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Mercy Medical Center Mt Shasta
Mount Shasta, California

Family Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$70.32-$104.08/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 12 days ago

Job Description

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1938, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta is a 25-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Mt. Shasta, California.

Serving over 40,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center.

Additionally, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans.

You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others.

Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessment to collect basic data: follows the written plan of care, standards, practice guidelines, utilizes pathways, which includes notifying physicians as appropriate

Formulates a plan of care for individual needs, including patient population needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i. e. treatment options, patient placement options)

Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care

Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care to determine immediate priorities and to offer solutions for problems

  • Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge drawn from education and experience
  • Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict
  • Job Requirements
  • Required
  • Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing and FNP
  • Minimum one year of experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner in an outpatient clinic setting

RN NP BLS and DEA Certifications

Active licensure as a registered nurse in California or possession of a temporary California RN license (TL) a California (California Code of Regulations Section 1482) and Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in good standing from the California State Board of Nursing.

National Nurse Practitioner Certification in good standing from either the: AANP (American Academy of Nurse Practitioners) or ANCC (American Nurse Credentialing Center).

Key Responsibilities

The Family Nurse Practitioner will perform physical and psychosocial assessments, formulate individualized patient care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes. They will also provide patient education, make independent clinical decisions, and advocate for patient rights within the hospital setting.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited nursing school with a Family Nurse Practitioner certification and at least one year of outpatient clinic experience. Required credentials include active California RN and NP licensure, BLS certification, DEA certification, and national certification from AANP or ANCC.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Physical assessmentPatient care planningClinical decision makingPatient advocacyInterdisciplinary collaborationTreatment planningHealth care delivery

Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 60% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

In California, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$160k (323 salary observations; 601 listings), vs ~$134k nationally (2,178 salary observations; 7,851 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$181k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $164k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Nurse Practitioner at Mercy Medical Center Mt Shasta a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 14,090 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
50%
Loan repayment
18%
Relocation assistance
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Family Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,625 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Mount Shasta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$435k
Typical market rent
$2,333/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
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.