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Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Advanced Practitioners - Family Medicine / Eastside Urgent Care | Gainesville

Physician AssistantIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Job Description

Clinic is open Monday-Friday 10am-8pm and Saturday-Sunday 10am-4pm. 10 hour shifts are required. One weekend a month is required.

For Clinic assignment, under supervision of an attending physician this position will provide diagnostic and therapeutic health care coverage for patients which will include but not be limited to taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, coordinating lab tests, diagnostic studies, prescribing medications, and providing assistance to the patient regarding a plan of treatment and education.

Other duties may include sharing call hours, phone coverage, and seeing admitted patients within the hospital. For ICU assignment, assists the attending ICU physician in the care and management of patients.

This includes making patient rounds, contributing to the decisions for daily care, writing orders, interacting with consultants, and facilitating and coordinating the scheduling of therapeutic and diagnostic tests and procedures.

Will make frequent bedside visits to assess the status of patients and direct care accordingly. Acute Care ARNP or PA Required.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Master's degree in Nursing.

Credentialing: Must meet requirements set forth by the Medical Staff Office to obtain and retain privileges to practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse within UF Health Shands Hospital and/or the Shands UF Healthcare Network, as applicable.

Additional Requirements Specific Area or Specialty --/-- Additional Requirements: Adult ICUs --/-- AGACNP required. ICU Experience preferred. Emergency Medicine --/-- AGACNP required. Emergency Medicine Experience preferred. Pediatric ICU --/-- PNP-AC required. Neonatal ICU --/-- NNP or PNP-AC required.

NICU experience preferred. Surgical/Operative Adult --/-- APRN with RNFA required. Adult Clinic/Primary Care --/-- AGACNP, AGPCNP, or FNP required. Pediatric Clinic/Primary Care --/-- PNP or FNP required. Nurse Midwife --/-- CNM or APRN with Florida license to practice midwifery required.

Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will not operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose NOTE: A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile a) at least once daily, b) at least five individual trips per week or c) drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job.

Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current and clear license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Florida. BLS is required.

Key Responsibilities

Provide diagnostic and therapeutic care, including taking medical histories, performing examinations, coordinating tests, prescribing medications, and advising patients on treatment and education. Depending on assignment, support ICU patient management through rounds, orders, bedside assessments, consultant coordination, and scheduling diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentMedical History TakingDiagnostic Testing CoordinationMedication PrescribingTreatment PlanningPatient EducationCritical CareClinical Decision-MakingCare CoordinationConsultant CollaborationBedside Patient Assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Advanced Practitioners - Family Medicine / Eastside Urgent Care | Gainesville at UF Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (PA) — ranked against 814 active Family Medicine (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Family Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 64% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Family Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in family medicine (pa)ranked against 814 Family Medicine (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedFamily Medicine median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)36 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingFlorida index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Family Medicine listings in Florida31 active825 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 64% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (814 Family Medicine (PA) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution

50 jobs · 37 employers
12
<$140k
7
$140k-160k
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$160k-180k
10
$180k-200k
5
$200k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

45 jobs · 37 employers
401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
60%
Sign-on bonus
49%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Family Medicine (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 814 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Gainesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$292k
Typical market rent
$1,618/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Gainesville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.