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UnityPoint Health
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Family Medicine - Advanced Practitioner - Cedar Falls, IA

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callFull-Time Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Family Medicine Physician to join our team in Cedar Falls, Iowa

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world.

Commitment to our team has earned us a spot on the Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care.

The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions.

The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

  • Established outpatient practice located at UPH Prairie Parkway medical Campus
  • Join team of 7 Physicians and 6 Advanced Practice Providers
  • Full-time position, including dedicated administrative time, with flexible scheduling to ensure sufficient patient access
  • Prairie Parkway provides patient-centered and comprehensive care in one 90,000 square foot building.
  • Patients have access to therapy, lab, pharmacy, and X-ray onsite

Primary and specialty providers at the medical campus work collaboratively and include (Rheumatology, Pediatrics, OBGYN, IM, and Diabetes and Endocrinology)

Cohesive group of colleagues and supportive staff allowing for autonomy while building the practice according to your preferences

  • Experienced staff, both clinical and non-clinical, who know the patients and the community
  • Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

  • Clinic hours vary from 7AM-5PM and extended hours on Monday and Wednesday 7AM- 7PM
  • Average 18-22 patients per day
  • Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
  • Shared clinic call amongst the providers. Call is light, and first triaged through MyNurse line
  • General family medicine procedures such as joint injections, skin excisions, lacerations, casting, joint injections etc.
  • Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
  • Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
  • Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

  • Experienced provider preferred
  • Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
  • Board Certified
  • Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
  • Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
  • Eligible to work in the United States

We Offer

Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program

Attractive Incentive Package

  • A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
  • Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
  • Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.

A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Waterloo and Cedar Falls comprise a metro area of more than 107,000 residents who are proud to call the Cedar Valley home. These two cities are just minutes apart, and though they’re intertwined by shared geography and regional pride, each boasts its own unique history and attractions. Whichever city you choose to plant your roots, you won’t have to go far to enjoy the amenities of the other – an added benefit of life in the Cedar Valley!

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical documentationAnalytical skillsTeam collaborationTriage

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine - Advanced Practitioner - Cedar Falls, IA at UnityPoint Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Nurse Practitioner roles — ranked against 13,424 active Nurse Practitioner roles listings on WeekdayDoc.

Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 62% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution30 jobs · 29 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
52% this job
Sign-on bonus
33%
Loan repayment
22% this job
Relocation assistance
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Family Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,347 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Cedar Falls

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$263k
Typical market rent
$1,221/mo
Residents’ average commute
14 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.1
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UnityPoint Health

51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

2-year salary guarantee
Attractive incentive package
Generous time off
CME allowance
Malpractice insurance
Retirement contributions
Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
Free third-party loan restructuring service