Physician Assistant- Surgery
Compensation
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Job Description
Under the direction of a physician, provides direct patient care including gathering detailed history and performing physical exams. Performs or orders tests and interprets results. Administers therapeutic procedures as directed.
Instructs on care and maintains written charts and records on patients.
Maintains appropriate manual and electronic records (EMR).
Key Responsibilities
Provides direct patient care under physician direction, including performing physical exams and gathering detailed histories. Responsible for ordering and interpreting tests, administering therapeutic procedures, and maintaining electronic medical records.
Requirements
Must be a graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with valid PA licensure. Candidates must also be DEA eligible and meet facility Medical Staff Bylaws certifications.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant- Surgery at Tenet Healthcare 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 359 active Surgery (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 60% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Living in Harlingen
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $219k
- Typical market rent
- $1,158/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 86.0
- 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 · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.