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Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Physician Assistant

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Compensation

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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

Responsible for providing advanced nursing care and treatment to patients under the supervision of a physician. Performs physical examinations, orders diagnostic tests, develops treatment plans, and prescribes drugs or other therapies.

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.
  • Keyboarding and internet skills, ability to work with electronic medical records, webpages and patient portal.

Georgia State Medical Board Certification and adherence to the Medical Practice Act provisions; Current NCCPA certification.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/License or Certification Preferred

Compassionate, thorough, focused, and detail oriented. Able to recognize, analyze and prioritize problems. Preference for dealing with people who are ill and need help. Displays an outgoing, warm and helpful attitude. Tact to deal effectively with patients, guests, co-workers and physicians. Able to communicate clearly with patients over the telephone and in person.

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

Work Hours

0730-1600

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Diagnostic testingTreatment planningPrescribing medicationClinical diagnosisPatient communicationPrioritizationMedical practice management

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 74% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Primary Care by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPrimary Care median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)42 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Primary Care listings in Georgia12 active431 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 74% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedGeorgia Physician Assistant listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus · 4% offer loan repayment118 active listings, Oct 2026
Primary Care hiring demand#5 of 5 specialtiespostings stay open a median 31 days · 31% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, September 2026 · 194 postings, 348 closed
New Primary Care listings991 in the last 30 days626 the 30 days before (+58%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Primary Care pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

42 jobs · 32 employers
14
<$160k
13
$160k-185k
8
$185k-210k
4
$210k-235k
3
$235k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

39 jobs · 32 employers
401k / retirement match
82%
CME allowance
56%
Sign-on bonus
49%
Loan repayment
15%
Relocation assistance
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Primary Care (PA) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 424 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.