Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - FGH Infectious Disease
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the pay range, the work setting, call expectations and time off.
Job Description
Position Summary
The certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Assistant is a primary health care provider who practices in ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care settings. The FNP or PA provides nursing and medical services to individuals, families, and groups.
The FNP or PA diagnoses and manages acute episodic and chronic illnesses as well as promotes health and disease prevention. Services include, but are not limited to ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, and prescription of pharmacologic agents and nonpharmacologic therapies.
Teaching and counseling individuals, families, and groups are a part of nurse practitioner/physician assistant practice.
Qualifications
Education/Skills: Successful completion of a Master’s in Nursing program or Physician Assistant program. Must have successfully completed the required clinical practice hours of the accredited university.
Certification/Licensure: A current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Mississippi as a FNP or current Physician Assistant license. Also, prefer a current certification in ACLS.
Critical care/urgent care/immediate care experience required.
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week
Key Responsibilities
The provider will diagnose and manage acute and chronic illnesses while promoting disease prevention in various clinical settings. Responsibilities include ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing therapies, and providing patient counseling.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Infectious Disease — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 56% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Nurse Practitioner median $142k (middle half $130k–$163k)278 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Mississippi index 87.0 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All nurse practitioner listings in Mississippi | 145 active | 15,599 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 32% remote · 56% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Mississippi nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 9% state a sign-on bonus · <1% offer loan repayment145 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Infectious Disease NP hiring demand | not ranked this month | postings stay open a median 36 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 4 postings, 25 closed |
| New Infectious Disease listings (all professions) | 48 in the last 30 days | 28 the 30 days before (+71%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties) | +2.1% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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Benefits & Perks
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$64.52-$87.3/hrWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 15,357 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
About Confidential Employer
Living in Hattiesburg
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $225k
- Typical market rent
- $1,315/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 17 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 87.6
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Hattiesburg, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.