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Lake Success, New York

Physician Assistant - Thoracic Surgery- FlexStaff

Physician AssistantNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80-$135/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1 day ago · Verified live

Job Description

FlexStaff is seeking a Physician Assistant with Thoracic Surgery experience for rounding. Must have availability for 2-3 shifts Monday-Friday and/or Weekend days.

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

Patient AssessmentDiagnostic TestingTreatment PlanningDischarge PlanningClinical DocumentationPatient EducationMedication ManagementLaboratory Interpretation

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 72% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.3% 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).

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

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Salary Distribution39 jobs · 28 employers

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$150k-175k
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$175k-200k
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$200k-225k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
87%
CME allowance
84%
Sign-on bonus
55%
Relocation assistance
32%
Loan repayment
16%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 5.7
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 379 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Lake Success

Median resident rent
$3,501/mo
Residents’ average commute
33 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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