Surgical Physician Assistant
Compensation
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The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
The Surgical Physician Assistant provides advanced clinical support to PRM surgeons, assisting during surgical procedures and performing minor procedures under physician direction in accordance with training and state regulations.
This role also supports post-operative patient care, including follow-up visits, prescription refills, and general clinic support. The Surgical PA plays a key role in delivering PRM's unique, in-office, ultrasound-guided approach to treating chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist surgeons during surgical procedures
- Perform minor surgical procedures under the direction of the surgeon, based on training and state regulations
- Provide post-operative clinical patient follow-up
- Manage prescription refills
- Provide general clinic support
Skills and Qualifications
- Strong clinical and technical skills in assisting with surgical procedures
- Ability to work under physician direction while exercising sound independent clinical judgment for minor procedures
- Strong patient-facing communication skills to support post-operative follow-up care
Physical Demands & Work Environment
This role requires the ability to stand for extended periods during surgical procedures, work within a sterile operating room environment, and travel to hospitals or surgical centers where the supervising surgeon operates.
Required Qualifications
- Recent experience assisting in operating rooms with robotic-assisted surgery
- Graduation from an ARC-PA accredited, surgically focused PA program
- Completion of a surgical residency for PAs (after attending PA school)
- On-the-job training (after graduating from an ARC-PA accredited program)
- Ability to obtain credentialing in hospitals where the supervising surgeon operates
- Relevant state medical license (based on assigned location)
- 3+ years of experience
Desired Qualifications
- GYN experience
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 66% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Surgery median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)36 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Texas index 97.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Surgery listings in Texas | 18 active | 382 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 10% remote · 66% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Texas Physician Assistant listings: 19% state a sign-on bonus · 5% offer loan repayment306 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Surgery hiring demand | #6 of 6 specialties | postings stay open a median 41 days · 6% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 107 postings, 230 closed |
| New Surgery listings | 765 in the last 30 days | 466 the 30 days before (+64%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Surgery pay trend | −3.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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