Atlanta-area positions (4)
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Mental Health Provider (Psychiatric PA or NP) · Downtown Atlanta · GA
Downtown Atlanta, GA
Virtual Family Nurse Practitioner · GA Licensed
Atlanta, GA
LPN Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Behavioral Health Care Manager
Decatur, GA
LPN Care Coordinator (BHI)
Decatur, GA
Who is hiring
3 employers have active NP listings in the Atlanta area right now. MedElite has the most, with 2 listings.
- MedElite2 listings
- Geode Health1 listing
- One Medical1 listing
Why This Market
Why NPs Choose Atlanta
Restricted practice authority · 4 open roles right now
Emory Healthcare, Grady Health, Wellstar, and Piedmont hire NPs at scale across the metro
Surrounding rural counties carry provider-shortage designations, adding loan-repayment-eligible roles
Posted pay
4 postings in the Atlanta area state a salary, which is below the minimum of 5 postings from 3 employers this site requires before publishing a metro figure. The national median for nurse practitioners is $129,210 (BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2024).
Inside the metro
How the Atlanta market is put together
Who you will be caring for
Metro Atlanta's growth is uneven: affluent northern suburbs are well served while South Atlanta and surrounding rural counties face persistent provider shortages. The city's large refugee and immigrant communities add demand for multilingual, culturally competent care, and safety-net systems like Grady rely heavily on NPs.
Live market snapshot
- Open NP roles here
- 4
- All Georgia roles
- 17
Most common categories here: Full-Time (3), LGBTQ+ (2) and Remote (2). A posting can count in more than one.
Counted from live listings on this board and refreshed hourly, not from a national survey.
Where the jobs are
01Clifton Corridor and Druid Hills
Emory's campus plus the CDC sit on the same corridor, making it the metro's academic and public-health center, and the only place in the Southeast with that particular mix of clinical and federal employers.
02Downtown and Midtown
Grady Health System anchors the region's safety net, with the highest acuity and the clearest case for loan-repayment-eligible placements inside the perimeter.
03Northside: Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Alpharetta
The metro's deepest commercially insured ambulatory market, spread along GA-400. Long north-south commutes are the trade-off.
04South metro and the rural ring
South Fulton, Clayton, and the surrounding rural counties carry shortage designations; several counties in the region have no hospital at all, which pushes both demand and drive time onto metro providers.
Practice authority follows the state, not the metro. Georgia is a restricted-practice jurisdiction on the AANP State Practice Environment map. Editorial content for this metro was last reviewed 2026-07-29.
Before You Apply
Getting Started in Atlanta
Licensure
Georgia has Restricted Practice Authority. Georgia is a restricted-practice state: NPs practice under a physician protocol agreement that defines scope of practice and prescriptive guidelines, and most employers arrange the agreement as part of hiring.
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Common Questions
Atlanta NP Jobs FAQ
Does Georgia have full practice authority for NPs?
No. Georgia is a restricted-practice state. NPs work under a protocol agreement with a supervising physician that defines scope of practice and prescriptive authority. Most employers facilitate the agreement as part of hiring, so it rarely blocks employed practice, though it does constrain independent practice ownership.
How much does the commute affect an Atlanta job search?
More than in most metros its size. Atlanta is spread across a wide perimeter with limited rail coverage, so a job 20 miles north of your apartment can mean well over an hour each way at shift-change times. Filter by the specific suburb rather than "Atlanta," and weigh a slightly lower offer close to home against a higher one across the perimeter.
Which employers are hiring NPs in the Atlanta area?
Employers with open NP roles in the Atlanta area right now include MedElite (2), Geode Health (1) and One Medical (1).