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Wellstar Health System
Marietta, Georgia

Physician Assistant / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Trauma Surgery - Part-Time - Marietta, GA

Nurse PractitionerPart-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Wellstar Medical Group is seeking a part-time Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Trauma Acute Care Surgery team at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA. Kennestone is a level 1 Trauma center with just under 700 beds about 30 minutes northwest of the city of Atlanta. The team is comprised of 11 Trauma surgeons and 10 APPs and growing.

Responsibilities include responding to traumas, rounding on trauma, general surgery and surgical ICU patients, seeing patients in the clinic, and working with surgery residents as needed. Shifts are approximately 13.5 hours and include sign out in the morning and evening. This is a dedicated night shift position.

Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Experience preferred in an ICU, inpatient and surgical setting. For new graduates to be considered, must be an Acute Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant and have completed rotations in critical care and surgical specialties.

Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits available.

We’d like to invite you on a career journey like no other! In return for your contributions, we’ll help you make the most of all life’s moments – on and off the job. Wellstar Total Rewards is designed to provide for your total well-being, including: Your Wellness, Your Pay, Your Future, Your Joy. We think it’s pretty simple – we care for our team members and our team members care for the community.

Make a difference in patients’ lives… and your own! Here, it’s more than healthcare – it’s CareerCare!

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

Key Responsibilities

The provider will respond to trauma cases, perform rounds on trauma, general surgery, and surgical ICU patients. Additionally, they will see patients in the clinic and collaborate with surgery residents during dedicated night shifts.

Requirements

Candidates must be a certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Experience in ICU, inpatient, and surgical settings is preferred, with new graduates required to have completed rotations in critical care and surgical specialties.

Key Skills

Trauma surgeryPatient roundingClinical assessmentSurgical assistanceTrauma response

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 58% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution26 jobs

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<$100k
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$160k-190k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
95%
Sign-on bonus
62%
CME allowance
62%
Loan repayment
19%
Relocation assistance
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Below most Surgery (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 329 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Marietta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$383k
Typical market rent
$1,689/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Wellstar Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Marietta, Georgia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Comprehensive benefits
Total Rewards program