Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Sports Medicine / Orthopedics
Listed compensation
$120k-$145k
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Job Description
Open Position
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Sports Medicine & Orthopedics
Schedule
- Full-Time
- Monday to Friday
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
- No Evenings
- No Weekends
- No Holidays
- No On-Call
Compensation
- $120,000+ Starting Base Salary, negotiable depending on experience
- Regular Bonus Opportunities
- Malpractice Insurance
- Health / Dental / Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- License / DEA Fees Paid
- Annual CME Allowance
- 401k w/ Match
LOCATION: Little Rock, Arkansas
Company Profile
This multi-specialty private practice serves all of Little Rock and the surrounding area, specializing in sports medicine, orthopedic surgery, whiplash treatment, custom rehabilitation plans, and more.
Their office boasts services in neck and spine, shoulder, arm and elbow, hip, hand and wrist, knee, ankle and foot, and leg. Their dedicated team of orthopedic physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are experts in the treatment and care of the musculoskeletal system.
Position Description
This practice sees patients for a wide range of orthopedic pain and injury conditions, as well as sports medicine.
The role of the nurse practitioner / physician assistant includes, but is not limited to:
- therapeutic joint injections
- trigger point injections
- pre- and post-operative patient care
- assist with consultations
- assist with medical decision-making, data gathering, and transitions of care
- assist with reassessments, acute visits, clinics, and test monitoring
- assist with patient follow-up and medical management
Providers see an average of 20 to 25 patients per day, but this can be adjusted based on patient need.
Providers are fully supported by dedicated clinical assistants and administrative staff. The new provider will see patients independently, and also sometimes work alongside an established orthopedic physician.
Requirements
- Arkansas PA or NP license
- DEA
- full training provided; no experience required
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please send your CV to Jenn Kunkel at jenn@chsrecruiting.com or call (773) 998-1272.
Please visit chsrecruiting.com to view a full listing of available positions at CHS Recruiting.
Key Responsibilities
The provider will perform therapeutic and trigger point injections, assist with consultations, and manage pre- and post-operative patient care. They will also conduct independent patient assessments, monitor test results, and coordinate medical management for orthopedic and sports medicine conditions.
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Sports Medicine / Orthopedics at CHS Recruiting a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Orthopedic Surgery (PA) — ranked against 313 active Orthopedic Surgery (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Orthopedic Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
CHS Recruiting holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 74 active listings.
Of the 40 active Orthopedic Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 73% have no call, 90% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Arkansas is 86.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$133k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $152k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Arkansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No call
- No weekends
- No nights
Living in Little Rock
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $217k≈ 1.8× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,212/mo≈ 12% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 89.4
- State income tax
- Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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