Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$53k-$59k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Wellpath as a Nurse Practitioner – Corrections, Rotating Shifts in Cocoa, Florida, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $53.2K - $59.2K
- Medical, dental, vision
- Paid time off
- 401k
- DailyPay
- Tuition Assistance
- Dependent Scholarships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company paid life insurance
- Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Wellpath as a Nurse Practitioner – Corrections, Rotating Shifts.
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive medical services to incarcerated patients, including conducting exams and managing chronic care clinics. They are responsible for maintaining accurate clinical documentation and coordinating with the Site Medical Director to ensure quality care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an advanced degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program and maintain current state licensure. Prior experience in medical/surgical, emergency, or corrections settings is preferred, along with current CPR certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Correctional Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Correctional Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 44% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Correctional Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 19.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$56k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $54k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$56k midpoint, that is roughly $2k–$4k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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