PA or NP Orthopedic Surgery
Compensation
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Job Description
Facility
Bone and Joint Center: 3555 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department: 1277 Orthopedics SGF
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
Work Shift
Day Shift (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description
The Nurse Practitioner works in collaboration with a physician for assistance in clinical decision-making, case management and evaluation of performance.
The Nurse Practitioner provides advanced nursing care and treatment to patients and performs physical examinations; orders diagnostic tests, develops treatment plans and prescribes drugs or other therapies.
The Nurse Practitioner may also plan, direct, or coordinate medicine and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations. Education: Required: Graduate of an approved nurse practitioner program.
Experience: Required: Minimum one (1) year experience as Nurse Practitioner within the last three (3) years. Skills: Good clinical expertise, communication skills and organizational skills required. Ability to provide reliable transportation as required by nature of position.
Licensure/Certification/Registration: Required: MO Nurse Practitioner license Required: Active Driver’s License
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner collaborates with physicians to provide advanced nursing care, perform physical examinations, and develop treatment plans. They also manage diagnostic testing and coordinate health services within the clinical setting.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an approved nurse practitioner program and hold a valid Missouri Nurse Practitioner license. A minimum of one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner within the last three years is required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Orthopedic Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Orthopedic Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 54% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
Orthopedic Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 24.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No nights
- On-site
Living in Springfield
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $238k
- Typical market rent
- $1,200/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 88.6
- State income tax
- Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.