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Saint Peters Healthcare System
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Adult ED Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

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$97-$100/hr

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Job Description

Adult ED Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem

Emergency Providers-Adult

Saint Peter's University Hospital is seeking a full time Adult Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant to join its Adult Emergency Departments.

Saint Peter's is bringing the Emergency Medicine service line fully in-house and actively expanding the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments. We are recruiting multiple providers to build a larger, high-quality, hospital-employed emergency medicine group.

About Saint Peter's University Hospital

Saint Peter's University Hospital is a non-profit, 478-bed acute care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Saint Peter's brings the latest medical practices and highly skilled professionals to the bedside.

We employ more than 3,600 healthcare professionals and support personnel, and more than 1,000 doctors and dentists are on staff at our hospital. We treat more than 23,000 inpatients and more than 245,000 outpatients yearly.

Major academic and community-based medical center providing comprehensive emergency and specialty services. Centrally located with easy access to New York City and Philadelphia.

  • Adult Emergency Department Opportunity Highlights
  • 52-bed Adult ED with approximately 45,000-50,000 annual visits; high-acuity, diverse case mix
  • Collaborative, multidisciplinary care environment with dedicated nocturnist APPs as part of the team
  • Schedule: 10-hour shifts, 120 hrs/month with equal distribution of days, nights, weekends, and holidays
  • Coverage areas: Fast Track, Pods A, B, C with provider in triage
  • Full-time opportunity; 1 year of acute care experience preferred

Compensation & Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation aligned with training, qualifications, and experience;
  • $7,500 productivity bonus available upon meeting quality metrics
  • Dedicated nocturnist rate required of other APPs available; a full-time APP nocturnist is on the team, reducing the number of night shifts
  • Hospital employment with eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Comprehensive benefits package: 401(k) with 5% match, CME allowance, malpractice insurance with tail coverage, health, dental, vision, prescription, tuition reimbursement, and family caregiving support

Requirements

National board certification as Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) through ANCC or AANP required.

  • Current Advance Practice Nursing licensure in the State of New Jersey.
  • Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of New Jersey.
  • Master's or Doctoral degree in nursing required
  • Current CDS and DEA required.
  • BLS, ACLS certification required (American Heart Association).
  • Must qualify for Saint Peter's University Hospital Liability insurance.
  • One (1) - Two (2) years emergency medicine or acute care experience strongly preferred

Salary Range: 97.00 - 100.00 USD

We offer competitive base rates that are determined by many factors, including job-related work experience, internal equity, and industry-specific market data. In addition to base salary, some positions may be eligible for clinical certification pay and shift differentials.

The salary range listed for exempt positions reflects full-time compensation and will be prorated based on employment status.

Saint Peter's offers a robust benefits program to eligible employees that will support you and your family in working toward achieving and maintaining secure, healthy lives now and into the future. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; savings accounts, voluntary benefits, wellness programs and discounts, paid life insurance, generous 401(k) match, adoption assistance, back-up daycare, free onsite parking, and recognition rewards.

You can take your career to the next level by participating in either a fully paid tuition program or our generous tuition assistance program. Learn more about our benefits by visiting our site at Saint Peter's.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality emergency medical care to patients in a 52-bed adult emergency department. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage high-acuity cases across various emergency department pods.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient assessmentClinical documentationAdvanced practice nursingDiagnostic reasoningHigh-acuity care

Emergency Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 40 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 15% are remote, 53% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.6this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Emergency Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 265 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in New Brunswick

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$447k
Typical market rent
$2,731/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
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 Saint Peters Healthcare System

Hospitals and Health Care
New Brunswick, NJ
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) with 5% match
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
Health, dental, vision, prescription
Tuition reimbursement
Family caregiving support
PSLF eligible
$7,500 productivity bonus