Physician Assistant - Emergency Medicine
Listed compensation
$100K - $150K
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
As an Emergency Department Physician Assistant with Rochester Regional Health, you are shaping the future of healthcare in central and western New York and making the lives of our patients better; easier and healthier. Join us and be part of a health system that truly improves the lives of individual and communities. Take the opportunity to do something remarkable every single day.
- STATUS: Full Time
- LOCATION: Unity Hospital
- DEPARTMENT: Emergency Department
- SCHEDULE: Nights
- ATTRIBUTES
- Compassionate, warm and patient focused
- Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Exceptional documentation skills and professional behavior
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Responsibilities
Patient Satisfaction. Interacts on a frequent, regular and daily basis with patients, family members, medical/social/public services support, regulatory agencies and/or payor agencies. Interaction and communication requires expressed empathy, understanding, problem-solving, education, information gathering, process influencing and counseling.
Medication & Orders. Prescribes drugs, devices and immunizing agents according to policy and practice agreement.
Collaboration. Performs therapeutic and corrective measures within area of expertise in collaboration with other health team members.
Education
BS: Physician Assistant (Required)
Licenses / Certifications
PA-C - Certified Physician Assistant - National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), RPA - Registered Physician Assistant - New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)
Physical Requirements
M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.
For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.
Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.
Pay Range
$100,000.00 - $150,000.00
City
Rochester
Postal CODE
14626
The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.
Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant studies and be certified by the NCCPA. Additionally, they must possess a valid Registered Physician Assistant license from the New York State Education Department.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 86% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$125k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $116k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Emergency Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant - Emergency Medicine at Rochester Regional Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Emergency Medicine (PA) — ranked against 112 active Emergency Medicine (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.
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