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Purple Cow Recruiting
Kayenta, Arizona

Family Nurse Practitioner | Navajo Nation | 4-Day Week

Nurse Practitioner 8.3 Work-LifeNo callFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

Base Salary: $109,000 – $152,000

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

  • Description
  • Family Nurse Practitioner | Navajo Nation | 4-Day Week
  • Full Time | Outpatient Primary Care | Community-Focused FNP
  • Elizabeth Banzhaf, LPN
  • Co-Founder & COO | Heartline Staffing
  • Call or Text: 272-230-3157
  • LinkedIn: View Elizabeth’s LinkedIn

Prefer a quick conversation instead of applying? Call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.

Heartline Staffing, in partnership with Purple Cow Recruiting, is hiring a Family Nurse Practitioner in Kayenta, Arizona.

Position Overview

  • Outpatient Family Nurse Practitioner role serving patients across the lifespan within the Navajo Nation community
  • Opportunity to provide evidence-based primary care in a mission-driven underserved healthcare environment
  • Collaborative multidisciplinary care model focused on long-term patient relationships and preventative care
  • Strong provider support structure with built-in administrative time and manageable patient volume
  • Unique Southwest location surrounded by Monument Valley and culturally rich Navajo communities

Compensation

  • Base Salary: $109,000 – $152,000
  • $7,500 retention bonus beginning second year

Schedule

  • Four-day work week
  • Monday–Thursday or Tuesday–Friday schedule options
  • No call responsibilities
  • Built-in administrative time

ROLE

  • Deliver outpatient primary care services for patients of all ages
  • Manage chronic and acute medical conditions within community health setting
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to coordinate patient care
  • Maintain evidence-based clinical practice standards and preventative care initiatives
  • Support underserved and culturally diverse patient populations
  • Maintain patient documentation and care coordination workflows

ENVIRONMENT

  • Outpatient-only primary care environment
  • Mission-driven underserved healthcare organization
  • Team-based collaborative care structure
  • Established community-focused patient care model
  • Southwestern desert and Monument Valley region setting

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance available
  • FTCA malpractice coverage
  • CME allowance: $2,000 annually plus 40 paid CME hours
  • 3 weeks paid vacation plus sick leave
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 403(b) retirement plan with up to 9% combined match
  • Paid licensure, DEA, and membership fees
  • Additional voluntary benefits available
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Federal student loan repayment eligibility
  • Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C or FNP-BC) REQUIRED
  • Arizona license or ability to obtain REQUIRED
  • Active DEA registration REQUIRED
  • Current BLS certification REQUIRED
  • Passion for underserved and culturally diverse communities REQUIRED
  • Ambulatory care experience preferred
  • Navajo or Spanish language skills preferred

Not ready to formally apply? That is completely fine. Many candidates prefer a brief, confidential conversation first. You are welcome to call or text Elizabeth directly at 272-230-3157.

Heartline Staffing is a Strategic Talent Partner with Purple Cow Recruiting. Applications are securely processed through Purple Cow Recruiting’s system.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver outpatient primary care services for patients of all ages within the Navajo Nation community. Manage chronic and acute medical conditions while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Chronic Disease ManagementAcute CareMultidisciplinary CollaborationNavajo Language

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Nurse Practitioner | Navajo Nation | 4-Day Week at Purple Cow Recruiting a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Family Medicine (NP) — ranked against 2,155 active Family Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Purple Cow Recruiting holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 269 active listings.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 46% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$131k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $130k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

8.3/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Family Medicine (NP)

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Living in Kayenta

Median resident rent
$772/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Relocation assistance
FTCA malpractice coverage
CME allowance: $2,000 annually plus 40 paid CME hours
3 weeks paid vacation plus sick leave
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
403(b) retirement plan with up to 9% combined match
Paid licensure, DEA, and membership fees
Additional voluntary benefits