Advanced Practice Provider – Family Medicine – Spring Creek
Listed compensation
$122k-$143k
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Job Description
City/State
Zion Crossroads, VA
Work Shift
- First (Days)
- Provider Specialty
- Primary Care
Overview
Sentara Medical Group is seeking an experienced APP (NP or PA) to join Sentara Spring Creek Family Medicine, located in Zion Crossroads, just outside of Charlottesville, VA. join a friendly, collaborative, and fast-paced practice serving a diverse rural community.
You’ll work alongside an established team of four physicians and two advanced practice providers while enjoying scheduling flexibility, dedicated administrative time, and outpatient-focused practice.
If you’re looking for an opportunity where teamwork, autonomy, and meaningful patient relationships come together, we’d love to welcome you to our team.
Position Highlights
- Busy practice with an established multi-generational patient population
- Collaborative work environment, providing care for patients in a growing rural community
- 4 or 5 day FT work week – 36 hours patient facing w/ 4 hours admin time
- Average patient volume of 16-18 a day
- Shared minimal call; 24-7 nurse triage team utilized first
Benefit Highlights
- Comprehensive Benefits & Retirement Package
- Up to $14,400 Annual Quality Performance Incentive
- $3,000 Annual CME Allowance
- $10,000 Student Loan Reimbursement Program
- Malpractice and Tail coverage
- Fully integrated EHR(Epic) & Team utilizes DAX Copilot AI for patient transcription
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Minimum Requirements
- Active NP or PA
- Minimum master’s degree required
- Experience preferred but open to exceptional new grad
Life in Charlottesville, VA provides everything you could want in a big city but in a small town. You can expect to see many musical talents and sport competitions come through our University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena as well as view architectural masterpieces like Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Route 151, or The 151 as the locals call it, provides a custom beverage touring experience with various breweries and wineries all close to one another with stunning views of the mountains.
Whether your interests lie in hiking, shopping, historical sites, or wining and dining, Charlottesville and its 4 beautiful and distinct seasons, provides limitless options.
At Sentara, we’re more than a health system, we’re a community of caregivers dedicated to transforming lives. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a supportive, innovative environment, please contact Lisa Satoski, Physician Recruiter Specialist at lasatosk@sentara.com to learn more!
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $121,596.80 - $142,792.00 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
Providers at Sentara are eligible for special benefits such as Annual CME Allowance and 100% malpractice and tail coverage.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
- In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
- For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:
- North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Key Responsibilities
The Advanced Practice Provider will provide primary care services to a diverse rural patient population in a collaborative, fast-paced family medicine practice. Responsibilities include managing an average patient volume of 16-18 per day and participating in a shared call schedule.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license and possess at least a master's degree. While experience is preferred, the practice is open to exceptional new graduates.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 62% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$132k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $131k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.2 / 10 · above average in nurse practitioner roles | ranked against 13,508 Nurse Practitioner roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $122k–$143k | Family Medicine median $140k (middle half $128k–$145k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$131k in purchasing power | Virginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Family Medicine listings in Virginia | 105 active | 2,610 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 24% remote · 62% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $10k loan repayment | Virginia Nurse Practitioner listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 16% offer loan repayment399 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Family Medicine hiring demand | #2 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 23% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 1,246 postings, 1,426 closed |
| New Family Medicine listings | 1,778 in the last 30 days | 1,373 the 30 days before (+29%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sentara Health | #10 of 18 for pay | Top Employers work-life index |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Advanced Practice Provider – Family Medicine – Spring Creek at Sentara Health a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,508 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc.
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