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Lynchburg, Virginia · Hybrid

Hybrid Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$105k-$129k

The week · per this posting4-day week · 4×10s

Ask the employer about nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Our Heart and Vascular Institute is seeking a Hybrid General Cardiology Nurse Practitioner to join our comprehensive APP team. This well-established group offers a strong culture, dedicated APP leadership, and a collaborative environment where you’ll have the opportunity to practice at the top of your license.

By joining our team, you’ll provide comprehensive care to a diverse inpatient population while being supported by a top-rated health care system, fully implemented EMR, and nearby admitting hospitals.

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 Family Medicine 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

Our Heart and Vascular Institute is seeking a Hybrid Cardiology Nurse Practitioner to join our comprehensive APP team. This well-established group offers a strong culture, dedicated APP leadership, and a collaborative environment where you’ll have the opportunity to practice at the top of your license.

By joining our team, you’ll provide comprehensive care to a diverse inpatient population while being supported by a top-rated health care system, fully implemented EMR, and nearby admitting hospitals.

You Can Expect

  • 4 10-hour shifts per week
  • 1:1 APP-to-MD/DO support
  • 50/50 split Inpatient and Outpatient responsibilities including:
  • Daily rounding, Cardiology consults, Discharges, Clinic Days
  • 1–2 major holiday call shifts per year 3–5 weekend call shifts per year

Extensive onboarding and orientation designed to support your success

Ongoing professional development through:

  • Continuing education opportunities
  • Grand rounds
  • System-wide CME opportunities
  • Concurrent didactic cardiology curriculum designed to enhance your knowledge, clinical expertise, and competency in the evaluation and management of cardiovascular disease
  • Our goal is to provide you with the resources, education, and mentorship needed to practice at the top of your license while continuing to grow your cardiology expertise.

Qualifications

Required Education

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

Required Experience: New Grads welcome to apply!

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. 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)

Key Skills

Inpatient careOutpatient carePatient roundingConsultationsElectronic Medical RecordsCardiovascular disease management

Cardiology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$117k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $116k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Cardiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 66% have no call, 86% require no weekends — this position is remote.

What does the Cardiology market look like in Virginia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$116k in purchasing powerVirginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Cardiology listings in Virginia9 active369 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 20% remote · 66% 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
Cardiology pay trend−10.5% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Centra Health#6 of 17 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life 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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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 367 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Hybrid
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends
  • Remote
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About Centra Health

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

Benefits & Perks

Student Loan Reimbursement
Relocation Assistance
CME Allowance
PSLF Eligible
Short Term Disability
403(b) with Employer Match
457(b) Tax Deferred Savings
Health Insurance