Primary Care Physician Assistant
Listed compensation
$110k-$135k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Centra Medical Group Brookneal is part of a dedicated group of providers that provides comprehensive primary care for the entire family. Our mission is to provide the community with access to quality care, improving the overall wellness and lifestyle of each of our patients. We provide care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
By joining our team, you will have the satisfaction of providing a full range of care to a varied patient panel backed by a top-rated health care system with a fully implemented EMR and admitting hospitals nearby.
Centra Medical Group (CMG) is a comprehensive network of nearly 600 employed providers within Centra Health. Centra Health services a population of 600,000 community members with 70 different outpatient and specialty practices.
Centra offers primary care and specialty services across Central and Southern Virginia—from Lynchburg to Danville, Farmville, Moneta, and Bedford. CMG includes family practices, specialists, and surgeons in fields such as cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, urology, and more.
CMG is also home to the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, a training program for future family physicians, many of whom hold academic appointments with institutions like UVA, VCU, VCOM, and Liberty University.
Grow with a Health System that Invests in You
At Centra Medical Group, we’re building a culture where Advanced Practice Providers thrive. Through our partnership with ThriveAP—the nation’s leading transition-to-practice program—new graduate NPs and PAs receive a year of structured clinical education, mentorship, and peer learning to accelerate confidence and readiness.
Join Centra Medical Group and grow with an organization that invests in your professional and long-term success. ThriveAP provides Family Medicine NPs and PAs with a structured transition-to-practice experience focused on clinical readiness, continuity of care, and long-term patient relationship building across diverse populations.
What We Offer
- Competitive, transparent compensation represents a mix of base, hourly excess, and incentive pay.
- Student loan reimbursement
- Relocation
- CME allowance
- Centra is a not-for-profit health system; many of our providers are participating in the federal PSLF program.
- Short term disability automatically enrolled.
- 403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan; Immediate vested employer contribution match
- Comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and more.
About Brookneal, VA
Founded on the banks of the historic Staunton River, Brookneal’s origin began when Patrick Henry, the Voice of the American Revolution, selected this strategic location for a ferry crossing linking Campbell, Halifax, and Charlotte Counties. The rolling hills and rural landscape form a bucolic setting that inspired our most vocal Founding Father to retire and call this area his home.
Responsibilities
You Can Expect
- Out-patient position
- 16 - 18 patients per day
- Robust orientation
- Monday-Friday; 8am -5pm
- No weekends or major holidays
- No Call
Qualifications
Candidates must possess national certification as a PA and Virginia licensure (or willing to obtain) and an active DEA. Must embrace a team-oriented approach and have a strong desire to make a difference in the community. New graduates are also welcome to apply for consideration.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician Assistant at Centra Health a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 436 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 74% have no call, 82% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.3 / 10 · top 5% in primary care (pa) | ranked against 436 Primary Care (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $110k–$135k | Primary Care median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)42 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$121k in purchasing power | Virginia index 101.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Primary Care listings in Virginia | 12 active | 455 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 6% remote · 74% no call · 82% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | Virginia Physician Assistant listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus · 14% offer loan repayment113 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Primary Care hiring demand | #5 of 6 specialties | postings stay open a median 35 days · 18% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 210 postings, 205 closed |
| New Primary Care listings | 1,068 in the last 30 days | 536 the 30 days before (+99%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Primary Care pay trend | +2.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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