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Physician Assistant (PA) - FlexStaff- General Surgery - Dutchess County

Physician AssistantIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80-$135/hr

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about the work setting, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

FlexStaff is seeking Physician Assistants (PA) for Rhinebeck and Poughkeepsie locations. Must have one to three years surgical experience.  OR First Assist experience for following specialties- general, plastic, spine, bariatric and OB/GYN cases. Experience with DaVinci Robotic Surgery a plus. Responsibilities include OR coverage, rounding, post-op management, admissions and consults and floor procedures.

Shifts are: On Call, 10, 12 or 24 hours

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and outcome evaluation.

Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Responsibilities:

  • Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
  • Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete
  • screening and preparation of patients.
  • Performs daily patient rounds.
  • Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
  • Interprets laboratory and test results.
  • Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
  • Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
  • Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
  • Performs related duties as required.
  • All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor Degree, required.
  • Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for
  • Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
  • Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.
  • Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
  • Current BLS certification, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Surgical assistancePatient assessmentDiagnostic test interpretationDischarge planningElectronic medical recordsGeneral surgeryPlastic surgerySpine surgeryBariatric surgery

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

Northwell ranks #3 of 14 employers hiring Physician Assistant on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 78% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$224k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $207k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 3.9
Better work-life than 60% of Surgery (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 381 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in New Hyde Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$956k
Typical market rent
$3,975/mo
Residents’ average commute
38 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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