Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Immediate Care-Petal
Compensation
Pay not listed
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Job Description
Position Summary
The certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Assistant is a primary health care provider who practices in ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care settings. The FNP or PA provides nursing and medical services to individuals, families, and groups.
The FNP or PA diagnoses and manages acute episodic and chronic illnesses as well as promotes health and disease prevention. Services include, but are not limited to ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, and prescription of pharmacologic agents and nonpharmacologic therapies.
Teaching and counseling individuals, families, and groups are a part of nurse practitioner/physician assistant practice.
Qualifications
Education/Skills: Successful completion of a Masters in Nursing program or Physician Assistant program. Must have successfully completed the required clinical practice hours of the accredited university.
Certification/Licensure: A current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Mississippi as a FNP or current Physician Assistant license. Also, prefer a current certification in ACLS.
Critical care/urgent care/immediate care experience required.
WORK SCHEDULE: 40 hours a week, hours will vary
Key Responsibilities
Provide primary healthcare services to individuals, families, and groups in ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care settings. Diagnose and manage acute and chronic illnesses, order and interpret tests, prescribe treatments, and provide health education and counseling.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 52% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Family Medicine median $139k (middle half $130k–$160k)285 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Mississippi index 87.0 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Family Medicine listings in Mississippi | 29 active | 2,653 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 28% remote · 52% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Mississippi Nurse Practitioner listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus · 3% offer loan repayment104 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Family Medicine hiring demand | #2 of 17 specialties | postings stay open a median 37 days · 22% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, September 2026 · 1,017 postings, 1,408 closed |
| New Family Medicine listings | 1,884 in the last 30 days | 1,370 the 30 days before (+38%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
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About Confidential Employer
Living in Petal
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $223k
- Typical market rent
- $1,404/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 87.6
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Hattiesburg, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.