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Praxis Health
Pendleton, Oregon

Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner | 12 shifts per month

Nurse PractitionerFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

We’re seeking a certified Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner to join our team at Pendleton Urgent Care - a beautiful, modern, well designed facility with all staff and patients in place for a full time provider to step into a 100% turnkey role. Although urgent care or emergency medicine experience is preferred, we are also considering newly graduated APP’s as we have the resources to support their development as they work alongside highly experienced and knowledgeable full time providers.

  • 12 shifts per month - leading to an excellent work/life balance
  • 100% outpatient
  • Provider autonomy
  • Stable, long term support staff
  • Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is small town living at its best and is the perfect Western community to call home. Known for its friendly neighbors, beautiful landscapes, and abundant outdoor activities, you can build a life here that is reminiscent of simpler times.

Whether you’re an avid mountain biker, camper, equestrian, fisherman or wine enthusiast, Pendleton offers amenities not normally found in a town of 17,000 residents.

You will find an active art scene, museums, restaurants, brew pubs, golf courses, the Wildhorse Resort & Casino, and a regional airport that offers daily commercial flights to Portland and Denver. The popular wine region of Walla Walla, Washington, is only 45 minutes away.

The Columbia Center Mall, Costco, and other popular box stores are an easy hour’s drive to the Tri-Cities of Washington. Portland is 3 hours due west, Spokane 3.5 hours north, and Boise 4 hours southeast.

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Minimum Qualifications

Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, ability to obtain an Oregon license

General Physical Requirements

  • While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
  • The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch.

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

Combination of medical office and exam/procedure room settings.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner will provide medical care in a modern urgent care facility, working alongside experienced providers. The role involves managing patient assessments and treatments in a 100% outpatient setting.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner and have the ability to obtain an Oregon state license. While urgent care or emergency medicine experience is preferred, the facility is open to supporting newly graduated applicants.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient careClinical assessmentMedical procedures

Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Praxis Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 15 active listings.

Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 76% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Urgent Care by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedUrgent Care median $140k (middle half $130k–$162k)279 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingOregon index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Urgent Care listings in Oregon31 active746 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 26% remote · 76% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOregon Nurse Practitioner listings: 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 11% offer loan repayment265 active listings, Nov 2026
Urgent Care hiring demand#9 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 33 days · 33% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 304 postings, 583 closed
New Urgent Care listings422 in the last 30 days318 the 30 days before (+33%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Urgent Care pay trend+8.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Praxis Healthsilver tier, 70/100Top Employers work-life index15 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, 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.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.2this job 2.8
Better work-life than 30% of Urgent Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 745 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Pendleton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$312k
Typical market rent
$1,435/mo
Residents’ average commute
14 min
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
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.