Clinical (non-surgical) Physician Associate for Plastic Surgery in NE Portland and Happy Valley
Listed compensation
$127K–$190K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.
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Job Description
Make an Impact at The Oregon Clinic! Premium Benefits, Competitive Pay, and Inspiring Purpose
Join us at The Oregon Clinic as a full-time (32 hours per week) Physician Associate. Work alongside a collaborative team of patient-focused colleagues and physicians in our thriving Plastic Surgery East Clinics located in Northeast Portland. Each patient receives the highest value care tailored to their needs.
Every person at TOC makes a difference in our mission of delivering world-class care with kindness and empathy. As a member of our team, you have the opportunity to make a valuable impact within the local community and our ecosystem of care.
By providing patients and internal and external stakeholders with a consistent, efficient, and easy experience, you’ll help ensure that patients at The Oregon Clinic Plastic Surgery East Clinics receive the highest value care tailored to their needs.
Using excellent customer service and communications skills, your primary duties
in this role include:
- Join the dynamic world of private practice plastic surgery with our growing, well-established team—where you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional medical care under the guidance of a skilled physician and work closely with another experienced PA to ensure seamless, high-quality patient care.
- Primarily a clinic setting with a focus on assisting with in-office, minimally invasive procedures.
- Provides complete physical assessment, including health history, periodic health assessments, health education, and counseling to new and follow-up patients as deemed appropriate by the medical leadership of the group.
- Contributes to the physician's effectiveness by: identifying patient care issues, recommending options and courses of action, and implementing the physician's directives.
- Updating records as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Salary
Hiring range, based on experience and credentials: $126,763.52 - $190,145.28 per year.
Workdays: This role is primarily located at Providence Professional Plaza, with coverage at the Happy Valley Plastic Surgery location required. Typical hours are Monday-Friday. Enjoy a flexible schedule of 3–4 days per week (32 hours).
On-call coverage is required remotely one weekend per month (1 in 4 weekends).
Qualifications that support success in this role are based on education,
experience and values including:
- Successful completion of an accredited Physician Associate program and current Oregon License.
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Minimum of one (1) year of professional PA experience in a clinical setting is strongly preferred. Specialty care, Plastic Surgery experience is a plus!
New grads are welcome to apply!
- Current CPR/BLS within 60 days of hire. ACLS may be required by specialty.
- Board Eligibility. Board Certification is preferred.
- Prior Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience is preferred. Epic experience is a plus!
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, work independently, and effectively multitask.
- Excellent attendance and work ethic.
- Positive attitude and desire to be a team player.
- Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with patients, physicians and other team members.
- A commitment to patient-focused care, privacy, and safety.
This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.
Make an impact in patient-focused healthcare. Look forward to coming to work and feel good about the work you do - apply today!
Premium Benefits
- Healthcare: Employee is 100% covered Medical, Dental, and Prescription Insurance
- Financial Wellbeing: Generous 401(k) plan and Flexible Spending Account options
- Work-Life Balance: Paid Time Off plus 9 paid holidays annually
- Wellness Support: Robust wellness program and employee assistance services
- Commuter Benefits: 70% of Tri-Met transit pass covered
- Additional Perks: Employee discounts and optional benefits like Pet Insurance
Patients and peers recognize The Oregon Clinic as a top regional healthcare provider and employer. We are:
- Guided by our values of dedicating to excellence, compassionate and joyful connection, inclusive collaboration, listening humbly, and leading with integrity.
- The largest physician-owned, multi-specialty medical and surgical practice in Oregon with a team of 1,500 team members across 30 specialties and our business office.
- Dedicated to providing the highest value care tailored to the needs of each unique patient.
- Proud to be consistently ranked by our employees as a Top 10 Workplace by The Oregonian.
Our Commitments
- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: We are more than an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and embrace differences and a diversity of backgrounds.
Our goal is for patients, physicians, and team members to see and feel diversity, equity, safety and inclusion in all aspects of their interactions with TOC clinics and administration.
- A safe workplace: We are an alcohol and drug-free workplace for the safety of our patients and employees. Offers are contingent on successful completion of drug and background screenings.
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Associate will primarily work in a clinic setting, assisting with in-office, minimally invasive procedures and providing complete physical assessments, health history, education, and counseling to patients. This role involves contributing to physician effectiveness by identifying patient care issues, recommending actions, and implementing directives while updating necessary records.
Requirements
Candidates must have successfully completed an accredited Physician Associate program and possess a current Oregon License, along with a required Bachelor's degree. While a minimum of one year of clinical PA experience is strongly preferred, new graduates are welcome to apply, and prior Plastic Surgery experience is a plus.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical (non-surgical) Physician Associate for Plastic Surgery in NE Portland and Happy Valley at Oregon Clinic a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery (PA) — ranked against 370 active Surgery (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.
Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context
Oregon Clinic holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 17 active listings.
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 80% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$158k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $153k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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