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Jonesboro, Arkansas

Assistant-Physician

Primary Care Top 25% in Primary CareFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Practices autonomously and in collaboration with other health care professionals to treat and manage patient's health problems and serve in various settings as researchers, consultants, and patient advocates for individuals, families, groups, and communities. Performs comprehensive assessments, diagnoses, and manages illness and disease. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Develops a plan of care within scope of practice of the physicians assistant utilizing written protocols to ensure quality patient care.
  • Uses prescriptive authority, procedures, referrals, treatments, and theories in accordance with state/federal laws and regulations.
  • Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues.
  • Provides clinical leadership.
  • Supports life long learning.
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

  • #N/A

Minimum Required

  • 1 year clinical experience functioning in the Physician Assistant role in a primary care setting

Preferred/Desired

Education

Minimum Required

  • A graduate of a accredited physician assistant training program and has successfully completed the examination of the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants.

Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

  • Computer literate.

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum Required

  • Current license by the state they practice. Eligible for or have certificate of fitness/prescription privileges. BLS

Preferred/Desired

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited physician assistant program and hold current state licensure and NCCPA certification. A minimum of one year of clinical experience in a primary care setting is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentDiagnosisTreatment planningPatient advocacyComputer literacy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Assistant-Physician at Baptist a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care — ranked against 1,245 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc.

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 52% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Arkansas is 86.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Arkansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Primary Care Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 34 employers

16
<$330k
20
$330k-360k
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$360k-390k
6
$390k-420k
2
$420k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks44 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
86%
Sign-on bonus
70%
CME allowance
66%
Relocation assistance
48%
Loan repayment
41%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.2
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 1,245 Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

Living in Jonesboro

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$214k
Typical market rent
$1,336/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
85.9
State income tax
Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Jonesboro, AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.