Physician Assistant, Dr. Wise & Dr. Valentine - Orthopaedics
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Position Summary
The Physician Assistant is a primary health care provider who practices in ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care settings. The FNP or PA provides nursing and medical services to individuals, families, and groups.
The FNP or PA diagnoses and manages acute episodic and chronic illnesses as well as promotes health and disease prevention. Services include, but are not limited to ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, and prescription of pharmacologic agents and nonpharmacologic therapies.
Teaching and counseling individuals, families, and groups are a part of nurse practitioner/physician assistant practice.
Qualifications
Education/Skills: Successful completion of a Masters Physician Assistant program. Must have successfully completed the required clinical practice hours of the accredited university.
Certification/Licensure: A current Mississippi Physician Assistant license. Also, prefer a current certification in ACLS.
WORK SCHEDULE: 40 hours a week, hours will vary
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant provides medical services including diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses in various clinical settings. They are also responsible for ordering diagnostic tests, prescribing therapies, and providing health counseling to patients and families.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Orthopedic Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 70% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician Assistant median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)39 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Mississippi index 87.0 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician Assistant listings in Mississippi | 20 active | 4,640 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 8% remote · 70% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Physician Assistant listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 7% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Orthopedic Surgery hiring demand | #4 of 6 specialties | postings stay open a median 45 days · 9% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 77 postings, 149 closed |
| New Orthopedic Surgery listings | 353 in the last 30 days | 221 the 30 days before (+60%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician Assistant pay trend | +2.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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About Confidential Employer
Living in Hattiesburg
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $225k
- Typical market rent
- $1,315/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 17 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 87.6
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Hattiesburg, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.