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Atlanta, Georgia

Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine- Outpatient – Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – Buckhead

Nurse PractitionerNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

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Job Description

Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the Piedmont Pulmonary and Sleep office in Buckhead. This is a full-time outpatient position focusing on pulmonary and sleep medicine patients.

Key Responsibilities

Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Functions as an independent provider in a busy Pulmonary and Sleep office with MD’s available to assist in evaluating complex patients as needed.

Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, and develops appropriate treatment plans.

Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures including Chest X-rays, Chest CT’s Pulmonary Function testing, and Sleep studies. Explains necessity, nature, and results of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient.

Minimum Requirements

  • PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board or
  • NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing
  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Medical Care Corporation

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Pulmonary medicinePatient history takingTreatment planningDiagnostic testingChest X-ray interpretationChest CT interpretationSleep study interpretationClinical documentation

Sleep Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

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).

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 52% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

What does the Nurse Practitioner market look like in Georgia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner rolesranked against 13,994 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $139k (middle half $130k–$159k)291 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Georgia401 active14,202 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 24% remote · 52% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia Nurse Practitioner listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 8% offer loan repayment401 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (13,994 Nurse Practitioner roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine- Outpatient – Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – Buckhead at Piedmont Healthcare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,994 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

21 jobs
401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
62%
Sign-on bonus
52%
Loan repayment
10%
Relocation assistance
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.6this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Sleep Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 32 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$375k
Typical market rent
$1,942/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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