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Spring, Texas

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner | Spring, TX

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsNo nightsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

  • Location: Spring, Texas
  • Status: Full-Time
  • Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week; standard clinic hours are 8:00 AM–8:00 PM, seven days a week

Benefits: Full benefits package available

Position Summary

We are seeking a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team in Spring, Texas. This role is ideal for clinicians who value variety, autonomy, and meaningful community impact while practicing in a fast-paced, well-supported urgent care environment.

Clinicians at NextCare enjoy true work-life balance, including no after-hours tasks, flexible scheduling, and monthly schedules released in advance. Our full-time schedules are designed so clinicians are off more days than they work.

You’ll be supported by experienced clinical teams, strong peer relationships, clear practice guidelines, and accessible medical leadership who provide real-time guidance and mentorship. The work is engaging and varied, with a broad patient population and generally low-acuity presentations that keep skills sharp without the pressure of inpatient follow-up.

Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients of all ages in an urgent care setting
  • Manage acute illnesses, injuries, and occupational health visits
  • Order and interpret diagnostic studies, including labs and imaging
  • Perform urgent care procedures such as suturing, splinting, and wound management
  • Clearly communicate diagnoses, treatment plans, and discharge instructions
  • Document patient care accurately and efficiently in the EHR
  • Code and bill services appropriately
  • Maintain productivity consistent with urgent care benchmarks
  • Practice in alignment with NextCare clinical standards and values

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of 1 year of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
  • Active, unrestricted Texas NP or PA license
  • Board certification:
  • PA: NCCPA certification
  • NP: ANCC or AANP certification; FNP required
  • Active DEA license or ability to obtain
  • Ability to treat patients of all ages
  • Active BLS certification
  • EHR proficiency
  • Willingness to work occasional weekends and holidays
  • DOT certification required or willingness to obtain; fees covered

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior urgent care, emergency medicine, or fast-track experience
  • Strong procedural skills, including suturing, splinting, and wound care
  • Experience with initial x-ray interpretation prior to radiology over-read
  • Experience practicing independently in a fast-paced clinical environment

About Nextcare

NextCare is one of the nation’s largest urgent care providers, serving communities with accessible, affordable, high-quality care across 160+ locations in 11 states. Our environment is built on our core values—Caring, Growth, Integrity, Results, and Teamwork—which guide how we care for patients and how we support our clinicians.

Clinicians choose NextCare for work-life balance, flexible scheduling, engaging clinical work, and the opportunity to make a visible impact in their community.

They stay for the supportive culture, schedule flexibility, and growth opportunities.

Ready to Join Nextcare?

If you’re an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant looking for an urgent care role that offers clinical autonomy, strong support, growth potential, and life-friendly scheduling, we’d love to connect.

Apply today to learn more about opportunities with NextCare.

Andrea Bradley

VP of Provider Recruitment

andreabradley@nextcare.com [andreabradley@nextcare.com]

Requirements

Applicants need at least one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, an active unrestricted Texas license, the applicable board certification, and an active DEA license or ability to obtain one. They must be able to treat patients of all ages, hold active BLS certification, be proficient with EHRs, and be willing to work occasional weekends and holidays; DOT certification is required or must be obtained.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationDiagnosis And TreatmentAcute Illness And Injury ManagementDiagnostic TestingLaboratory And Imaging InterpretationPatient CommunicationElectronic Health RecordsMedical Coding And BillingClinical DocumentationIndependent Clinical Practice

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner | Spring, TX at Next Care a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Urgent Care (NP) — ranked against 823 active Urgent Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 48% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

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

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
78%
CME allowance
53%
Sign-on bonus
45%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.5this job 6.2
Better work-life than 70% of Urgent Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 823 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Spring

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$268k
Typical market rent
$1,795/mo
Residents’ average commute
34 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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

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Benefits & Perks

Full benefits package
Flexible scheduling
Monthly schedules released in advance
DOT certification fees covered