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Houston, Texas

NP - Pulmonary Critical Care - Kelsey Seybold Clinic

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$279k-$558k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 42m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation’s leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care.

As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

General Role Description

Our Pulmonary Medicine team at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic provides diagnoses and management of all general disorders of the respiratory system. Conditions may include shortness of breath, lung cancer, pneumonia and other lung infections, emphysema, COPD, asthma, sleep disorders related to breathing disturbances, occupational lung disease, liver-related lung disease and drug-related pulmonary disorders. For this specific position, you would specialize in adult pulmonary care.

What Makes an Optum Career Different?

  • Be part of a best-in-class employee experience that enables you to practice at the top of your license
  • We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients

We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations

Practice medicine autonomously, with the support, not restrictions, of a sustainable and thriving national health care organization

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

  • Medical Degree (MD, DO)
  • Accredited Residency training
  • Licensed or willing to be licensed in the State of Texas
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $279,000-557,500. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Key Responsibilities

Provide diagnosis and management for a wide range of respiratory system disorders in an adult pulmonary care setting. Collaborate within a multi-specialty clinic to deliver high-quality, accountable care to patients.

Requirements

Requires a Medical Degree (MD or DO) with accredited residency training and board certification or eligibility. Must be licensed or willing to obtain licensure in the State of Texas.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Critical careRespiratory system diagnosisPatient managementClinical practiceMedical diagnosisTreatment planning

Critical Care Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

UnitedHealth Group ranks #8 of 15 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 1,737 active listings.

Of the 40 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 57% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.0 / 10 · above average in critical care medicine (np)ranked against 94 Critical Care Medicine (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Critical Care Medicine listings in Texas9 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All nurse practitioner listings in Texas982 active15,532 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 13% remote · 57% no call · 75% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 3% offer loan repayment982 active listings, Nov 2026
Critical Care Medicine NP hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 30 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 30 postings, 65 closed
New Critical Care Medicine NP listings29 in the last 30 days26 the 30 days before (+12%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
UnitedHealth Groupsilver tier, 70/100 · #8 of 15 for payTop Employers work-life index1,737 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (94 Critical Care Medicine (NP) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Texas figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Texas Critical Care Medicine postings state pay.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution

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Higher = better work-life balance

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Critical Care Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 94 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$243k
Typical market rent
$1,544/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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