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Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Physician Assistant- Laureate Medical- Midtown

Physician AssistantIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

Under general supervision, and with medical consultation and direction, performs physical, psycho-social assessment; establishes medical diagnosis; orders and evaluate diagnostic tests; manages follow up care; does other related work as required. Responsibilities include performing physical examinations, developing treatment plans, ordering and interpreting lab tests and results, along with providing preventative healthcare and counseling

Qualifications

A college degree as a Physician’s Assistant from a recognized university, affiliated with a medical school.

Keyboarding and internet skills, ability to work with electronic medical records, webpages and patient portal.

Georgia State Medical Board Certification and adherence to the Medical Practice Act provisions; Current NCCPA certification.

Preferred

Compassionate, thorough, focused, and detail oriented. Able to recognize, analyze and prioritize problems. Preference for dealing with people who are ill and need help. Displays an outgoing, warm and helpful attitude. Tact to deal effectively with patients, guests, co-workers and physicians. Able to communicate clearly with patients over the telephone and in person.

Two to five years of experience with a medical practice setting where diagnosis, treatment, and patient education were the main focus of the role.

Work Hours

0730-1600

Weekend Requirements:

No

On-Call Requirements:

No

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical AssessmentTreatment PlanningDiagnostic TestingPatient CounselingPatient Portal ManagementClinical Communication

Internal Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 58% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

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Salary Distribution42 jobs · 33 employers

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<$145k
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$185k-205k
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$212k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 33 employers

401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
68%
Sign-on bonus
57%
Relocation assistance
19%
Loan repayment
14%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Below most Internal Medicine (PA) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 64 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$377k
Typical market rent
$1,944/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
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.