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Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner 8.0 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

$128K - $162K

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

Provide high quality nursing and medical services to patients and their families, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention, as well as the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences

Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Responsibilities

Evaluate sick, urgent care, transitional care and primary care patientsPerform annual physical exams as neededEducate patients on maintaining proper healthEvaluate, make recommendations, co-manage and treat patients' medical needsParticipate in an interdisciplinary team providing care and coordination of our patients, ensuring the highest level of care

Minimum Qualifications

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Education and ExperienceGraduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current Rhode Island Advanced Practitioner license in good standingCurrent National Board CertificationA minimum of 2 years of primary care experience in either a family medicine or primary care outpatient practice is preferred

Pay Range

$127,504.00-$161,782.40

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location

CM-Pawtucket-Hillside Family Medicine -727 East Avenue - 727 East Avenue Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860

Work Type

M-F 8:00am-5:00pm

Work Shift

Day

Daily Hours

8 hours

Driving Required

No

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current Rhode Island Advanced Practitioner license and a current National Board Certification. A minimum of 2 years of primary care experience in a family medicine or outpatient practice is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient educationAcute disease managementChronic disease managementInterdisciplinary team collaborationPatient coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care at Brown Medicine a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Primary Care (NP) — ranked against 1,184 active Primary Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 52% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Rhode Island is 102.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$145k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $141k in an average-cost state. 63.1% of Rhode Island clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
48%
Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Primary Care (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,184 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Pawtucket

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$407k≈ 3.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,876/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.8
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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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