Physician Assistant - General Surgery
Listed compensation
$146k-$178k
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Job Description
Wage Range: $145,598 - $177,871 per year
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General Surgery Physician Assistant – EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Seattle East Side
EvergreenHealth is currently recruiting a full-time General Surgery Physician Assistant to join our exceptional and growing Surgical Care Team at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, WA. Laparoscopic and robotic experience is helpful / strongly preferred.
This Position Features
- High volume of acute surgical cases anticipated with daily dedicated OR availability.
- Practice with a team of six highly qualified, board-certified surgeons that specialize in minimally invasive surgery, both laparoscopic and robotic assisted, colorectal, foregut, endocrine, complex abdominal wall hernia repairs, and breast surgery.
- We have 80+ primary care providers in our Medical Group, which leads to great referrals.
- Experienced physician preferred with leadership experience, but new grads are welcome to apply.
- Center of Excellence, evidence-based/standardized approach.
- Competitive salary; comprehensive benefits.
EvergreenHealth Medical Group (EHMG) is a physician-led, physician-designed group of more than 350 EvergreenHealth primary care doctors and specialists who are employees of EvergreenHealth. EHMG includes 12 primary care practices, 48 specialty practices and teams of hospitalists and intensivists dedicated to in-patient care—all working side by side with you. Our patients experience the highly collaborative, compassionate culture of EHMG.
EvergreenHealth is a physician led, integrated health care system that serves nearly one million residents in King and Snohomish counties and offers a breadth of services and programs that is among the most comprehensive in the region.
A staff of 5,000 provides clinical excellence in over 80 specialties, including heart and vascular care, oncology, surgical care, orthopedics, neurosciences, women’s and children’s services, pulmonary care, infectious disease and travel medicine, and home care and hospice services. EvergreenHealth is located in Kirkland, WA.
Your personal and family needs will be satisfied living in Kirkland, a vibrant waterfront destination with an unparalleled blend of outdoor recreation, art, dining and boutique shopping. Located on the shores of Lake Washington just east of Seattle, no other city in the Puget Sound region has as many waterfront parks and beaches as Kirkland.
Here are some of the prominent awards we've received in recent years:
"America’s 50 Best Hospitals" – Healthgrades
"Best Hospitals" – US News & World Report
“’A’ Rating for Patient Safety” – The Leapfrog Group
“5-Star Rating” – CMS Hospital Compare
Benefit Information
Choices that care for you and your family
At EvergreenHealth, we appreciate our employees’ commitment and contribution to our success. We are proud to offer a suite of quality benefits and resources that are comprehensive, flexible, and competitive to help our staff and their loved ones maintain and improve health and financial well-being.
- Medical, vision and dental insurance
- On-demand virtual health care
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Life and disability insurance
- Retirement plans (457(b) and 401(a) with employer contribution)
- Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate degrees
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
- Paid Time Off/Vacation
- CME Allowance and Time Off
- Extended Illness Bank/Sick Leave
- Paid holidays
- Voluntary hospital indemnity insurance
- Voluntary identity theft protection
- Voluntary legal insurance
- Free parking
Commuter Benefits
- View a summary of our total rewards available to you as an EvergreenHealth team member by clicking on the link below.
- EvergreenHealth Benefits Guide
- For more information about working at EvergreenHealth please contact:
- Sarah Cox
- Provider Recruitment
- EvergreenHealth Medical Group
- 425-308-6309 sacox@evergreenhealth.com
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant will join a surgical care team to manage a high volume of acute surgical cases with daily dedicated OR availability. They will collaborate with board-certified surgeons across various specialties including minimally invasive, colorectal, and endocrine surgery.
Requirements
The role prefers an experienced physician assistant with leadership experience, though new graduates are welcome to apply. Proficiency or experience in laparoscopic and robotic surgery is strongly preferred.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 78% have no call, 84% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$162k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $151k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$162k midpoint, that is roughly $6k–$11k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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Living in Kirkland
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.12M≈ 7.7× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $2,603/mo≈ 21% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 111.1
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.