Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) | Outpatient Primary Care | Central California Coast-Adjacent
Full-Time | 4x10s | Rotating Saturday | Straight Salary | No RVU Pressure | Approximately 1 Hour Inland from the Monterey Bay Coastline
The Kind of Medicine You Got Into This For
A pediatric-focused outpatient role with full-spectrum care, a structured schedule, and a mission-driven organization that has been serving its community for decades. No productivity pressure. No RVU games. A physician in the building every weekday and a team that genuinely collaborates.
A well-established community health organization in Central California is seeking an experienced Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to join its primary care clinic. The caseload is pediatric-focused — infant through adolescent — with well-child visits, developmental assessments, chronic disease management, and same-day acute care making up the bulk of your day. This is a permanent, non-travel position in a semi-rural community approximately one hour inland from the Monterey Bay coastline.
The Role
- Schedule: 4x10s with a rotating Saturday (when Saturday is worked, Monday is typically off)
- Volume: Up to 22–24 patients per day — mix of scheduled visits and same-day walk-ins
- Appointment slots: 20 or 40 minutes — well-child checks, chronic disease management, follow-ups, acute same-day care
- Support: Two dedicated Medical Assistants per provider
- Admin time: 1-hour lunch and 1-hour daily admin block built into the schedule
- Compensation: Straight salary — no RVU, no productivity pressure
- CME reimbursement: ~$3,000/year
- Controlled substances: Schedule II prescribing per your comfort level — not required
What You'll Be Doing
- Providing advanced nursing care to infant, child, and adolescent patients across a busy outpatient pediatric panel
- Conducting well-child and sports physical examinations
- Performing developmental assessments and obtaining comprehensive patient histories
- Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and imaging
- Diagnosing illnesses, prescribing medications, and developing individualized treatment plans
- Assisting patients and families in managing chronic conditions and promoting health and wellness
- Collaborating with on-site physicians and a multidisciplinary team including pain management, orthopedics, general surgery, and more
- Working with robust language access support — all support staff are trained medical interpreters; in-person, telephonic, and indigenous language interpretation available
- Maintaining accurate, timely patient medical records
Support Structure
- Physician on-site in the building every weekday
- Structured mentoring program for newer providers — scheduled check-ins with supervising physician and midlevel peers 1–2x/month
- Experienced providers work with significant autonomy
- Collaborative, team-based culture — consult colleagues down the hall as needed
What You Need
- Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program — required
- MSN or DNP — required
- Current certification as a Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-PC) — required
- Active California RN and NP licensure — required prior to start
- Active DEA registration for prescribing controlled substances in California — required
- AHA BLS certification — required
- Minimum 3 years of experience as a Pediatric NP in an outpatient setting — required
- Comfort with full-spectrum pediatric care from infancy through adolescence — required
- Commitment of 2+ years strongly preferred — patient continuity is a core value here
- Bilingual English/Spanish — a genuine plus
- Not a fit: adult-only or geriatric-only backgrounds without meaningful pediatric outpatient experience
The Setting
This community sits approximately one hour inland from California's Central Coast — surrounded by agricultural valleys, rolling hills, and open country, with the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel, and the Salinas Valley within easy driving distance for weekends. The pace of life is unhurried, the community is close-knit, and the cost of living is meaningfully lower than coastal California. Staff who live and work here are happy to speak candidly about what that life actually looks like.
Interview Process
Recruiter screening call → profile to hiring manager → 1–2 Zoom interviews with clinic medical leadership and current providers → offer. Start date follows California licensure and credentialing — plan for approximately 60–90 days post-offer.
Out-of-state applicants are welcome. If you do not yet hold a California NP license, please begin the application process before applying.
How to Apply
Submit your resume through Indeed. Qualified candidates are contacted promptly. The screening questions attached to this posting are designed to save everyone time — please answer them thoroughly.
Recruited through an external staffing partner on behalf of the hiring organization. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $190,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you currently hold DEA registration?
- Do you require visa sponsorship now or at any point in the future?
- In lieu of relocation assistance, a sign-on bonus of $2,500-$5,000 (DOE) is offered, paid half at day 1 and half at day 90. You must be willing to cover relocation expenses yourself, do you agree?
- This position is in a rural community, approximately 45 minutes from major chain retailers and big city amenities (Walmart, Target, Kohls, etc.). Are you comfortable with that lifestyle?
- This position is located 1 hour inland from California's Central Coast. This is not a SoCal opportunity. Do you understand?
- This is a salaried position based on a 0-20 YOE scale. Your compensation will be tied directly to the hospitals pay scale formula. There is no RVU or productivity-based compensation component and there is no negotiation for salary due to policy. What is your target compensation?
- Have you begun the California licensing process? Note: licensing typically takes 1–3 months, and credentialing can take 60–90 days before your start date. Are you able to accommodate that timeline?
- Do you have at least three recent years of experience in pediatrics?
License/Certification:
Work Location: On the road
