Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – Nephrology

$70,000–$125,000/year · Full-time · Jackson, TN · New graduates welcome

Is this you?

You became an NP or PA to take real care of people, not to race through rushed visits and chart late into the night. You want to get very good at something that matters, with a physician in your corner while you learn. Kidney disease affects about 1 in 7 American adults, and most don't know it yet. Here you'll help catch it early and keep people off dialysis.

A day with us

You start in clinic with a scribe on your visits and your patients already prepped. You see a mix of new referrals and patients you know by name, adjusting blood pressure and diabetes medicines and walking a family through what their lab numbers mean. Some days you round at a dialysis unit. When a case is tricky, you talk it through with one of our nephrologists that day, not next week.

We'll teach you nephrology

• Weeks 1–4: training with a dedicated preceptor
• Months 2–3: your own patients, co-rounding with a nephrologist
• Month 4 on: your own panel, with a physician a phone call away any time
• Ongoing case conferences and training on our AI tools

What you'll do

• Care for patients with chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure and related conditions in our clinics
• Round at dialysis units in West Tennessee
• Order and review labs, manage medications and coordinate with primary care and other specialists

AI in your day

You'll have a real scribe on clinic days, and we're gradually adding AI tools that help with fuller notes and better preparation before clinic visits and rounds. Less time on the chart, more complete care. Because we build these tools ourselves, you'll have a say in how they work.

What you need

• Tennessee nurse practitioner or physician assistant license, or eligible before your start date
• DEA registration, or willingness to get it
• That's it. Nephrology experience is not required.

Schedule

Clinic days are 8:30 AM–4:30 PM, Monday–Friday.

Pay and benefits

$70,000–$125,000 per year based on experience, plus $1,000 per year for continuing education and 3 paid CME days.

• Health insurance: we pay up to $500/month, starting the 1st of the month after you start
• Dental and vision: 100% paid by us
• 401(k) with a 3% employer contribution after six months
• 1 week paid time off in year one (grows after that) plus 1 week sick leave you can use for family
• Short- and long-term disability after one month, and a $50,000 life insurance policy

How we use AI here

Our care is delivered by people: physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants, scribes and front-office staff. We're gradually adding AI tools to support that team. They help our scribes produce more complete, higher-quality notes and help our providers be more thorough. You'll be trained on these tools as they arrive, and learning to work with them is a skill you'll keep for your whole career.

Our commitment: we use AI to make jobs better and help our people grow, not to replace them.

Who we are

The Kidney Experts is a physician-led kidney care practice with clinics in Jackson, Dyersburg, Union City and Covington, Tennessee. Our mission is to keep patients' kidneys working as long as possible so fewer people ever need dialysis. Big expertise, small-town heart: we bring specialist care to our communities and treat every patient like family.

How to apply

Apply here in a few minutes; no cover letter needed. You'll then take short online assessments (work style, problem solving and, for some roles, computer skills). We weigh these alongside your resume, so a light resume doesn't rule you out. A person reviews every application and makes every hiring decision.

The Kidney Experts, PLLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.