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Department Of Neurosurgery - Per Diem - Nurse Practitioner (APRN) or Physician Assistant

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CTPer DiemSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Hartford, CT
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

NCCPA CertificationConnecticut PA Or APRN LicenseFirst Assist

Job overview

Hartford HealthCare seeks a per-diem Neurosurgery Physician Assistant or APRN for its Advanced Practice team at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. The role provides inpatient neurosurgical care in collaboration with attending neurosurgeons and APPs, with coverage across weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays. A minimum of one year of surgical subspecialty experience is strongly preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Neurosurgical Patient ManagementNeurosurgical ConsultationsBedside ProceduresFirst Assisting

Qualifications

Surgical Subspecialty ExperienceNCCPA CertificationConnecticut PA or APRN LicenseFirst Assist

Full job description

Outstanding opportunity to join a* national leader in Neurosurgery. The Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare *has a new opportunity available for a Per DiemNeurosurgery Physician Assistant/APRN to join our Advanced Practice team at Hartford Hospital located in Hartford, CT. Practice autonomously, but collaboratively, with a team of attending neurosurgeons and APPs providing advanced specialized care to neurosurgical patients including open spine, MIS spine and deformity, intracranial cases, neurovascular, peripheral nerve, neurotrauma, and neuro-interventional radiological cases. Enjoy a robust onboarding experience with an established, supportive process with frequent opportunities for training and education modalities atHHC’s Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI). This role will assist in providing coverage on the inpatient side of neurosurgery including weekdays (day & night shifts), weekends (day & night shifts), and/or holidays to contribute to maintaining 24/7 service coverage. Job details: · Managing neurosurgical brain and spine patients on the floor, stepdown, and ICU settings. · Intake H&Ps, progress notes, consultations, pre- and post-operative care, and discharges. · Providing neurosurgical consultations in the hospital and in the emergency department. · Performing bedside procedures: external ventricular drains, ICP monitors, lumbar drains, shunt taps. · First assisting the attending neurosurgeon in the operating room in brain and spine surgeries. · Per diemcoverage of weekdays, weeknights, weekend days, weekend nights, and holidays based on neurosurgery service line coverage needs. _About the Ayer Neuroscience Institute: _ The Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare is a rapidly expanding Institute with a focus on comprehensive patient care, academics, and research. The Institute enjoys the resources of a system committed to excellence in patient quality and experience and an impressive staff of world class Neuroscience leaders. About Hartford HealthCare (HHC): HHC employs more than 2,500 providers in over 400 practice locations throughout Connecticut with 7 acute care hospitals, one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest, physician-led, multi-specialty medical groups in New England. We support your development and wellbeing through the respected Hartford HealthCare’s Office of Advanced Practice - an internal organization committed to the growth and development of our Advanced Practitioners, and the groundbreaking Office of Provider Wellness All of this means MORE OPPORTUNITY to propel your career to new heights within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are a collegial group of teachers, researchers, innovators, and, most of all, caregivers. Location: Within an hour from New York City and two hours of Boston, Connecticut offers you and your family an exceptional lifestyle. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas. A minimum of 1 year of experience in a surgical subspeciality is strongly preferred. BE/BC NCCPA certified and CT licensed Physician Assistant or APRN with First Assist. This role will assist in providing 24/7 coverage on the inpatient side of neurosurgery including weekdays (day & night shifts), weekends (day & night shifts), and/or holidays on aper diembasis based on neurosurgery service line needs. Job: *Other Specialties Organization: *Hartford Hospital Title: Department Of Neurosurgery - Per Diem - Nurse Practitioner (APRN) or Physician Assistant Location: Connecticut-Hartford-85 Jefferson Street Hartford (10068) Requisition ID: 26166197

How this job compares

Set against the 10,061 open Nurse Practitioner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Connecticut median$107–206K/yr46 salary ranges
  • Connecticut median$50–99/hr28 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 148 open Nurse Practitioner jobs in Connecticut and 10,061 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Connecticut
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Nurse Practitioner postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (2,971 postings).
Education
3,620 of the 10,061 open Nurse Practitioner jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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