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UnityPoint Health
Sioux City, Iowa

Family Medicine - APP – Sioux City, IA

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callIncludes weekendsNo nightsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Family Medicine Advanced Practitioner to join our team in Sioux City, IA. Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health.

At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare.

Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care.

The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions.

The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

  • Full-time position, including dedicated administrative time
  • Opportunity to practice outpatient medicine in an established and well-known clinic
  • Cohesive group of colleagues and supportive staff allowing for autonomy while building the practice according to your preferences
  • Experienced staff, both clinical and non-clinical, who know the patients and the community
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

  • Clinic Hours: Monday – Friday 8 AM – 5 PM
  • Telephone call triaged through MyNurse and shared amongst the providers. Call expectation is:
  • Two weekdays per month; 5 PM – 8 AM
  • 1:9 weekend rotation; 5 PM Friday – 8 AM Monday
  • 1:9 holiday rotation; maximum one holiday per year
  • Minimal call volume
  • Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
  • General family medicine procedures such as skin excisions, mole removal, lacerations, IUD, etc.
  • Convenient clinic location with onsite laboratory and imaging services
  • Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
  • Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

  • Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate
  • Board Certified
  • Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States

We Offer

  • Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program
  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in
  • Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation

  • Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience
  • A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve

Community Details

Sioux City has grown to be one of Iowa’s largest cities – and its meteoric rise isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Sioux City is now one of northwest Iowa’s hubs for food production, healthcare, education, tourism and retail.

Residents enjoy some of the most affordable housing in the nation, and there’s always something going on – whether it’s Saturday in the Park, one of the largest music festivals in the region, or any number of indoor and outdoor attractions such as Cone Park, the award-winning Art Center or the Sioux City Symphony.

Whatever your tastes and whatever your career path, there’s something for everyone in Sioux City.

Please contact Maria Gillespie, Physician and Provider Recruiter, at Maria.Gillespie@unitypoint.org

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical decision makingAnalytical skillsIUD insertionElectronic medical recordsTeam collaboration

Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 60% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine - APP – Sioux City, IA at UnityPoint Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (NP) — ranked against 2,600 active Family Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
96% this job
CME allowance
54% this job
Sign-on bonus
38%
Loan repayment
19% this job
Relocation assistance
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.6
Better work-life than 50% of Family Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,600 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Sioux City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,275/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
86.5
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Initial 2-year salary guarantee
Competitive Total Rewards program
Generous time off
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Retirement contributions
Dedicated provider resources
Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility