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Port Jefferson, New York

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant-Pre Surgical Testing (Full Time)

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Listed compensation

$121k-$212k

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Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
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Job Description

Job Description

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient
admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation.
Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Job Responsibility

* Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
* Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to
ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
* Performs daily patient rounds.
* Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
* Interprets laboratory and test results.
* Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other
care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
* Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals
on patient charts.
* Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
* Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are
considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with
Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not
essential functions.

Job Qualification

* Bachelor’s Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review
Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
* Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York
State Department of Education, required. 
* Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification
of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required. 
* Current BLS certification, required. 

OR 

* Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board
Certification in specialty area required. 
* Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State, and
current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York
State, required. 
* Has a collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with
NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per
the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015. 
* Current BLS certification, required.

*Additional Salary Detail 
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of
potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for
this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the
future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors
may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service line, years
of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and
internal equity).

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant performs patient assessments, diagnoses, and treatments while managing the plan of care and daily rounds. They also interpret diagnostic tests, coordinate with the medical team, and provide discharge instructions to patients.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and be a graduate of an accredited program with current New York State licensure as a PA or NP. Additionally, current NCCPA or National Board certification and BLS certification are required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentPlan of care developmentMedication orderingDiagnostic test interpretationClinical documentationPatient educationDischarge planningCollaboration

Pre-Surgical Testing — Physician Assistant Career Context

Northwell holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 464 active listings.

In New York, the Physician Assistant weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$157k (550 salary observations; 681 listings), vs ~$140k nationally (7,774 salary observations; 15,844 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 68% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$167k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $154k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
45%
Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
16%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Port Jefferson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$767k
Typical market rent
$3,549/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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