Locum Tenens Positions in New Jersey (2)
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- •Work with reputable staffing agencies and compare contract terms
- •Negotiate housing, travel, and completion bonuses
- •Keep credentials and licensure documents ready for fast onboarding
- •Understand IRS tax-home rules before taking travel stipends
- •Build agency relationships for repeat assignments
Why Locum Tenens?
Locum packages pair an hourly rate with agency-covered malpractice and, often, travel and housing. Compare the whole package.
Assignments run from a few weeks to several months with clear start and end dates.
Work across states. Agencies commonly help with licensing and credentialing paperwork, and each assignment state still issues its own APRN license.
Hiring in New Jersey
Locum Tenens Careers in New Jersey
Who is hiring
All 2 current Locum Tenens listings in New Jersey are posted by Hayman Daugherty Associates.
- Hayman Daugherty Associates2 listings
Where the listings are
Listings with a stated location are spread across 2 cities, led by Liberty Corner (1) and Scotch Plains (1).
Posted pay
2 of 2 listings state an annual salary. A median appears once at least 5 listings from 3 employers do, with no single employer above 40% of them. Until then, compare pay listing by listing. Nationally, nurse practitioners earn a median annual wage of $132,300 (BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025).
Licensure and practice rules in New Jersey
AANP classifies New Jersey as a reduced practice state. New Jersey generally requires NPs to have joint protocols with a collaborating physician in order to prescribe or order medications and devices. Under a 2026 law, NPs in a qualifying population focus with more than 5,000 hours of advanced practice who provide primary or behavioral health care, and do not provide general obstetrics or elective aesthetic or cosmetic services, may practice and prescribe without a joint protocol.
New Jersey is a Nurse Licensure Compact member. The compact covers the RN license beneath your APRN credential. The APRN license itself is still issued by New Jersey.
Applications, fees and renewal rules come from the New Jersey Board of Nursing.
Sources: AANP State Practice Environment (practice authority); NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact roster (verified August 11, 2026); BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025. Counts come from live listings on this board, recounted November 14, 2026.
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Common Questions
Locum Tenens NP Jobs in New Jersey FAQ
How many Locum Tenens NP jobs are open in New Jersey?
All 2 current Locum Tenens listings in New Jersey are posted by Hayman Daugherty Associates. 2 of these 2 listings were posted in the last 30 days, and the newest was posted on November 11, 2026.
Do NPs need a collaborating or supervising physician in New Jersey?
For prescribing and ordering medications and devices, generally yes. New Jersey generally requires NPs to have joint protocols with a collaborating physician in order to prescribe or order medications and devices. Under a 2026 law, NPs in a qualifying population focus with more than 5,000 hours of advanced practice who provide primary or behavioral health care, and do not provide general obstetrics or elective aesthetic or cosmetic services, may practice and prescribe without a joint protocol. The New Jersey Board of Nursing publishes the current rule.
Is New Jersey part of the Nurse Licensure Compact?
Yes, New Jersey is a Nurse Licensure Compact member (verified against the live NCSBN roster, August 11, 2026). The compact covers the RN license underpinning your APRN credential (a multistate RN license works across member states), but APRN licensure itself is still issued individually by each state, including New Jersey.