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PORTLAND, OR, US

Physician Assistant - Peds Plastic Surgery

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Listed compensation

$79.29-$103.98/hr

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Job Description

The Physician Assistant (PA) delivers comprehensive care for pediatric patients in the Randall's Children Hospital Plastic Surgery program and supports select adult cosmetic surgery services. Working in collaboration with the plastic surgeon and the interdisciplinary care team, the PA is involved in evaluating, treating, and managing patients across the continuum of care, including outpatient clinics, surgical procedures, and postoperative follow-up.

Responsibilities include patient assessments, treatment planning, operating room assistance, minor procedures, patient and family education, care coordination, and post-surgical recovery management. The PA will care for a range of pediatric plastic and reconstructive conditions while also supporting the plastic surgeon with select adult cosmetic consultations and procedures as appropriate.

This role plays an important part in improving patient access, strengthening continuity of care, supporting surgical efficiency, and delivering high-quality, family-centered care within a growing pediatric plastic surgery practice.

Responsibilities

Pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery - comprehensive clinic visits, appointments and consultations.

Preoperative and Postoperative Patient and Family Management

  • Support in the operating room - scrubbed in - as deemed necessary by the plastic surgeon.
  • Minor office-based procedures
  • Patient and family education

Care Coordination Across Inpatient and Outpatient Settings

Select adult cosmetic surgery consultations and follow-up care - such as, MOHS procedures, etc.

Qualifications

Recommended 1-2 years of experience in surgical subspecialties such as plastics, ENT, urology, general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic, trauma, or vascular.

Surgical assisting experience preferred.

Knowledge of acute and chronic disease states, administration and prescription of medications, and delivering physical care following a treatment plan.

Licensure

  • Education and Licensure:
  • Requires Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of a physician assistant program accredited by any of the following accrediting bodies:
  • Committee on Allied Health, Education Accreditation of the American Medical Association (CAHEA).
  • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
  • Accreditation Review Commission on the Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
  • Current Oregon State PA license.

Pay Range

  • USD $79.29 - USD $103.98 /Hr.
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Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Patient assessmentPostoperative carePatient educationClinical documentationMedication administration

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 68% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$165k–$216kSurgery median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)41 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$184k in purchasing powerOregon index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 68% no call · 82% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Physician Assistant listings: 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
Surgery pay trend+3.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 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.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
91%
CME allowance
56%
Sign-on bonus
44%
Loan repayment
13%
Relocation assistance
9%

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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 361 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Legacy Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Portland, OR
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Equal opportunity employer

Living in Portland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$523k
Typical market rent
$1,719/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
105.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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