NP or PA - Full Time - Pediatrics - Fredericksburg, VA
Listed compensation
$54.52-$68.15/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Start the day excited to make a difference…end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.
Job Summary:
Works under the direction of department leadership and in direct collaboration with the Medical Director. Coordinates and performs exercise and pharmacological stress test according to set protocols.
Skills to perform accurate assessment of patient’s response to pharmacological stress testing including appropriate follow-up to physician. Duties and responsibilities are performed according to standards outlined in the competency based/evaluation tool.
This position must demonstrate a commitment of quality services to our patients, the public and our co-workers.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
In collaboration with physician, demonstrates ability to counsel patients and family members about diagnosis, testing, and risk of procedures.
- Performs approved diagnostic procedures according to set protocols.
- Demonstrates ability to interact effectively and communicate accurately with colleagues and referring physician.
- In collaboration with the physician, formulate individual plan of care to achieve desired outcome.
- Coordinates, assesses, interprets, communicates, and documents patient and family needs.
Communicates with health care team to coordinate services and contributes to the continuous performance improvement process.
Demonstrates the ability to use effective organizational/prioritizational problem solving, and decision-making abilities in practice.
- Demonstrates effective communication, customer service, and team building skills.
- Provides emergency treatment and initiates emergency life savings measures per ACLS guidelines.
- Collaborates with the Administrate Director the development of standards of care for the cardiac patient population.
- Provides direct patient care as outlined in the Registered Nurse job description.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse licensed to practice in Virginia or eligible.
- Virginia Nurse Practitioner license required
- AHA BLS Provider CPR required
Masters Degree in Nursing Required
- Five year nursing experience to include 2 years in appropriate specialty.
- 2 years ICU experience preferred.
- Successful completion of pre-placement employment evaluation.
MWHC will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status (EOE). We are also committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices and comply with all applicable pay transparency and pay equity laws.
Compensation Pay Range
$54.52 - $68.15
Key Responsibilities
The role involves coordinating and performing pharmacological stress tests while collaborating with physicians to develop patient care plans. The practitioner will also provide direct patient care, counsel families on procedures, and initiate emergency life-saving measures as needed.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $126k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 58% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $113k–$142k | Pediatrics NP median $140k (middle half $128k–$145k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$126k in purchasing power | Virginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pediatrics NP listings in Virginia | 5 active | 277 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 22% remote · 58% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Virginia nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 15% offer loan repayment457 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Pediatrics NP hiring demand | #17 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 30 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 86 postings, 134 closed |
| New Pediatrics NP listings | 85 in the last 30 days | 106 the 30 days before (−20%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pediatrics NP pay trend | +8.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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