Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant
Listed compensation
$70-$80/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant: Primary Care
Innovative Medical Group | Temecula, CA | Full Time
Innovative Medical Group is a growing, physician led medical group with a simple mission: bring exceptional, patient centered primary care to the people who need it most. Along with our post acute work across skilled nursing and long term care facilities in Riverside County, we run a busy primary care clinic in Temecula where we get to know our patients and their families over years, not just visits.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our primary care clinic team. You’ll see your own schedule of adult patients for everything from annual wellness visits and preventive care to chronic disease follow ups and same day sick visits. You’ll have physicians down the hall, a dedicated support team, and the room to build real relationships with your patients.
What You’ll Do
Clinic Visits: See scheduled and same day patients for preventive, acute, and chronic care. Perform exams, order and interpret labs and imaging, diagnose, and prescribe.
Preventive Care and Wellness: Lead annual physicals, Medicare wellness visits, screenings, and immunizations, and help patients close gaps in care.
Chronic Disease Management: Manage patients with diabetes, hypertension, CHF, COPD, kidney disease, and other ongoing conditions using evidence based care plans.
Care Coordination: Place and follow up on specialist referrals, coordinate with hospitals and facilities after discharges, and work closely with our physicians, MAs, and front office staff.
Patient Communication: Stay on top of your in basket, including results, refill requests, and patient messages, so nothing sits.
Documentation and Quality: Complete accurate, timely notes and take part in quality improvement work and performance measures.
Qualifications
Education
- Master’s degree or higher from an accredited NP program, or completion of an accredited PA program.
- Certification: Board certified as an FNP, AGPCNP, or PA-C.
Licensure
Active, unrestricted California RN license with BRN Nurse Practitioner certification and furnishing number (NP), or active California PA license (PA). Current DEA registration required.
Experience
At least 1 year of clinical experience as an NP or PA. Outpatient primary care or family medicine experience strongly required.
Clinical Judgment: Confident managing a full patient schedule with a mix of complex and routine visits, and knows when to escalate.
- Communication: Warm, clear, and patient with patients, families, and the care team.
- Organization: Self directed, keeps a schedule moving, and closes the loop on follow ups.
- Commitment to Our Patients: Genuinely cares about delivering respectful, high quality care to every person who walks in.
- BLS - American Heart Association BLS required
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8 AM - 5 PM (Rotating weekends are required)
Innovative Medical Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive care team.
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will manage a schedule of adult patients, providing preventive, acute, and chronic care. They will also coordinate care with specialists and facilities while maintaining accurate clinical documentation.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 62% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$156k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $141k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $146k–$166k | Family Medicine median $177k (middle half $153k–$221k)53 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$141k in purchasing power | California index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Family Medicine listings in California | 231 active | 2,631 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 30% remote · 62% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California Nurse Practitioner listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 12% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Family Medicine hiring demand | #2 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 34 days · 23% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 1,246 postings, 1,426 closed |
| New Family Medicine listings | 1,732 in the last 30 days | 1,432 the 30 days before (+21%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Family Medicine pay trend | +3.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant at Innovative Medical Group a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Family Medicine nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform.
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