
Advanced Practice Clinician (NP/PA) - Optum Colorado Springs
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Job overview
Optum Colorado is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for its East clinic team in Colorado Springs. The clinician will provide full-scope primary care in an outpatient setting, caring for patients of all ages, primarily adults and seniors. The role includes managing patient care, developing diagnostic and treatment plans, prescribing and administering therapies, and coordinating care with specialists and ancillary services.
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Full job description
Requisition number: 2396516
Job category: Healthcare Delivery, Advanced Practice Clinicians
Optum Colorado is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our East clinic team in Colorado Springs, CO. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.
As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.
At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim.
We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position Highlights
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Manage patient care in outpatient setting
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Comfortable seeing patients of all ages; primarily adults/senior base
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Average daily patient census: 18-20 patients
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Complete timely and thorough documentation
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Formulate diagnostic and treatment plans
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Prescribe and administer medications, therapies, and procedures
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Order lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provide advice on follow up
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Responsible for the coordination of care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services
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Maintain quality of care standards as defined by the practice
Why Join our team?
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High quality, patient-centered care provider
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Value-based-care focus providing full-scope primary care services
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EMR: Epic, the leading national solution
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Work-life balance supported by available AI-scribe technology (DAX)
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Generous CME and career development options
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Practice at "Peak of License" with excellent staff support
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Physician-led and focused on providing supportive culture
We offer a competitive base salary, sign on bonus, relocation, and a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) + match, discounted stock buying options, 4 weeks PTO, plus 9 paid holidays and 5 days CME with allowance and more.
Required Qualifications:
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Active unrestricted APRN or PA License in Colorado, or ability to obtain prior to employment
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Prescribing authority or ability to obtain prior to employment
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DEA license or ability to obtain prior to employment
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2+ years of NP/PA experience, preferably in primary care or family medicine
Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $109,500 - $164,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,018 open Nurse Practitioner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$110–164K/yr
- Colorado median$111–152K/yr187 salary ranges
- US median$110–164K/yr3,779 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $137K, is close to the Colorado median midpoint ($137K) — in the middle half of Nurse Practitioner salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 372 open Nurse Practitioner jobs in Colorado and 10,018 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- CVS Health54 open
- UCHealth53 open
- Matrix Providers, In51 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Nurse Practitioner postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (2,908 postings).
- Education
- 3,705 of the 10,018 open Nurse Practitioner jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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