Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

MedNOW Clinics, Inc

$110K — $140K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
  • Current national board certification for the assigned population focus.
  • Unrestricted Colorado RN license and Advanced Practice Nurse registration or eligibility to obtain them before starting.
  • Current prescriptive authority appropriate for the position or a clear plan to obtain it soon.
  • Active DEA registration required for prescribing activities.
  • BLS/CPR certification.
  • Strong outpatient skills in assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and manage patients during various types of visits.
  • Obtain patient histories, perform examinations, and develop treatment plans.
  • Recognize urgent conditions and arrange appropriate care.
  • Order and interpret diagnostic studies and follow-up on results.
  • Prescribe medications within licensure and safety parameters.
  • Provide comprehensive patient education and follow-up instructions.
  • Collaborate effectively with the care team and support staff.

Benefits

  • Access to quality improvement and continuing professional development opportunities.
  • Collaborative work environment with various healthcare professionals.
  • Focus on patient autonomy and shared decision-making.
  • Commitment to maintaining high standards of documentation and care continuity.
Full Job Description
DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY

MedNOW Clinics is seeking a compassionate and dependable Nurse Practitioner to provide high-quality outpatient care.

This role is ideal for an NP who values clinical autonomy, collaboration, patient access, accurate documentation, and continuity of care. You will work with physicians, other APPs, Medical Assistants, Front Desk staff, Clinic Managers, and support teams to ensure patients receive coordinated care and clear follow-up.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
  • Evaluate and manage patients during initial, follow-up, preventive, and problem-focused visits.
  • Obtain appropriate histories, perform examinations, develop differential diagnoses, and create evidence-based treatment plans.
  • Recognize urgent or unstable conditions and arrange the appropriate level of care.
  • Order, review, interpret, and follow up on laboratory work, imaging, and other diagnostic studies.
  • Prescribe medications within your license, population focus, prescriptive authority, approved privileges, and applicable safety requirements.
  • Use appropriate controlled-substance safeguards and the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program when required.
  • Provide clear patient education, shared decision-making, return precautions, and follow-up instructions.
  • Respect patient autonomy and document informed refusal when appropriate.
  • Complete accurate, timely, and compliant documentation, diagnoses, orders, and coding.
  • Maintain current medication, allergy, and problem lists.
  • Review assigned messages, refill requests, results, referrals, and clinical work queues.
  • Communicate results promptly and ensure urgent findings receive immediate follow-up.
  • Track referrals and follow-up needs until responsibility and completion are confirmed.
  • Help patients access care by using clinical review, appropriate scheduling options, and team escalation.
  • Identify and address preventive-care needs, chronic-care gaps, and quality measures.
  • Support value-based care initiatives and attributed-patient follow-up.
  • Collaborate with physicians, APPs, Medical Assistants, Front Desk staff, specialists, and clinic leadership.
  • Delegate only within each team member's training and role.
  • Seek consultation or escalate care when a case is outside your experience, population focus, approved services, privileges, or available clinic resources.
  • Participate in quality improvement, peer review, team meetings, training, and continuing professional development.
  • Maintain all required licenses, registrations, certifications, credentialing, payer enrollment, and professional records.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
  • Current national board certification appropriate to the assigned population focus.
  • Current, unrestricted Colorado registered nurse license and Advanced Practice Nurse registration as a Nurse Practitioner, or documented eligibility to obtain them before starting.
  • Colorado prescriptive authority appropriate to the position, or documented eligibility and an approved pathway to obtain the required authority before independently prescribing.
  • Current NPI and ability to complete MedNOW and payer credentialing requirements.
  • Active DEA registration when required for the position's prescribing responsibilities.
  • Current BLS/CPR certification.
  • Strong outpatient assessment, diagnostic, treatment-planning, and follow-up skills.
  • Ability to recognize clinical limits and obtain consultation or a higher level of care when needed.
  • Understanding of documentation, coding, medical necessity, patient privacy, and professional standards.
  • Ability to work onsite for the posted schedule and consistently meet documentation and patient-care responsibilities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Family Nurse Practitioner certification.
  • At least one year of outpatient primary-care or family-medicine experience.
  • Experience with Athenahealth or another electronic health record.
  • Experience with value-based care, quality measures, care-gap closure, and population-health initiatives.
  • Experience managing a patient panel, clinical inbox, refill requests, referrals, and results.
  • Experience with accurate outpatient coding and documentation.
  • New graduates may be considered for selected openings with an appropriate training, prescriptive-authority, and clinical-support structure.

COMPENSATION

The anticipated full-time base salary range is $110,000 to $140,000 annually. Part-time compensation will be prorated according to the approved schedule and FTE.

In addition to base salary, providers may have the opportunity to earn additional productivity-based compensation. This incentive considers work RVU performance and accurate, timely, and compliant documentation and coding practices.

Eligibility, performance measurements, and payment terms are governed by MedNOW's current provider compensation plan and will be reviewed during the hiring process.

The final base salary will be determined by experience, population focus, credentials, schedule, responsibilities, and internal equity.

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