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Physician Assistant - Pittsburgh, PA

Physician AssistantNo weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

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Job Description

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Premise's mission is to help people get, stay, and be well. We hope you will join us in our mission and experience why amazing health starts with amazing healthcare.

Looking for a flexible, PRN role where you can make a meaningful impact in a primary care setting? Join our team as a PRN Physician Assistant and provide high-quality care to client employees at our Health Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. The clinic is openMonday through Friday, 7:30 a. m.–5:00 p. m., with no evenings or weekends. This is a great opportunity to provide personalized, comprehensive care while working in a supportive health center environment.

What You’ll Do

  • Conducts physical exams and preventive health measures per guidelines and approved agreements.
  • Performs procedures such as injections, suturing, wound care, and infection management.
  • Develops patient care plans, records progress, and ensures continuity of care.
  • Educates patients on treatment plans, health maintenance, growth and development.
  • Orders and interprets diagnostic tests to assess clinical conditions.
  • Collaborates with physicians and healthcare teams for comprehensive care.
  • Prescribes or recommends treatments, including medications and therapies.
  • Refers patients to specialists or physicians as needed.
  • Maintains patient health records to ensure accurate and up-to-date documentation and records.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

What You’ll Bring

  • Maintains state licenses/certifications to practice.
  • Maintains Board of Pharmacy Prescribing License (if applicable).
  • Current NCCPA national certification required.
  • Degree from ARC-PA accredited program.
  • Federal DEA license (matching each state of practice as applicable).

State Narcotic/Controlled Substance license if required in your state (Alabama, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Puerto Rico) (New York ROPES registration).

Current certification with hands-on training in AHA, ARC or equivalent Basic Life Support for health care providers is required; Advanced Cardiac Life Support may also be required based on contract scope of services.

At least three years of clinical experience as a Physician Assistant in an ambulatory care, occupational health, family practice or emergency department setting.

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant will conduct physical exams, perform clinical procedures, and develop comprehensive patient care plans. They will also collaborate with healthcare teams to interpret diagnostic tests and manage patient health records.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree from an ARC-PA accredited program and possess current NCCPA national certification. At least three years of clinical experience in an ambulatory, occupational, family practice, or emergency setting is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical documentationMedication prescriptionPatient educationEmergency medicine

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant - Pittsburgh, PA at Vet Jobs a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 464 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 68% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Physician Assistant Jobs

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Salary Distribution36 jobs · 30 employers

14
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$145k-165k
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$165k-185k
10
$185k-205k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs

401k / retirement match
77%
CME allowance
73%
Sign-on bonus
53%
Relocation assistance
17%
Loan repayment
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Primary Care (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 464 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Pittsburgh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$234k
Typical market rent
$1,545/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pittsburgh, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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