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Henry Ford Health
Clinton Township, Michigan

Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Hospitalist | Days & Nights

Physician AssistantIncludes weekendsNo callPer Diem

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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

  • Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Hospitalist | Days & Nights
  • Location: Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
  • Status: Contingent | Days & Nights
  • Setting: 100% Inpatient | 100% Adult Patients
  • Call/Weekends: No call requirements | Every third weekend

Position Overview

Henry Ford Health System is seeking a contingent Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Hospital Medicine team at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

This role focuses on providing comprehensive inpatient care for hospitalized and observation patients through admissions, daily rounding, clinical assessments, and ongoing management of acute and chronic medical conditions.

The APP will evaluate acute clinical changes, develop evidence-based treatment plans in collaboration with supervising physicians, and work closely with nursing, case management, consultants, and other interdisciplinary team members to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities include timely documentation, facilitating transitions of care, and supporting quality and patient safety initiatives.

This position has no call requirements, working every third weekend is required and the opportunity to practice at the top of your license with a high degree of clinical autonomy and meaningful physician collaboration in a supportive hospital medicine environment.

Why Henry Ford Health

Competitive Salary and Comprehensive Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
  • Supportive, collaborative systemwide team

Meaningful Impact on Employee Health and Safety

Employment contingent upon credentialing and completion of Employee Health screening per HFHS policy.

Qualifications

  • One year responding to Rapid Response/Critical care as an APP required
  • NP or PA graduate from an accredited program
  • Current (or in-process) Michigan licensure
  • National certification (ANCC, AANP, or NCCPA)
  • BLS required; ACLS required (or obtained after hire)

Credentials

Education & Training

Physician Assistant (PA): Completion of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)

Nurse Practitioner (NP): Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)

Licensure

Current licensure as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner in the State of Michigan, or in the process of applying (proof of application required).

Certification

  • PA: Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  • NP: National certification by a certification body recognized by the State of Michigan (e. g., ANCC, AANP)

Required Certifications

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) – required
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – required (may be obtained after hire)
  • DEA / Controlled Substance Licensure
  • PA: DEA and Michigan Controlled Substance License (CSL) required through credentialing

NP: DEA registration required through credentialing; NPs do not hold a Michigan CSL and will use their Michigan license number during the application process

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will provide comprehensive inpatient care, including admissions, daily rounding, and clinical management of acute and chronic conditions. They will collaborate with supervising physicians and interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient care and facilitate effective transitions.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentAcute careChronic condition managementEvidence-based treatment planningInterdisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Hospitalist | Days & Nights at Henry Ford Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Hospital Medicine (PA) — ranked against 84 active Hospital Medicine (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Hospital Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 62% have no call, 64% 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).

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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.1
Better work-life than 90% of Hospital Medicine (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 84 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Clinton

Typical market rent
$1,299/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow market rents (Aug 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.

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About Henry Ford Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Detroit, MI
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits
Professional development
Continuing education
Collaborative Practice Agreement Required