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New York, New York

Physician Assistant Per Diem

Physician AssistantPer Diem

Listed compensation

$85/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

City/State

Bronx, New York

Grant Funded

No

Department: ED - PA Services Moses

Work Shift

Evening

Work Days

PER DIEM

Scheduled Hours

Per Diem

Scheduled Daily Hours

Hours Vary

Hourly Rate

$85.00

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

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Job Summary

The practice of a Surgical physician assistant shall include medical services within the education, training and experience of the physician assistant that are delegated by the supervising physician.

Medical services rendered by Surgical physician assistants may include, but are not limited to, obtaining patient histories and performing physical examinations; ordering and/or performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; formulating a diagnosis; developing and implementing a treatment plan; monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions; assisting at surgery; offering counseling and education to meet patient needs; making appropriate referrals.

Surgical Physician Assistants, in an emergency, shall be authorized to treat any medical disease and/or perform any medical and surgical procedures at the hospital for affiliates.

An emergency, for these purposed, is defined as a situation in which any delay in administering treatment would result in serious harm to the patient or an immediate threat to life of the patient and that a qualified practitioner is not immediately available.

The activities listed below may be performed in any setting authorized by the supervising physician, including but not limited to, clinics, hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, patient homes, nursing homes and other institution settings.

Qualifications

  • BS Required
  • MS Preferred
  • Physician’s Assistant program Preferred
  • NYS Licensed and Registered Physician's Assistant required
  • NCCPA Certified required
  • BLS, ACLS, PALS certification through AHA required
  • OHS Fit Test
  • OHS Annual Assessment

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant will perform medical services including patient examinations, diagnostic procedures, and the development of treatment plans. They will also assist in surgical procedures and provide emergency medical care as needed within the hospital setting.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment planningSurgical assistancePatient counselingNCCPA certification

Emergency Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 40 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 65% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

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).

What does the Emergency Medicine market look like in New York?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedEmergency Medicine median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)42 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingNew York index 107.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Emergency Medicine listings in New York27 active106 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 65% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York Physician Assistant listings: 6% state a sign-on bonus (median $9k) · 6% offer loan repayment592 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Physician Assistant Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

26 jobs
8
<$175k
4
$175k-195k
9
$195k-215k
3
$215k-235k
2
$235k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs
401k / retirement match
71%
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
18%
PSLF eligible
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Providence · Santa Rosa, California

$94.55-$119.57/hr
#2

Advanced Practice Provider - Nurse Practitioner or Physician AssistantPer Diem

Shriners Children's · Sacramento, California

$78.33-$110.59/hr
#3

Physician Assistant

$76-$84.84/hr
#4

Per Diem Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Bronx Manhattan

$60-$84/hr
+ 34 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Emergency Medicine (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 105 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$875k
Typical market rent
$4,089/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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