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UR Thompson Health
Farmington, New York

Physician Assistant - Urgent Care (Per Diem)

Physician Assistant Top 25% in Urgent Care (PA)Per Diem

Listed compensation

$85.00/hr

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Main Function

  • Provides clinical medicine services and applicable administrative services to
  • Provides consistent, high quality care consistent with accepted national
  • Collaborates with office staff in development and performance of efficient
  • Fosters a cohesive Thompson identity.
  • Assures regulatory compliance.
  • Provides patient management and role modeling that unifies practice goals with
  • Acts in the best interest of the patient.
  • Assists the health system in meeting strategic goals.

Required Job Specific Competencies

  • Recognized competence in outpatient clinical medicine. S/he must have the
  • Demonstrates knowledge necessary to ensure care appropriate to the age of the
  • Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with all office
  • Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with hospital
  • Knowledge of recognized best patient care practices in his/her department.
  • Maintains current knowledge of and ability to institute programs necessary to
  • Consistent excellence in provider-patient and provider-staff communications.
  • Exhibits leadership skills and professional behavior consistently.
  • Actively guards confidential and protected information.
  • Willing to receive feedback from associates and patients/families.
  • Lives the CARES values at all times.
  • Generates legible, meaningful, comprehensive and timely (within 1 business day
  • Responsible for ensuring all professional licenses, registrations, liability

Qualifications

  • Active NYS certification/registration as a Physician Assistant
  • BLS, ACLS required. PALS recommended
  • DEA license required
  • Able to gain appropriate FFTH privileges

Education

* Graduation from an ARC-PA approved school as a Physician Assistant 
* Meets continuing education requirements of the applicable discipline board

Experience

* Previous experience as a Physician Assistant preferred particularly in urgent
care or emergency medicine
* Previous experience in primary care medicine preferred 

Pay Range: $85.00/hr.

Starting Pay: Based on Experience

Thompson Health is an EOE encouraging individuals with disabilities and veterans
to apply

Key Responsibilities

Provides clinical medicine and administrative services to patients at F.F. Thompson Hospital Urgent Care. Collaborates with staff and leadership to ensure high-quality care and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentCommunicationElectronic medical records

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant - Urgent Care (Per Diem) at UR Thompson Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Urgent Care (PA) — ranked against 348 active Urgent Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Urgent Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 48 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 54% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.6% 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)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

6.6/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Urgent Care (PA)

Living in Farmington

Typical market rent
$2,081/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.0
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Rochester, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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