Physician Assistant
Listed compensation
$116k-$129k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Full-Time (40 hours/week)
Basalt & Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Who is Mountain Family Health Centers? (Make quick link to website: mountainfamily.org
What We Have Achieved
- NCQA PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME
- RAE Advanced Primary Care Medical Provider – Tier 1 (HIGHEST REGIONAL RECOGNITION)
- HEALTH LINKS™ HEALTHY BUSINESS LEADER – 2021
- TOP FIVE COLORADO GOVERNOR’S AWARD FOR WORKSITE WELLNESS – 2019
Family Nurse Practitioner-General Purpose
This role provides comprehensive family medicine primary care, including general and preventive medical services, to patients of all ages in a collaborative, team-based clinical environment.
Job Qualifications
a. Masters degree in Nursing. b. Certification by the American Nurses’ Association as a Family or Adult Nurse Practitioner. c. Current Colorado medical license required. d. Minimum Three (3) years in a family practice setting preferred. e. ACLS Certification preferred; BLS required.
Physician Assistant- General Purpose
To provide family medicine primary care including general and preventive medical care.
Job Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree
2. Appropriate certification.
3. Current Colorado license required.
4. Minimum Three (3) years in a family practice setting preferred.
5. ACLS Certification preferred; BLS required
Salary: $115,000 to $128,600; DOQ
Sign-On Bonus: up to $10,000
Benefits: Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance. 403B retirement plan with 3% matching after 1 year of employment, 7 Paid Holidays, 124 PTO hours within the first year, Worksite Wellness Program and much more.
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive family medicine primary care and preventive medical services to patients of all ages. Work within a collaborative, team-based clinical environment to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree for Physician Assistants or a Master's degree for Nurse Practitioners, along with current Colorado licensure. A minimum of three years of experience in a family practice setting is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context
Mountain Family Health Centers holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 9 active listings.
In Colorado, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$130k (46 salary observations; 86 listings), vs ~$135k nationally (795 salary observations; 3,366 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 62% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$122k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $118k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Basalt
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.75M≈ 15.2× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $2,257/mo≈ 24% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 27 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.