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St. Cloud, Minnesota

Family Medicine – Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Southway Clinic, St. Cloud, MN

Nurse Practitioner 8.1 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

$109K - $125K

Listing transparency6 of 6 stated

Pay, setting, call, weekends, nights and benefits are all stated. Confirm details with the employer.

Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Tight-knit team | Convenient Location | Pharmacy & Labs Onsite     

Summary

Join CentraCare’s Southway Clinic as a Family Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA) and build your own patient panel while delivering comprehensive, patient-centered care across the lifespan. This full-time role offers the opportunity to practice independently in a collaborative primary care setting, diagnosing and treating acute conditions, managing chronic illnesses, and providing preventive care such as routine exams, screenings, immunizations, and lifestyle counseling.

Schedule

  • Full-time | 1.0 FTE | Onsite – CentraCare-Southway Family Medicine, St.

Cloud, MN

  • Days | 5, 8-hour shifts | 8:00am – 5:00pm
  • Monday- Friday
  • No nights, weekends, holidays or call responsibilities

Pay and Benefits

  • Salary range: $109,241.60 - $124,904 per year
  • Pay may be determined by factors such as education, experience, skills, knowledge, location, and internal equity
  • Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
  • May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based (RVU) compensation.
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, time off, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

Required

  • Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program
  • Eligibility for Minnesota licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
  • Prior experience as NP or PA in Family Medicine, Walk-In Clinic, Emergency Medicine, or Urgent Care

Department Information 

CentraCare – Southway Clinic provides comprehensive outpatient primary care services in a well-established clinic serving the St. Cloud community.

Physicians practice in a supportive environment that values work-life balance, clinical autonomy, and team collaboration. The clinic is part of an integrated health system that offers strong operational support, allowing providers to focus on delivering high-quality patient care.

CentraCare

– Southway Clinic https://www.centracare.com/locations/profile/southway-clinic/ [https://www.centracare.com/locations/profile/southway-clinic/]

Our Location

CentraCare, a leading not-for-profit health system and one of the largest providers of rural care, serves patients across Central, West Central, and Southwestern Minnesota. It delivers nationally recognized care through 40+ medical and surgical specialties, innovative population health programs, and a collaborative physician–administration leadership model. St. Cloud Hospital, a 489-bed regional referral center and Level II trauma center, delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services with Magnet-designated nursing and expert support staff. Just 60 minutes from Minneapolis-St. Paul, the St.

Cloud region is a family-friendly mini-metro featuring excellent schools and four colleges, vibrant arts and theatre, abundant lakes and outdoor recreation, and year-round activities for all seasons

About CentraCare https://www.centracare.com/about-us/

[https://www.centracare.com/about-us/]

St. Cloud, Minnesota https://jobs.centracare.com/us/en/st.-cloud [https://jobs.centracare.com/us/en/st.-cloud]

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

The provider will build a patient panel and deliver comprehensive, patient-centered care across the lifespan in a primary care setting. Responsibilities include diagnosing and treating acute conditions, managing chronic illnesses, and providing preventive services such as screenings and immunizations.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Acute condition diagnosisChronic illness management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine – Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Southway Clinic, St. Cloud, MN at Centra Care a 8.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Family Medicine (NP) — ranked against 2,308 active Family Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts, flexible scheduling.

Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Centra Care ranks #8 of 14 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 40 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 48% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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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Work-life snapshot

8.1/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Family Medicine (NP)

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in St. Cloud

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$252k
Typical market rent
$1,244/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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