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Lovelace Health System
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join our Dynamic Urgent Care Team in Albuquerque, NM | Full-time Physician Assistant

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday3-day week · 3×12s

Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Lovelace Urgent Care is seeking a Full-time BE/BC Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our collaborative team at the established Petroglyph location in Albuquerque, NM.

As a high-performing organization, we pride ourselves on our supportive culture and dedication to delivering compassionate, high-quality care to our community. Our urgent care culture is dynamic and supportive. This is a fast-paced environment where teamwork, adaptability, and clear communication are essential.

About the Position

  • Flexible, shift-based schedule
  • Strong support staff
  • Typically three 12-hour shifts
  • 10% shift differential for any shifts worked beyond regularly scheduled 36 hours
  • Facility hours M-F 8a-8p; S-S 9a-4p
  • Onsite Lab, X-ray and POC Testing
  • Robust support staff
  • High growth service area
  • Minimum 1 year experience in urgent, emergent, or primary care

Recruitment Package Includes

  • Base Salary + wRVU
  • $10,000 Commencement
  • $10,000 Quality incentive
  • CEU Allowance
  • Medical debt assistance + Consultative services by Navigate Student Loans
  • Paid malpractice coverage

Marketing + Practice Growth Assistance

Free Childcare: New Mexico now offers universal, no‑cost childcare for all families, eliminating copays and income limits statewide, saving physicians and APPs an average of $12,000–$14,000 per child per year while providing access to any licensed childcare setting.

About Your Health System

Lovelace is comprised of Lovelace Medical Group/New Mexico Heart Institute, New Mexico Heart Institute, Lovelace Women’s Hospital, Lovelace Medical Center, Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center, Lovelace Westside Hospital, Lovelace Regional Hospital and Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital.

Across its six hospitals, 51 health care clinics and seven outpatient therapy clinics, Lovelace has 619 inpatient beds and employs a team of more than 3,900, including more than 263 health care providers.

Lovelace continues to invest in our community, providing more than $75 million in unfunded care and supporting local nonprofit and community organizations with more than $340,000 in direct contributions in 2021.

From the first and only hospital in New Mexico dedicated to women’s health to the states only hospital devoted exclusively to cardiovascular care, Lovelace is a leader in meeting the healthcare needs of this region.

About Your Community

Albuquerque, ranked among "The Best Places to Live" in 2022-2023 by U.S. News & World Report, is New Mexico's largest city (562K population) and sits in the high desert.

With 310 days of sunshine, you will find the weather perfect for outdoor activities, and water enthusiasts enjoy the gorgeous Rio Grande River running through the city.

ABQ is also the hot air ballooning capital of the world and home to the largest University in the state- filled with fantastic cultural offerings and breathtaking landscapes.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, compassionate patient care in a fast-paced urgent care setting. Collaborate with a supportive team to deliver medical services including lab, X-ray, and point-of-care testing.

Requirements

Must be a Board Eligible or Board Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Requires a minimum of one year of experience in urgent, emergent, or primary care.

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical AssessmentEmergency CareX-ray Interpretation

Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Lovelace Health System ranks #17 of 19 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 60% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution34 jobs · 31 employers

6
<$105k
5
$105k-135k
14
$135k-165k
9
$165k-195k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
56% this job
Sign-on bonus
44% this job
Loan repayment
44% this job
Relocation assistance
26%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.5this job 2.8
Better work-life than 30% of Urgent Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 823 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Albuquerque

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$340k
Typical market rent
$1,455/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Albuquerque, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Lovelace Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Albuquerque, NM
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Base Salary + wRVU
$10,000 Commencement
$10,000 Quality incentive
CEU Allowance
Medical debt assistance
Paid malpractice coverage
Marketing + practice growth assistance
Free Childcare