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Centra Care
St. Cloud, Minnesota

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

Nurse Practitioner 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsPart-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

$109K - $125K

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Employment & setting
Part-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Independent practice | Four-day work week | Integrated Behavioral Health Support

Summary

Join CentraCare’s Northway Clinic as a Family Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA) and build your own patient panel while delivering comprehensive care to patients of all ages. This role offers the opportunity to practice independently in a supportive primary care environment, managing acute and chronic conditions, providing preventive care, and coordinating care with integrated behavioral health and specialty support resources.

Schedule

  • Full-time | 0.77 FTE | Onsite – CentraCare- Northway Family Medicine, St.

Cloud, MN

  • Days | 4, 8-hour shifts | 8:000am – 5:00pm
  • Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
  • 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 – Northway Clinic is a group of primary care practitioners providing health care services in a high quality, cost effective and caring manner to patients of all ages.  CentraCare – Northway Clinic features Integrated Behavioral Health Services.  This service gives patients the opportunity to access behavioral health services in a family practice setting.

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/

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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 manage a patient panel by delivering comprehensive care for acute and chronic conditions across all ages. They will also coordinate care with integrated behavioral health and specialty support resources.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient careChronic condition managementAcute condition managementCare coordinationClinical assessmentPatient panel management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine – Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – St. Cloud, MN at Centra Care a 8.0 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.

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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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

8.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Family Medicine (NP)

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights

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.

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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Time Off
Retirement
Employee Discounts
Independent Practice
Integrated Behavioral Health
No Call