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Huntington Creek Recovery Center
Shickshinny, Pennsylvania

Nurse Practitioner or PA

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsNo callPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Now Hiring: PRN Nurse Practitioner (Addiction Medicine)

Huntington Creek Recovery Center

Huntington Creek Recovery Center is seeking a PRN Nurse Practitioner to join our addiction treatment team. This role offers a flexible schedule with approximately three onsite shifts per week and one telehealth weekend coverage, averaging about 4 hours per shift.

Position Highlights

  • PRN opportunity
  • Addiction medicine setting
  • Work directly with patients in recovery
  • 70-bed specialty facility
  • Average daily census of 60-65 patients
  • Contract position
  • EMR: Best Notes

Qualifications

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible Nurse Practitioner
  • DEA Waiver required
  • Experience or interest in addiction treatment
  • Comfortable meeting clients in person and providing ongoing clinical support

If you're passionate about helping individuals on their recovery journey and are looking for a flexible PRN opportunity, we'd love to connect with you.

Responsibilities

Summary

  • Diagnose and treat acute, episodic or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team.
  • Participate in the formulation of patient Master Treatment Plan
  • Assess physical and psychiatric health of patient and formulate measures to meet patient needs.

Chart clinical observation (direct or through dictation), evaluations and treatment of patient in required time according to facility guidelines.

Communicate with physicians and other staff as necessary to provide quality care for patient within appropriate guidelines.

Encourage family involvement in patient care. Respond to identified patient and family educational needs.

Support and follow legal requirements, hospital policy and procedures, medical staff bylaws and regulatory requirements.

  • Provide services that are in accordance with the state guidelines for Nurse Practitioners.
  • Provide on-call responsibilities on scheduled basis directed by medical staff.

May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x-rays. May prescribe medication.

Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Qualifications

  • Master's in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner program required.
  • Clinical experience working with the patient population of the facility; ability to demonstrate knowledge of concepts of limit setting, therapeutic boundaries, crisis management, therapeutic treatment, environment and patient care required.
  • Minimum of 1 year experience as a Practicing Nurse Practitioner preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

  • Board Certified Nurse Practitioner required.
  • Licensed to practice in the state in which the facility operates.
  • DEA license.

Acadia Healthcare

Acadia is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services across the United States.

Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Acadia Healthcare operates a network of 250 behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 11,000 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. With more than 23,000 employees serving approximately 70,000 patients daily.

We provide psychiatric and chemical dependency services to our patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, specialty treatment facilities, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics and therapeutic school-based programs.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

AHPR

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentPatient treatment planningDiagnostic testingMedication prescriptionElectronic medical recordsPsychiatric health assessmentClinical documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or PA at Huntington Creek Recovery Center a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Addiction Medicine (NP) — ranked against 191 active Addiction Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Addiction Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 52% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Addiction Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in addiction medicine (np)ranked against 191 Addiction Medicine (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedAddiction Medicine median $133k (middle half $125k–$192k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Addiction Medicine listings in Pennsylvania20 active194 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% remote · 52% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania Nurse Practitioner listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 7% offer loan repayment642 active listings, Nov 2026
Addiction Medicine hiring demand#19 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 29 days · 3% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 101 postings, 189 closed
New Addiction Medicine listings456 in the last 30 days246 the 30 days before (+85%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Addiction Medicine pay trend+3.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (191 Addiction Medicine (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Addiction Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 191 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends
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About Huntington Creek Recovery Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Shickshinny, PA
11-50 employees

Living in Shickshinny

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$257k
Median resident rent
$817/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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