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Centra Health
Lynchburg, Virginia

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner 8.3 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$119k-$178k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

Introduction to the Role and Practice

Centra Medical Group Nationwide is part of a dedicated group of providers that provides comprehensive primary care for the entire family. Our mission is to provide the community with access to quality care, improving the overall wellness and lifestyle of each of our patients. We provide care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.

By joining our team, you will have the satisfaction of providing a full range of care to a varied patient panel backed by a top-rated health care system with a fully implemented EMR and admitting hospitals nearby.

Centra Medical Group (CMG) is a comprehensive network of nearly 600 employed providers within Centra Health. Centra Health services a population of 600,000 community members with 70 different outpatient and specialty practices.

Centra offers primary care and specialty services across Central and Southern Virginia—from Lynchburg to Danville, Farmville, Moneta, and Bedford. CMG includes family practices, specialists, and surgeons in fields such as cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, urology, and more.

CMG is also home to the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, a training program for future family physicians, many of whom hold academic appointments with institutions like UVA, VCU, VCOM, and Liberty University.

Grow with a Health System that Invests in You

At Centra Medical Group, we’re building a culture where Advanced Practice Providers thrive. Through our partnership with ThriveAP—the nation’s leading transition-to-practice program—new graduate NPs and PAs receive a year of structured clinical education, mentorship, and peer learning to accelerate confidence and readiness.

Join Centra Medical Group and grow with an organization that invests in your professional and long-term success. ThriveAP provides Family Medicine NPs and PAs with a structured transition-to-practice experience focused on clinical readiness, continuity of care, and long-term patient relationship building across diverse populations.

What We Offer

  • Competitive, transparent compensation represents a mix of base, hourly excess, and incentive pay.
  • Student loan reimbursement
  • Relocation
  • CME allowance
  • Centra is a not-for-profit health system; many of our providers are participating in the federal PSLF program.
  • Short term disability automatically enrolled.
  • 403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan; Immediate vested employer contribution match
  • Comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and more.

Lynchburg, Virginia with a population of 85,000, is a great safe place to raise a family. Tons of outdoor activities to enjoy including hiking, biking, mountain bike trails, camping, boating, fishing & canoeing.

Hike the beautiful Sharp Top Mountain or Appalachian Trail or Bike on the Blackwater Creek Trail or Percival’s Island in the heart of the city. The Lynchburg Academy Center of the Arts offers some of America’s finest performing artists. Enjoy an evening minor league baseball game with our Lynchburg Hillcats.

Children will enjoy outdoor summer movies at the park, county fairs, apple orchards, pumpkin patches and picking blueberries & strawberries. They will love Amazement Square, an interactive hands-on children’s museum in downtown Lynchburg. Beautiful Smith Mountain Lake is also nearby.

Throughout our region, you'll find an extraordinary quality of life in friendly communities with remarkably diverse and affordable housing options. Whether you prefer urban lofts, historic mansions, suburban estates, waterfront condos, or traditional, tree-lined residential neighborhoods, it's all waiting for you here. Taxes and utility rates are very moderate, contributing to a low overall cost of living.

Responsibilities

You Can Expect

  • Out-patient position
  • 16 - 18 patients per day
  • Robust orientation
  • Monday-Friday; 8am -5pm
  • No weekends or major holidays
  • No Call

Qualifications

  • Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program, and Masters of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN)
  • Current licensure by the Virginia State Board of Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority. Maintains BLS and ACLS Certifications. Hold a current, active license as a registered nurse in Virginia or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as a registered nurse. Nationally recognized certification in field of specialization

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient assessmentBLS certificationACLS certificationElectronic Medical Records (EMR)

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Nurse Practitioner at Centra Health a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Primary Care (NP) — ranked against 1,070 active Primary Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 70% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Primary Care by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.3 / 10 · top 5% in primary care (np)ranked against 1,070 Primary Care (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$119k–$178kPrimary Care median $140k (middle half $135k–$145k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$147k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Primary Care listings in Virginia28 active1,118 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 70% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentVirginia Nurse Practitioner listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 16% offer loan repayment411 active listings, Nov 2026
Primary Care hiring demand#16 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 29 days · 15% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 469 postings, 1,235 closed
New Primary Care listings1,068 in the last 30 days536 the 30 days before (+99%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Primary Care pay trend+3.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,070 Primary Care (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Benefits & Perks

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 8.3
Among the best 10% of Primary Care (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,070 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Centra Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Lynchburg, VA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Student loan reimbursement
Relocation
CME allowance
PSLF eligible
Short term disability
403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan with immediate vested employer match
Health insurance

Living in Lynchburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$279k≈ 2.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,270/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.4
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lynchburg, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.