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Yuba City, California

Physician Assistant MAT

Physician AssistantFull-Time

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Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

This role provides a full range of medical services to patients while working under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site physicians. The position follows established policies, procedures, and state guidelines to deliver safe, effective care.

It includes maintaining accurate documentation so clinical services can be monitored appropriately. The role also involves communication about schedule coverage and helping arrange coverage when unavailable for extended periods. Overall, it supports consistent, well-coordinated medical care within the facility.

Key Responsibilities

Examine patients, perform medical histories and physicals, determine diagnoses, and assess opioid dependence and substance use disorders.

Provide and manage medication-assisted treatment, including inductions, ongoing medication review, titration, and monthly follow-up appointments.

Document care accurately and completely, prepare reports, review records, and maintain confidentiality and patient privacy.

Collaborate with the treatment team, support and train medical staff, attend meetings, and participate in required committees.

Respond to urgent and emergency situations, follow formulary and treatment policies, apply standard precautions, and comply with all regulatory requirements.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing or an accredited education program for Physician Assistant
  • Advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.

Experience

2 years’ experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Licenses/Certifications

Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant within the state of employment

Must Have and Maintain Current CPR Certification

  • Must have or be willing to obtain DATA 2000 Waiver prior to employment.
  • This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a degree from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program and possess at least two years of relevant experience. A current state license, CPR certification, and the ability to obtain a DATA 2000 Waiver are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient examinationMedical history takingPhysical assessmentDiagnosisOpioid dependence treatmentClinical documentationPatient careEmergency responseRegulatory complianceStaff training

Addiction Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 52% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

In California, the Physician Assistant weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$165k (161 salary observations; 276 listings), vs ~$141k nationally (1,178 salary observations; 3,565 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 39 employers

15
<$180k
20
$180k-200k
7
$200k-220k
5
$220k-240k
3
$240k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs

CME allowance
75%
401k / retirement match
69% this job
Sign-on bonus
44%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
14%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 1.5
Below most Physician Assistant roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,429 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Yuba City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$416k
Typical market rent
$2,136/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.2
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Yuba City, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision
Paid time off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Dependent Scholarships
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company paid life insurance