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Frontier Direct
McAllen, Texas

Primary Care APP - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Physician AssistantIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Frontier Direct Care delivers direct primary care (DPC) to employer-sponsored patient populations. Our providers manage a defined patient panel with an emphasis on continuity, preventive care, and chronic disease management — a model built around lower daily patient volume and longer visit times than traditional fee-for-service primary care.

We're hiring Family Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to serve as the primary clinician to provide support, treatment and management to patients. This is a full-scope, hands-on primary care role: you'll manage chronic disease, perform in-office procedures, and build long-term relationships with patients rather than cycling through high-volume, short visits.

Key Responsibilities

Provide longitudinal primary care across chronic disease management, preventive care, and acute visits to members.

Perform in-office procedures including I&Ds, suturing and suture removal, skin biopsies, and men's and women's health exams

Conduct visits in person, by phone, and by secure text/video, with typical visit lengths of 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on patient need

Diagnose and manage chronic conditions (e. g., diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) with the panel size and visit time needed to intervene before conditions progress

  • Coordinate daily patient care and task delegation with an assigned Medical Assistant
  • Document all visits and maintain patient records in the EHR.

Maintain 24/7/365 on-call access for patient communication via a company-provided secure line (Twilio-based; personal phone number is never shared with patients)

Work under a collaborating/delegating physician in accordance with Texas Medical Board supervision requirements

Participate in weekly team meetings and 1:1s and other clinical meetings as requested or required.

Requirements

  • Active, unencumbered Texas licensure as a PA (NCCPA-certified) OR APRN-FNP (national board certified)
  • Minimum 2 years of post-graduate experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in family practice or primary care
  • Demonstrated experience managing patients across the lifespan (pediatric through geriatric)
  • Hands-on experience performing I&Ds, suturing/suture removal, skin biopsies, IV placement, and men's/women's health exams
  • Active, unrestricted DEA registration, or ability to obtain prior to start
  • Current BLS certification, or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment
  • Proficiency with electronic medical records and scheduling software

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience in direct primary care, concierge medicine, or an employer-sponsored clinic model
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish)
  • Experience owning or managing a patient panel with full clinical autonomy
  • Multistate licensure or telehealth experience
  • Comfort with a lower-volume, higher-touch practice model versus high-throughput fee-for-service

Benefits

  • Taking Care of You Now and Your Future
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Frontier Membership for you and your immediate family

Voluntary insurance: short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and other supplemental insurances.

401(k) plan: Free access to financial wellness platforms that provide financial advisors + personal finance tools

Time Off

  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, with team members taking an average of 20 days per year. Within this benefit, we include up to 5 unplanned days off per year
  • 9 company holidays per year
  • Parental leave policies

Investing in Your Growth

$1500 per year towards your professional development

At Frontier, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Men's healthPatient educationEHR documentationPediatric careGeriatric care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care APP - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Frontier Direct a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 429 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 70% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Primary Care by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in primary care (pa)ranked against 429 Primary Care (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPrimary Care median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)36 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Primary Care listings in Texas21 active441 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 70% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Primary Care pay trend+1.8% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (429 Primary Care (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

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

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
82% this job
Sign-on bonus
63%
CME allowance
63% this job
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.0
Better work-life than 60% of Primary Care (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 429 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Frontier Direct

Hospitals and Health Care
Harlingen, Texas
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Frontier Membership for you and immediate family
Voluntary short-term and long-term disability
Life insurance
401(k) plan with financial wellness platforms
Flexible PTO (average 20 days/year)
9 company holidays
Parental leave

Living in McAllen

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$213k
Typical market rent
$1,300/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
85.9
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 · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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