Would You Take This Job? – Nurse Practitioner (NP) / Physician Assistant (PA) 👩‍⚕️

Nurse Practitioner (NP) / Physician Assistant

Company: Matrix Providers
Location: Great Falls, MT
Salary: Not listed in the posting but salaried and competitive
Type: Full-time, onsite with federal healthcare contract



What’s Attractive

  • Opportunity to serve U.S. veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Stable position with Matrix Providers, a leading staffing partner for federal healthcare

  • Structured, consistent role without ongoing patient caseload management

  • Focus on assessments and documentation rather than direct treatment

Responsibilities

  • Review pertinent medical history documentation and provide veterans with one-time, non-treatment compensation and pension exams

  • Capture responses during the exam through web-based examination forms, with all documentation submitted electronically

  • Submit completed exam records to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for disability award determinations

  • Conduct standard exams such as musculoskeletal, cardio, and respiratory evaluations

  • Order ancillaries (X-rays, labs, EKGs, PFTs, ABIs) when indicated, which are performed on-site or nearby

Potential Trade-Offs

  • Salary not disclosed — compensation must be clarified during the hiring process

  • The work is exam-based and non-treatment, which may feel more administrative and less hands-on for clinicians who prefer ongoing care relationships

  • Relocation may be needed if not already in Montana

  • Federal contracting roles can involve structured compliance protocols


Link to view more job details or apply: View job posting

So… Would You Take This Job?

Would you take on a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant role focused on one-time veteran disability exams—stable, structured, and non-treatment in nature—or would you prefer a more traditional clinical care position? Share your thoughts about the job in the forum.

I’d consider it if tech and workflow support are solid. I’d confirm the EHR (MHS GENESIS vs VA CPRS/Oracle), availability of NP/PA note templates, order sets, and Dragon. I’d ask about panel size, visit lengths, daily cap, staffing (RN/LVN/MA ratios), and same-day access workflows. I’d want defined provisioning timelines, downtime procedures, and on-site IT support SLAs. I’d review quality and productivity metrics, how they’re measured, and protected admin time for inbox and charting. If those are reasonable and salary matches market, I’d take it. If documentation time looks uncompensated or metrics are rigid without support, I’d pass.