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GuideStar Eldercare
Waseca, Minnesota

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

$10k Sign on/Retention Bonus

As a Nurse Practitioner at Guidestar Eldercare, you will have the opportunity to address the suffering of an aging population afflicted with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurocognitive disorders in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Experience the autonomy of private practice, but with an assigned caseload, the collaboration of corporate clinical leadership, and the administrative support of our in-house scheduling, coding, and billing departments.

As part of a multidisciplinary team which works to actively promote patient safety, functionality, and dignity, your contributions to our behavior health-centered patient care will include:

  • Travel daily to assigned facilities from your home.
  • Provide initial evaluations, continuing therapy services, and cognitive testing.
  • Document the need and extent of services for each patient.
  • Create and maintain positive professional relationships with client facilities, patients, and their families.

Benefits of Working Here

  • Industry leading salary
  • Uncapped income potential through productivity bonus
  • Commencement bonus
  • Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401K‘
  • Employee Only’ medical premiums are 100% company paid
  • Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
  • In-house CME-CEU credit offerings (ANCC accredited)
  • 60-day new-hire training program
  • Four (4) weeks paid time off
  • Seven (7) paid holidays
  • State licensing reimbursement
  • Company provided medical malpractice insurance

Qualifications

  • Proof of State licensure in Minnesota.
  • Pass pre-employment background check and drug screening.
  • Complete credentialing process.

All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact humanresources@guidestareldercare.com for more information.

What Makes Us Great

GuideStar Eldercare is the national leader in neurobehavioral long-term care services, providing expert neuropsychiatric and dementia care services to nursing homes and memory care facilities. GuideStar Eldercare's mission is to enhance the quality of life for patients by easing their suffering while actively promoting their safety, functionality, and dignity.

We believe in bringing the highest level of clinical care to the long-term care population.

GuideStar is led by CEO and Founder Dr. Steven L. Posar, alongside our clinical team of expert physicians, psychiatrists, gerontologists, neurologists, and psychologists, who work with our clinical staff to find the best possible outcomes for our shared patients.

Our neurologically based model ensures proper diagnosis and treatment, which improves care outcomes for patients with dementia, neurocognitive impairments, and/or psychiatric conditions.

GuideStar is dedicated to rigorous clinical care protocols and exceptional documentation and communication, based on the most up-to-date research and practice. Our dedication is underscored by our own research and desire to educate the greater long-term care industry.

Most recently, our research on antipsychotic reduction through neurologic protocols was published in JAMDA in September of 2023. Associations and publications our research has been featured in include: PALTC, McKnight’s, AAGP, OHCA, and AAIC.

GuideStar Eldercare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

GuideStar is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, GuideStar will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need accommodation please contact us at careers@guidestareldercare.com

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner will travel to assigned facilities to provide initial evaluations, therapy services, and cognitive testing for patients with neurocognitive disorders. They will also document patient care needs and maintain professional relationships with facilities, patients, and their families.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Alzheimer's carePatient evaluationClinical documentationBehavioral healthGerontologyMultidisciplinary collaboration

Geriatrics — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Geriatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 60% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Geriatrics (NP) listings

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Living in Waseca

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$239k
Median resident rent
$903/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About GuideStar Eldercare

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Benefits & Perks

$10,000 sign-on/retention bonus
Uncapped productivity bonus
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k)
100% company-paid medical premiums for employee only
CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
In-house CME-CEU credit offerings
60-day new-hire training program