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Wellpath
Franklin, Tennessee · Remote OK

Virtual Primary Care Physician Assistant

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

The Virtual Primary Care Physician Assistant provides care to incarcerated patients remotely via a secure telemedicine platform. Responsibilities include conducting history and physical exams, managing sick call visits, and documenting in the EMR.

The PA collaborates with onsite clinical staff and ensures care follows clinical protocols and HIPAA compliance standards. This role includes patient and staff education and participation in quality assurance initiatives.

The PA may also support acute care and psychiatric evaluations in conjunction with supervising physicians.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct virtual primary care exams and sick calls in collaboration with onsite staff
  • Develop and document treatment plans in the EMR following best practices
  • Educate patients and facility staff on medical conditions and treatments
  • Participate in quality management, peer reviews, and administrative meetings
  • Assess acute and psychiatric concerns in accordance with protocols and supervision
  • Additional Details
  • FLORIDA and NEW YORK Licensure are needed for this opening
  • Qualifications & Requirements

Education

Completion of an accredited education program for PAs

Experience

  • Minimum of one (1) year correctional healthcare experience preferred
  • LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
  • Unrestricted current license, certification, or registration in EACH state of practice
  • Must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc.
  • This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact ADARequests@wellpath.us

Requirements

Candidates must have completed an accredited Physician Assistant program and hold unrestricted licensure in Florida and New York. At least one year of correctional healthcare experience is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient assessmentElectronic medical recordsPatient educationPsychiatric evaluationTreatment planningPeer review

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Virtual Primary Care Physician Assistant at Wellpath a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 424 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 82% have no call, 76% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Primary Care by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in primary care (pa)ranked against 424 Primary Care (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPrimary Care median $126k (middle half $113k–$150k)45 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 4% remote · 82% no call · 76% 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
Primary Care hiring demand#5 of 5 specialtiespostings stay open a median 31 days · 31% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, September 2026 · 194 postings, 348 closed
New Primary Care listings1,046 in the last 30 days627 the 30 days before (+67%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (424 Primary Care (PA) listings), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Benefits & Perks

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.1
Better work-life than 60% of Primary Care (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 424 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision
Paid Time Off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Dependent Scholarships
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company Paid Life Insurance