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Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant / Neurosurgery

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsNo callPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Posted 1mo ago

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

Patient assessmentDiagnosisTreatment planningPatient educationClinical proceduresCare coordination

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).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in surgery (np)ranked against 319 Surgery (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $150k (middle half $137k–$167k)16 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Michigan303 active14,063 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 18% remote · 66% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan Nurse Practitioner listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus · 3% offer loan repayment303 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (319 Surgery (NP) 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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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 70% of Surgery (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 319 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Detroit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$79k
Typical market rent
$1,328/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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