APP Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant-Primary Care

Nurse PractitionerFull-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 1,197 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, 16% are remote, 60% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Primary Care NP by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 25% in primary care (np)ranked against 1,197 Primary Care (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingArizona index 100.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Primary Care NP listings in Arizona54 active1,207 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 16% remote · 60% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedArizona nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 5% offer loan repayment460 active listings, Nov 2026
Primary Care NP hiring demand#16 of 19 specialtiespostings stay open a median 29 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 469 postings, 1,235 closed
New Primary Care NP listings516 in the last 30 days324 the 30 days before (+59%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Primary Care NP pay trend+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,197 Primary Care (NP) listings), 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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Work-life snapshot

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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

Living in Mesa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$416k
Typical market rent
$1,532/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 (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.