Contract - Family Nurse Practitioner
Listed compensation
$106k-$158k
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Ask the employer about weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- Family Nurse Practitioner (Grant-Funded/ Contract)
- San Diego, CA/ Los Angeles, CA | Full-Time | $106,000 – $158,000
- Must reside in California (San Diego preferred) | Travel to Los Angeles
A university-affiliated, nurse-managed community clinic is seeking a mission-driven Family Nurse Practitioner to lead and deliver care across its community health programs in San Diego and Los Angeles. This hybrid clinical-leadership role combines direct patient care with clinic operations, team supervision, and grant program management, serving people experiencing homelessness, veterans, school-age children, and other underserved communities.
This position is grant-funded through June 30, 2027.
What You'll Do
Deliver primary care across the lifespan in mobile, church-based, and elementary school settings throughout South Los Angeles and South San Diego County
- Manage day-to-day operations across a weekly rotation of community clinic sites
- Supervise Nurse Practitioners and Community Health Administration staff
- Oversee scheduling, workflows, EHR operations, billing, credentialing, and quality improvement
- Support federal grant compliance, reporting, outcome tracking, and budget monitoring
- Build partnerships with schools, faith-based organizations, and community agencies
Requirements
- MSN required; DNP or related doctorate preferred
- Active FNP certification (ANCC or AANP), unencumbered CA RN and APRN license
- Active CA furnishing number, NPI, and DEA registration
- 5+ years of healthcare leadership or management experience
- Pediatric experience required
- Experience serving underserved, unhoused, or marginalized populations
- Willingness to travel up to 75%, with mileage and travel reimbursed
- Preferred
- Federal grant management experience
- Street medicine, mobile clinic, or school-based health experience
- Nurse faculty or preceptor background
- Behavioral health and primary care integration experience
Key Responsibilities
The Family Nurse Practitioner will deliver primary care across various community settings while managing clinic operations and supervising staff. They are also responsible for overseeing federal grant compliance, reporting, and building partnerships with community organizations.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Contract - Family Nurse Practitioner at Ignite Human Capital a 6.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (NP) — ranked against 2,476 active Family Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, remote work flexibility.
Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Ignite Human Capital holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 8 active listings.
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 68% have no call, 60% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$132k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $119k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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