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Northside Hospital
Atlanta, GA, US

Physician Assistant - Surgical Specialists of Atlanta (Midtown)

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

Under general supervision, and with medical consultation and direction, performs physical, psycho-social assessment; establishes medical diagnosis; orders and evaluate diagnostic tests; manages follow up care; does other related work as required. Responsibilities include performing physical examinations, developing treatment plans, ordering and interpreting lab tests and results, along with providing preventative healthcare and counseling.

Qualifications

  • KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
  • A college degree as a Physician’s Assistant from a recognized university, affiliated with a medical school
  • Please refer to the Medical Staff Guidelines for certifications and credentialing applicable to this position.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/License or Certification Preferred

Two to five years of experience with a medical practice setting where diagnosis, treatment and patient education were the focus of the role

Work Hours

8-4

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical examinationTreatment planningDiagnostic testingLab test interpretation

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 72% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician Assistant by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician Assistant median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)40 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician Assistant listings in Georgia119 active4,572 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 72% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia Physician Assistant listings: 22% state a sign-on bonus · 4% offer loan repayment119 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

29 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

25 jobs · 23 employers
8
<$145k
5
$145k-165k
6
$165k-185k
5
$185k-205k
1
$210k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

26 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
77%
CME allowance
65%
Sign-on bonus
50%
Relocation assistance
15%
Loan repayment
12%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.1this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Surgery (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 366 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$375k
Typical market rent
$1,942/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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