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Harlingen, Texas

Nurse Practitioner- ICU

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Valley Baptist Medical Center and Tenet Healthcare, are seeking a full-time

Nurse Practitioner to join our Critical Care team in Brownsville and Harlingen,

TX. This position offers the opportunity to work alongside a collaborative group of medical professionals and is a crucial member of the patient experience.

Position Highlights

  • 12 hour shifts
  • Rotating Daytime and Night shift coverage
  • FT role covering 160 shifts annually
  • Open to both new graduate and experienced candidates

Compensation and Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Continuing medical education (CME) allowance
  • Malpractice insurance
  • Pay for additional shifts if desired

Who We Are

Valley Baptist Health System, with two full service campuses and 800+ beds, is a part of Tenet Health System, a national healthcare organization with 88 hospitals and 36,000 affiliated physicians.

  • With 3,000 employees and over 450 physicians on the medical staffs, Valley
  • Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville and Valley Baptist Medical Center -
  • Harlingen, are focused on safety, quality and high level patient satisfaction.
  • VBMC is fully accredited by the Joint Commission, and is a full-service,

Acute Care Hospital with Specialized Services Including

24-Hour Emergency Care

  • Cardiovascular Services
  • Orthopedics
  • Women and Children's Services

Established in 1923, VBMC - Brownsville has 243 beds, 302 physicians on Medical

Staff and a wonderful place to enjoy a work/life balance.

Established in 1925, VBMC - Harlingen has 586 beds, 375 physicians on Medical

Staff and is also a wonderful place to enjoy work/life balance.

About the Area

The Rio Grande Valley, one of the fastest growing areas in TEXAS, is a scenic cultural place like no other.  Known as Texas' Tropical Playground, we are located a short 40 minutes from South Padre Island.

  • Year-round semi-tropical weather
  • No state income tax / Tort reform
  • Lowest cost of living in the U.S.
  • Great schools / Affordable housing
  • New medical school (UT-RGV) opening fall 2016
  • Golfing, hunting, birding, fishing, boating

Key Responsibilities

Join the Critical Care team to provide essential patient care within the ICU. The role involves working 12-hour rotating day and night shifts across two medical center campuses.

Requirements

Must be a Master's prepared Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner. Requires a current RNP license and necessary certifications as required by state law and facility bylaws.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

ICU NursingAdvanced Practice NursingPatient Safety

Critical Care Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 52% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 38 employers

22
<$165k
15
$165k-190k
6
$190k-215k
3
$215k-240k
4
$240k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 38 employers

401k / retirement match
85% this job
CME allowance
61% this job
Sign-on bonus
32%
Relocation assistance
10%
Loan repayment
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Critical Care Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 116 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Harlingen

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,158/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
86.0
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 · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Tenet Healthcare

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Dallas, Texas
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan
PTO
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Pay for additional shifts