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Memphis, Tennessee

Assistant-Physician

Physician AssistantFull-Time

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Job Description

Practices autonomously and in collaboration with other health care professionals to treat and manage patient's health problems and serve in various settings as researchers, consultants, and patient advocates for individuals, families, groups, and communities. Performs comprehensive assessments, diagnoses, and manages illness and disease. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Develops a plan of care within scope of practice of the physicians assistant utilizing written protocols to ensure quality patient care.
  • Uses prescriptive authority, procedures, referrals, treatments, and theories in accordance with state/federal laws and regulations.
  • Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues.
  • Provides clinical leadership.
  • Supports life long learning.
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

  • #N/A

Minimum Required

  • 1 year clinical experience functioning in the Physician Assistant role in a primary care setting

Preferred/Desired

Education

Minimum Required

  • A graduate of a accredited physician assistant training program and has successfully completed the examination of the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants.

Preferred/Desired

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

  • Computer literate.

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Minimum Required

  • Current license by the state they practice. Eligible for or have certificate of fitness/prescription privileges. BLS

Preferred/Desired

Requirements

Requires at least one year of clinical experience as a physician assistant in a primary care setting, graduation from an accredited physician assistant training program, and successful completion of the NCCPA examination. Applicants must hold a current state license and be eligible for or hold prescription privileges; computer literacy is required, and BLS is preferred.

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentDiagnosisCare PlanningIllness and Disease ManagementClinical ProceduresPatient AdvocacyInterprofessional Collaboration

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 60% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

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

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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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 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Primary Care (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 435 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Memphis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$142k
Typical market rent
$1,232/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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