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Family Nurse Practitioner Needed for Primary Care - Amarillo

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

Northwest Physicians Group, a part of Northwest Texas Healthcare System, is recruiting a board certified NP or PA for a FT position at our Primary Care Center in Amarillo.

Position Highlights

  • Board Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
  • Active, clear Texas license
  • Employed position
  • Experience strongly preferred
  • Seeking compassionate provider with excellent interpersonal skills
  • See 16-18 patients a day on average all ages
  • Strong focus on quality metrics
  • Competitive salary and productivity incentive

Robust Employed Benefits Package

Northwest Texas Healthcare System is a tertiary care facility and teaching hospital known throughout the region for cardiac, stroke, emergency, and children’s services. As a Level II and Lead Trauma Center for the 26-county Texas Panhandle the hospital treats over 64,000 patients in its ED each year.

NWTHS features a Children’s Hospital, The Childbirth Center, and Surgical services in robotics, cardiothoracic, vascular, neurosurgery, bariatrics, head and neck, orthopedics, and ortho trauma.

NWTHS is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the largest hospital and healthcare management companies.

  • If you have interest in this opportunity, please apply or contact:
  • Amanda Augustine
  • NWTHS Physician Recruiter
  • Amanda.Augustine@uhsinc.com
  • 724.422.7606 mobile (call/text)

Key Responsibilities

The provider will manage a patient panel of all ages, averaging 16-18 patients per day. Responsibilities include maintaining a strong focus on quality metrics and providing compassionate care within a primary care setting.

Requirements

Candidates must be a board-certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with an active, clear Texas license. Previous experience is strongly preferred for this role.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Patient assessmentClinical documentationPatient educationTrauma careDiagnostic skills

Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 62% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 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.

Location & Logistics

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

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43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution42 jobs · 35 employers

10
<$140k
17
$140k-165k
9
$165k-190k
6
$190k-215k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
86%
CME allowance
58%
Sign-on bonus
53%
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.9
Better work-life than 30% of Primary Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,149 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Amarillo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,330/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.8
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Amarillo, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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