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Mass General Brigham
Boston, Massachusetts

Physician Assistant Hospital Medicine

Physician AssistantIncludes weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$136k-$174k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care.

We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

The Physician Assistant (PA) is a licensed provider. The PA is responsible for the assessment and management of various populations of patients including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, development of appropriate plans of care and ongoing evaluation.

Our well-established Hospital Medicine Unit seeks a PA candidate to join our strong inpatient medicine team. We are a general medicine service that works in collaboration with supervising physicians to care for high acuity, medically complex inpatients.

This is a unique opportunity to provide comprehensive care in a supportive environment at a top-tier academic medical center. Although internal medicine and/or inpatient experience is preferred, we are also committed to training motivated new graduates who seek a career in hospital medicine.

There is a 12-week transition to practice program to ensure high quality onboarding upon starting.

Our service offers a rotating daytime schedule with 12 hour shifts. This position is rotating days/weekends. No evenings or nights. Weekends and holidays are required.

Please submit a cover letter describing your interest in hospital medicine.

Qualifications

Key Roles and Responsibilities

  • Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting.
  • Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
  • Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.

Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.

Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.

Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.

  • Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Complies with all policies and standards.

Licenses and Credentials

Massachusetts Physician Assistant License (not required for job application, but must have prior to start)

Experience

  • Experience as a licensed Physician Assistant preferred
  • Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Skilled in taking medical histories to assess medical condition and interpret findings.
  • Ability to maintain quality control standards.
  • Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
  • Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and establish/maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public.
  • Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location: 15 Francis Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

  • $135,720 - $173,867.20/Annual
  • Grade
  • 7

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization.

Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors.

The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package.

In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

EEO Statement

2200 The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.

We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

Mass General Brigham Competency Framework

At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level.

The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success.

These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant is responsible for the assessment and management of medically complex inpatients, including performing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. They provide direct care, write prescriptions, and maintain high-quality documentation such as admission and progress notes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient assessmentDiagnostic interventionsMedical history takingLaboratory test interpretationDiagnostic test evaluationCare planningEmergency responseInterdisciplinary collaboration

Hospital Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Hospital Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 66% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$155k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $146k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Hospital Medicine market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · top 25% in hospital medicine (pa)ranked against 104 Hospital Medicine (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$136k–$174kHospital Medicine median $128k (middle half $110k–$156k)41 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$146k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Hospital Medicine listings in Massachusetts7 active108 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 14% remote · 66% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Physician Assistant listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus · 4% offer loan repayment141 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 37 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 45 postings, 50 closed
New Hospital Medicine listings439 in the last 30 days396 the 30 days before (+11%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Hospital Medicine pay trend+8.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Mass General Brigham#3 of 15 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (104 Hospital Medicine (PA) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

37 jobs · 22 employers
12
<$140k
10
$140k-165k
7
$165k-190k
6
$190k-215k
2
$215k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 22 employers
401k / retirement match
83%
Sign-on bonus
67%
CME allowance
61%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Clinical Director, Physician Assistant

Pine Park Health · San Francisco, California

$200k-$240k
#2

Outpatient Advanced Practice Provider (APP), Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant/Associates

Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, Oregon

$172k-$229k
#3

Clinic Director - Physician Assistant (PA-C) or Nurse Practitioner (NP)

$210k
#4

Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) - Bangor/Brewer, ME

$110k-$200k
+ 35 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 5.1
Better work-life than 80% of Hospital Medicine (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 104 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$800k≈ 5.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,271/mo≈ 29% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.