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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant -Obesity Surgery

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Listed compensation

$121k-$212k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 6mo ago

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

* 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 role involves performing technical procedures for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation, while also participating in performance improvement, research, and educational activities. Key duties include taking histories, performing exams, writing orders, interpreting results, conferring with physicians, and managing discharge documentation and patient instructions.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Master’s Degree from a Nurse Practitioner Program and hold National Board Certification in their specialty area. Required credentials include current Nurse Practitioner and Registered Professional Nurse licenses in New York State, along with current BLS certification.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentTreatment PlanningPatient Follow-upOrder WritingLaboratory InterpretationDiagnostic Test InterpretationPatient Care CollaborationPrescription Writing

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

Northwell ranks #4 of 15 employers hiring Physician Assistant on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 62% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$876k
Typical market rent
$4,154/mo
Residents’ average commute
40 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.