Physician Assistant
Listed compensation
$110k-$120k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and nights and shift pattern.
Job Description
Physician Assistants are encouraged to explore an exceptional career opportunity with Liberty Healthcare.
A full-time Physician Assistant position is now available with Liberty Healthcare’s team at DHCI – a highly rated skilled nursing facility located in Smyrna, Delaware.
Why You’ll Love This Role
- Ability to spend ample time with your patients (without productivity requirements)
- Opportunity to positively impact the health and wellbeing of older adults and people with disabilities
- Very nice work / life balance
What You’ll Do
- Provide primary care to a case load of approximately forty patients
- Round on units daily and evaluate patients
- Conduct examinations, perform diagnostic tests, provide preventive care, develop and manage treatment plans for acute and chronic diseases, and prescribe medications
- Provide consultation and health education to nursing and ancillary staff
- Collaborate with the facility's onsite Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner, RNs, and ancillary staff
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range of $110,000 to $120,000 (depending on qualifications)
- Monday through Friday workweek from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 30 days of paid time off annually for holidays, vacation, sick leave, and personal days
- Health Savings Account, 401k plan, and other perks
View details regarding Liberty’s benefits plan at libertyhealthcare.com re.com/upload/138.pdf
Key Responsibilities
Provide primary care and daily rounding for approximately forty patients at a skilled nursing facility. Develop treatment plans for acute and chronic diseases while collaborating with a multidisciplinary medical team.
Requirements
Must be a qualified Physician Assistant capable of conducting examinations and prescribing medications. Ability to provide consultation and health education to nursing and ancillary staff is required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 81/100, 87 active listings.
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 72% have no call, 88% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 5.7 / 10 · above average in physician assistant roles | ranked against 4,555 Physician Assistant roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $110k–$120k | Primary Care median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)36 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$115k in purchasing power | Delaware index 99.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 72% no call · 88% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Primary Care pay trend | +1.8% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| Liberty Healthcare | silver tier, 81/100 | Top Employers work-life index87 active listings |
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- No weekends
About Liberty Healthcare
Benefits & Perks
Living in Smyrna
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $359k≈ 3.3× annual pay
- Median resident rent
- $1,534/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 33 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 97.5
- State income tax
- Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Dover, DE metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.