Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care
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Job Description
The Department of Ambulatory Care is recruiting an NP to join the team. This opportunity is a full-time position, providing full scope family medicine in an outpatient setting. The Department of Ambulatory Care works out of an outpatient clinic with locations in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
The Family Health Centers qualify for the Federal HPSA Loan Repayment Program and have a system score of 21.
Candidate(s) must have an Arizona medical license, strong interpersonal skills, and an outstanding work ethic. Previous clinical experience and Bi-lingual (Spanish) preferred.
The position would include employment through District Medical Group Inc. (DMG), a not-for-profit multi-specialty group with 450 + dedicated providers exclusively contracted to provide patient care and teaching at Valleywise Health (VWH). VWH is a state designated Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center (Adult and Pediatrics) teaching and community hospital.
DMG continuously strives for and succeeds in providing a strong and positive work environment through employee appreciation, team collaboration, competitive compensation, mentoring, and great benefits including:
- A strong healthcare package inclusive of medical, dental, vision – eligible DAY ONE
- A rich 401(k) with employer match, increasing annually up to 6%
- Four weeks PTO + 10 paid holidays
- One week of CME with allowance
- Paid Sick Time
- Qualifies for participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) and more
- For consideration please forward current CV by e-mail to: practice@dmgaz.org
- EOE
Key Responsibilities
Provide full scope family medicine services within an outpatient clinic setting. Deliver patient care and participate in teaching at Valleywise Health.
Requirements
Candidates must possess an Arizona medical license, strong interpersonal skills, and an outstanding work ethic. Previous clinical experience and bilingual proficiency in Spanish are preferred.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care at District Medical Group a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care (NP) — ranked against 1,100 active Primary Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 54% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Mesa
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $417k
- Typical market rent
- $1,538/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 103.3
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
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Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.