile Health Unit (MHU) Program that delivers innovative,
evidence-based healthcare services to rural populations in Lake and Lauderdale
counties onsite and neighboring counties through telehealth. This position
delivers care at mobile clinic sites and elsewhere as needed, including, but not
limited to, performing physical examinations, diagnosing illness, taking vitals,
prescribing medications, scheduling follow-up appointments, and providing
healthcare training on various public health topics.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner-Nursing Research & Scholarship at University of Tennessee a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (NP) — ranked against 2,155 active Family Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 44% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$97k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $106k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$97k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$7k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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Listing-based score
Above average in Family Medicine (NP)
Living in Memphis
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $142k
- Typical market rent
- $1,232/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 21 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.2
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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