Minneapolis-area positions (12)
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In-Home Health · Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (Full Time) · Minneapolis, MN
MN · Minneapolis
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant · Critical Care
Edina, MN
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Inpatient Geri | Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant · Pediatric CVICU
Minneapolis, MN (UMMC · Childrens)
In-Home Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (Per Diem) · Minneapolis
MN · Minneapolis
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant · Heart Failure/General Cardiology
Edina, MN
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant
Minneapolis, MN
In-Home Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Full Time · Minneapolis
MN · Minneapolis
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant · Nephrology
Minneapolis, MN
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner/PMHNP
Minneapolis, MN
Advanced Practice Provider (PA or NP)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
CRNA Locums in Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Who is hiring
7 employers have active NP listings in the Minneapolis area right now. University of Minnesota Physicians has the most, with 4 listings.
- University of Minnesota Physicians4 listings
- CVS Health3 listings
- All Star Healthcare Solutions1 listing
- Allina Health1 listing
- LifeStance Health1 listing
- MedElite1 listing
- St. Catherine University1 listing
Why This Market
Why NPs Choose Minneapolis
Independent practice in Minnesota after at least 2,080 hours under a collaborative agreement with a physician or an experienced advanced practice registered nurse
Integrated nonprofit systems, including one that operates as both an insurer and a care provider, plus the University of Minnesota's academic enterprise
Care organized around teams, defined panels, and population health measures
Community clinics serving East African and Southeast Asian immigrant communities recruit for language and cultural fluency
Posted pay
12 postings in the Minneapolis area state a salary from 7 employers. A metro median appears once at least 5 postings from at least 3 employers list annual pay for an NP role, with no single employer above 40% of them. The national median for nurse practitioners is $132,300 (BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025).
Inside the metro
How the Minneapolis market is put together
Who you will be caring for
Integrated nonprofit systems deliver care across the Twin Cities, and one of them operates as both a health plan and a care provider. For NPs, that can mean practice structured around population health measures, care teams, and defined patient panels, so ask how a role's panel is set. Demand spans primary care, geriatrics for older patients who travel in from greater Minnesota, and community clinics serving the region's East African and Southeast Asian immigrant communities, where language and cultural fluency are actively recruited for.
Live market snapshot
- Open NP roles here
- 12
- All Minnesota roles
- 100
- Work mode
- 8 on site, 3 remote, 1 hybrid
Most common categories here: Full-Time (9), Home Health (3) and Remote (3). A posting can count in more than one.
Counted from live listings on this board and refreshed hourly.
Where the jobs are
01Downtown Minneapolis and the University corridor
The University of Minnesota's medical campus and Hennepin Healthcare's downtown hospital, the county safety-net system, form an academic and high-acuity cluster.
02Saint Paul and the east metro
A separate city with its own hospitals, including Regions Hospital, its own clinics, and its own commute, so search it as its own market.
03Southwest suburbs: Edina, Bloomington, Eden Prairie
A suburban ambulatory and specialty market with clinic-based NP roles across Edina, Bloomington, and Eden Prairie.
04North metro: Coon Rapids, Maple Grove, Blaine
A residential ring with hospital and outpatient capacity of its own, including Allina Health's Mercy Hospital, and suburban patient panels.
05Saint Croix valley and western Wisconsin
Hudson and River Falls are a short drive east but across a state line. Wisconsin issues its own APRN license, and its NPs practice in collaboration with a physician or dentist until the Board of Nursing verifies that they qualify for independent practice.
Practice authority is set by the state. Minnesota is a full-practice jurisdiction on the AANP State Practice Environment map. Editorial content for this metro was last reviewed 2026-09-27.
Before You Apply
Getting Started in Minneapolis
Licensure
Minnesota has Full Practice Authority. Minnesota NPs must first practice at least 2,080 hours, about one year of full-time work, under a collaborative agreement with a physician or with an advanced practice registered nurse who has at least three years of practice.
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Common Questions
Minneapolis NP Jobs FAQ
How should I compare NP pay offers in Minneapolis?
Compare after taxes and housing, and check which city you would actually commute to. Integrated systems structure benefits, schedules, and panel expectations differently from independent clinics, and a Saint Paul job from a Minneapolis address is a different daily life from one close to home. A posted-pay median appears on this page only when enough Twin Cities listings from enough employers post annual pay. Until then, any national median shown is the cited BLS reference figure.
Does Minnesota have full practice authority for NPs?
By AANP's classification, yes, after a transition. Minnesota NPs must first practice at least 2,080 hours under a collaborative agreement with a physician or with an advanced practice registered nurse who has at least three years of practice, and some must complete those hours in a setting where advanced practice registered nurses and physicians work together. After that, they may practice independently.
Does a multistate RN license cover Minnesota?
No. Minnesota does not issue or recognize multistate nursing licenses, so a multistate RN license from a compact state does not authorize practice here. You need a Minnesota RN license. Separately, and this is true everywhere, APRN authorization is issued state by state and never travels on a compact RN license.
Are Minneapolis and Saint Paul one job market?
On a map yes, and in practice the difference is the commute. Each city has its own hospital campuses and clinics, though several health systems run sites in both, and the cross-metro drive is manageable but not trivial in winter. Search both, then pick a side based on where you will live, because a daily cross-metro commute in winter wears thin.
Does the Mayo Clinic in Rochester compete for Twin Cities NPs?
It draws from an overlapping labor pool but is a separate market to the southeast, too far for a comfortable daily commute from the Twin Cities. Some NPs relocate there for the specialty depth. Others take Twin Cities roles precisely because they want metro housing and schools. It is worth searching as its own market rather than as a Minneapolis suburb.
Which employers are hiring NPs in the Minneapolis area?
Employers with open NP roles in the Minneapolis area right now include University of Minnesota Physicians (4), CVS Health (3), All Star Healthcare Solutions (1), Allina Health (1), LifeStance Health (1) and MedElite (1).