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Centra Health
Lynchburg, Virginia

Outpatient HemOnc Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$119k-$178k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Centra Hematology Oncology is seeking an APP hospitalist to join the group at Lynchburg General Hospital.

This new and exciting position offers the opportunity to work with a talented team of oncologists and nurse practitioners. The position is Monday - Friday 8am – 5:00pm.

Centra Medical Group (CMG) is a comprehensive network of nearly 600 employed providers within Centra Health. Centra Health services a population of 600,000 community members with 70 different outpatient and specialty practices.

Centra offers primary care and specialty services across Central and Southern Virginia—from Lynchburg to Danville, Farmville, Moneta, and Bedford. CMG includes family practices, specialists, and surgeons in fields such as cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, urology, and more.

CMG is also home to the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, a training program for future family physicians, many of whom hold academic appointments with institutions like UVA, VCU, VCOM, and Liberty University.

Grow with a Health System that Invests in You

At Centra Medical Group, we’re building a culture where Advanced Practice Providers thrive. Through our partnership with ThriveAP—the nation’s leading transition-to-practice program—new graduate NPs and PAs receive a year of structured clinical education, mentorship, and peer learning to accelerate confidence and readiness.

Join Centra Medical Group and grow with an organization that invests in your professional and long-term success. ThriveAP provides NPs and PAs with a structured transition-to-practice experience focused on clinical readiness, continuity of care, and long-term patient relationship building across diverse populations.

What We Offer

  • Competitive, transparent compensation represents a mix of base, hourly excess, and incentive pay.
  • Student loan reimbursement
  • Relocation
  • CME allowance
  • Centra is a not-for-profit health system; many of our providers are participating in the federal PSLF program.
  • Short term disability automatically enrolled.
  • 403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan; Immediate vested employer contribution match
  • Comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and more.

Lynchburg, Virginia with a population of 85,000, is a great safe place to raise a family. Tons of outdoor activities to enjoy including hiking, biking, mountain bike trails, camping, boating, fishing & canoeing.

Hike the beautiful Sharp Top Mountain or Appalachian Trail or Bike on the Blackwater Creek Trail or Percival’s Island in the heart of the city. The Lynchburg Academy Center of the Arts offers some of America’s finest performing artists. Enjoy an evening minor league baseball game with our Lynchburg Hillcats.

Children will enjoy outdoor summer movies at the park, county fairs, apple orchards, pumpkin patches and picking blueberries & strawberries. They will love Amazement Square, an interactive hands-on children’s museum in downtown Lynchburg. Beautiful Smith Mountain Lake is also nearby.

Throughout our region, you'll find an extraordinary quality of life in friendly communities with remarkably diverse and affordable housing options. Whether you prefer urban lofts, historic mansions, suburban estates, waterfront condos, or traditional, tree-lined residential neighborhoods, it's all waiting for you here. Taxes and utility rates are very moderate, contributing to a low overall cost of living.

Responsibilities

You Can Expect

  • Admits and discharge patients
  • Consults and rounding
  • Some management of chronic health conditions.
  • Performing new hematology consults in coordination with the collaborative physician.
  • Assistance in developing the new oncology care model to improve patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications

Required Education

Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program, and Masters of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN)

Required Certifications and Licensures: Current licensure by the Virginia State Board of Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority. Maintains BLS and ACLS Certifications.

Responsibilities

Performs history and physical examinations, including history of present illness, review of systems, past medical history, drug allergies, surgeries and hospitalizations

Works under the medical direction and supervision of a licensed physician to provide medical services at Centra facilities

Provides clinical support to nursing staff for care of complex patients at Centra facilities/affiliated joint venture facilities

Demonstrates the knowledge/skills necessary to provide care appropriate to age and development needs, psychological status, psychosocial and spiritual needs of clients served

Screens hospitalized patient charts referred for noninvasive testing to determine most appropriate test

Coordinates and implements discharge plans that include follow-up care, diet, equipment and medication

Completes progress notes, admission and discharge summaries, collaborates with patients' physicians to provide holistic care

Expert practitioner in the area of specialization, maintaining a current/relevant knowledge base

Serve and care for our patients, customers, and each other. Show commitment to patients and customers, fellow employees, appearance, etiquette, and privacy.

Respond to customers in a positive manner

Practices according to Centra's Customer Service Performance Standards

Displays and promotes a positive public relations approach to staff, physicians, patients, families and the public

Serves a major role of patient's advocate in the medical care system serving as confidant, advisor, and liaison between patient and physician

Provides patients and families with education and support

Carry workload independently. Willing to serve on committees. Share knowledge with team members

Makes weekend rounds if required on a rotating basis per Medical Director

Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with physicians and staff in other departments

Qualifications

Required Education

Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program, and Masters of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN).

Required Experience / Skills

Five (5) years of progressive experience in area of specialization.

Required Certifications and Licensures: Current licensure by the Virginia State Board of Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority. AHA BLS Provider and ACLS Certifications. Hold a current, active license as a registered nurse in Virginia or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as a registered nurse. Nationally recognized certification in field of specialization.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentClinical documentationDischarge planningPatient advocacyCollaborative careChronic condition managementPatient educationMedical consultation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient HemOnc Nurse Practitioner at Centra Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Hematology/Oncology nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Hematology/Oncology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

In Virginia, the Nurse Practitioner weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$137k (298 salary observations; 1,120 listings), vs ~$139k nationally (10,209 salary observations; 50,733 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 60% have no call, 86% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$119k–$178kNurse Practitioner median $140k (middle half $135k–$145k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Virginia vs national$137k median in Virginia$139k nationally (−2%)298 state / 10,209 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$147k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Virginia410 active14,017 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 32% remote · 60% no call · 86% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentVirginia Nurse Practitioner listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 16% offer loan repayment410 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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  • No weekends
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About Centra Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Lynchburg, VA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation
Student loan reimbursement
Relocation assistance
CME allowance
PSLF eligible
Short term disability
403(b) and 457(b) with employer match
Health, dental, life insurance

Living in Lynchburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$279k≈ 2.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,270/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.4
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lynchburg, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.