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Northside Hospital
Cumming, Georgia

Physician Assistant

Physician AssistantIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo 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

Required

  • A college degree as a Physician’s Assistant from a recognized university, affiliated with a medical school
  • Please refer to the Medical Staff Guidelines for certifications and credentialing applicable to this position.

Preferred

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

Work Hours

7:30AM-5:30PM

Weekend Requirements

Yes

On-Call Requirements

Yes

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical examinationDiagnostic testingTreatment planningLab test interpretation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant at Northside Hospital a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician Assistant roles — ranked against 4,545 active Physician Assistant roles listings on WeekdayDoc.

General Practice — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 56% have no call, 62% 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).

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Salary Distribution46 jobs · 36 employers

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$185k-205k
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$205k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
82%
CME allowance
74%
Sign-on bonus
58%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Physician Assistant roles listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,545 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Cumming

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$450k
Typical market rent
$2,253/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 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.