Physician Assistant-Plastic Surgery
Listed compensation
$121K - $212K
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation.
Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.
Job Responsibility
- Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
- Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
- Performs daily patient rounds.
- Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
- Interprets laboratory and test results.
- Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
- Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
- Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
- Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.
- Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
- Current BLS certification, required.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant performs technical procedures for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation, while also participating in performance improvement, research, and educational activities. Key duties include taking histories, performing exams, writing orders, interpreting results, conferring with physicians, and managing discharge documentation and patient instructions.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's Degree and be a graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program (ARC-PA). Required credentials include a current Physician Assistant license from New York State, current NCCPA Certification, and current BLS certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant-Plastic Surgery at Northwell a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Surgery (PA) — ranked against 369 active Surgery (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 80% have no call, 84% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$167k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $154k 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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