Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Family Medicine (Virtualist)

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA
•$156,477 - $213,725•Remote

About The Position

Sutter Medical Group is seeking experienced Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to join its Virtualist Program. This remote, work-from-home role combines virtual patient care with structured inbox support for primary care clinicians. The work is approximately 70% virtual patient care and 30% primary care inbox support. The clinician will help build and shape a new virtual care model, collaborating across primary care, urgent care, and walk-in care to improve patient access and continuity of care. The Virtualist Program is more than a video-visit role: team members will help develop workflows, quality standards, and future service offerings while supporting primary care teams and timely patient communication. The successful candidate is clinically confident, patient-centered, collaborative, adaptable, technologically proficient, and enthusiastic about developing virtual care.

Requirements

  • Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
  • Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.
  • California licensure and eligibility to practice within Sutter Medical Group requirements.
  • Strong independent clinical judgment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Comfort practicing in a virtual care environment.
  • Strong organizational and inbox management skills.
  • Clinically confident, patient-centered, collaborative, adaptable, and technologically proficient.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience in Primary Care, Urgent Care, Walk-In Care, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or similar ambulatory settings.

Responsibilities

  • Provide high-quality care through virtual visits.
  • Evaluate, diagnose, treat, educate, and counsel patients in a virtual environment.
  • Determine when escalation or in-person evaluation is appropriate.
  • Provide structured inbox coverage for primary care clinicians.
  • Support continuity of care and timely patient communication.
  • Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, care teams, and operational partners.
  • Participate in workflow development, quality improvement, and program growth.

Benefits

  • Generous compensation with bonus potential.
  • Zero-cost medical insurance.
  • Paid medical benefits for employees and dependents.
  • Award-winning 100% 401(k) match.
  • CME allowance.
  • Robust retirement program.
  • Advanced practice technology, including EPIC.
  • Positive work-life balance.
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