APP Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant-Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner Top 25% in Primary Care (NP)Full-Time Full Practice Authority

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Job Description

Headquartered in Phoenix, IMS Care Center is a team of 500 employees and a physician-led organization united through its providers’ commitment to high-quality innovative health care. Each day is a new day for ground-breaking ideas and unparalleled opportunity. Ours is a culture focused on what we can accomplish today, and where it can lead us tomorrow.

IMS is currently seeking a full-time, APP Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Primary Care department in Mesa

Essential Functions

  • Provide patient services to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
  • Perform patient assessments, diagnosis & treatment plans, perform physical examinations, consultations, patient counseling/education, family planning, and well women exams
  • Orders and interprets patient care tests, treatments and exams
  • Handles prescription needs, provides advice regarding chronic pain problems, general health education and coordination of care

Education and Licensure

  • Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant educational program and passage of board-approved certifying exam
  • Must possess a license as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the State of Arizona.

Experience

  • One year of experience in Primary Care is required.

Benefits of Working with IMS

  • Generous base pay
  • License and Malpractice fees paid
  • CME reimbursement
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Company paid long-term disability
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Paid Time Off
  • Medical benefits
  • 401(k) with immediate vesting and company match, up to 4%

*IMS is a tobacco-free workplace.

IMS is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Joining IMS is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place.

It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates.  Our hope is that each day you’ll uncover a new reason to love what you do. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now!

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive primary care services to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Responsibilities include performing assessments, diagnosing conditions, managing prescriptions, and coordinating general health education.

Requirements

Must be a graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program with a valid Arizona state license. At least one year of experience in Primary Care is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentTreatment PlanningPrescription ManagementChronic Pain ManagementCare Coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates APP Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant-Primary Care at Integrated Medical Services (IMS) a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care (NP) — ranked against 1,191 active Primary Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 48% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution31 jobs · 26 employers

13
<$150k
8
$150k-170k
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$170k-190k
2
$208k
2
$210k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
84% this job
Sign-on bonus
48%
CME allowance
44% this job
Loan repayment
16%
Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Primary Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,191 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Mesa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$417k
Typical market rent
$1,538/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Integrated Medical Services (IMS)

Hospitals and Health Care
Phoenix, Arizona
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous base pay
License and malpractice fees paid
CME reimbursement
Company paid life insurance
Company paid long-term disability
Leadership opportunities
Paid Time Off
Medical benefits