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IMA Group
Albany, New York

Physician Assistant – Evaluation-Only Role | Work-Life Balance - Albany, NY

Physician Assistant 8.7 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$120K - $130K

Listing transparency5 of 6 stated

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Physician Assistant – $120K- $130K | Monday–Friday | No Weekends

Tired of on-call nights and weekend shifts? Join IMA as a PA in an evaluation-only role. Focus on medical assessments for Veterans—no ongoing treatment, no evenings, no weekends.

  • $120,000 - $130,000 salary
  • Predictable Monday–Friday schedule
  • Full training provided | Flexible: full-time, part-time, or per diem

Qualifications: Active PA license, master’s degree, experience in any specialty. Preferred: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, EM, PM&R, Orthopedics.

Apply today and take control of your work-life balance!

The IMA Group is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Our Government Services Division supports local, state, and federal agencies and delivers professional and objective medical and psychological examinations as well as ancillary services. Our Payer Services Division meets the evaluation and screening needs of Carriers, TPAs, Public Entities and Employers and includes behavioral health and physical medicine specialty services, working with a wide range of organizations within the workers' compensation, disability, liability, and auto markets. Our Clinical Research Division performs all types of Phase II-IV clinical trials in multiple therapeutic areas through a flexible nationwide network of site locations and virtual capabilities.

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Key Responsibilities

Perform medical assessments for Veterans in an evaluation-only capacity. This role does not involve ongoing treatment or patient care management.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active Physician Assistant license and a master's degree. Experience in any specialty is accepted, with a preference for backgrounds in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, EM, PM&R, or Orthopedics.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Clinical evaluationPatient examinationEmergency medicinePhysical medicine and rehabilitation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant – Evaluation-Only Role | Work-Life Balance - Albany, NY at IMA Group a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Physician Assistant roles — ranked against 4,023 active Physician Assistant roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts, flexible scheduling.

Evaluation Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

IMA Group holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 154 active listings.

In New York, the Physician Assistant weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$157k (550 salary observations; 681 listings), vs ~$140k nationally (7,774 salary observations; 15,844 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 64% have no call, 70% 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).

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Work-life snapshot

8.7/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 5% in Physician Assistant roles

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Albany

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$329k
Typical market rent
$1,631/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
99.6
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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