Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant / Neurosurgery
Compensation
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Job Description
Company Description
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world.
We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail.
With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations.
Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.
Job Description
- Contingent Position
- Schedule: Midnights (6p-6a), 20 weekend shifts per year (12-hour shifts)
- 2 holidays per year
- No call required
Inpatient Only
Will consider new graduates willing to train to full-time for success and new graduates with ICU experience as RN
What You Will Do
Assess, diagnose, and treat inpatient patients in collaboration with attending physicians and the healthcare team
- Educate patients and families on health conditions and treatment plans
- Perform procedures as per credentialing and experience
- Coordinate care to achieve optimal patient outcomes safely and efficiently
Collaborate with physicians, consultants, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive inpatient care
Required Qualifications
Master's degree in nursing (NP) or Bachelor's degree/AMA-approved Physician Assistant program (PA) with current state licensure and national certification (CNP or NCCPA).
Current RN license (NPs) or Michigan state licensure (PAs).
Current BLS and ACLS/ATLS/PALS provider certification as required by department.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine, ICU, Interventional Radiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Surgery, Urgent Care, or Urology.
Key Responsibilities
Assess, diagnose, and treat inpatient patients while collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure optimal outcomes. Coordinate care and educate patients and their families on health conditions and treatment plans.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant / Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery (NP) — ranked against 319 active Surgery (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 66% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.1 / 10 · above average in surgery (np) | ranked against 319 Surgery (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Nurse Practitioner median $150k (middle half $137k–$167k)16 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Michigan index 96.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Practitioner listings in Michigan | 303 active | 14,063 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 18% remote · 66% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Michigan Nurse Practitioner listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus · 3% offer loan repayment303 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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