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Warwick, Rhode Island

Physician Assistant

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Listed compensation

$96k-$206k

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Job Description

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Title: Physician Assistant

Company: Oak Street Health

Role Description

The purpose of a Physician Assistant at Oak Street Health is to provide effective and equitable value-based primary care to adults on Medicare to keep them happy, healthy, and out of the hospital.

Physician Assistants see patients independently and collaborate with physicians, depending on the patients specific situation. Physician Assistants provide longitudinal care and build meaningful patient relationships; this creates trust and helps our patients understand and feel connected to their care plan.

Physician Assistants practice in our outpatient practices on a collaborative care team composed of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, medical assistants, a dedicated medical scribe, and support from registered nurses and care managers. We partner with a network of elite specialists and hospitals for specialty and acute care. As such, our healthcare providers can focus on care within the clinic: primary care, care coordination, and population health.

Core Responsibilities

  • Provision of exceptional primary care.
  • Conduct office visits for routine and acute issues.
  • Administer Annual wellness visits and health risk assessments, which require a holistic view of health and a focus on thoughtful, accurate, and specific documentation.
  • Care coordination with other providers, specialists, testing facilities, and agencies.
  • Population health leadership, in coordination with the Care Team (e. g., making sure all eligible females get their evidence-based breast cancer screening every 2 years)
  • Assisting the care team with phone triage and outreach.
  • Educating patients on their health conditions, care plans, and treatments.
  • Participating in Oak Street Health promotional activities.
  • Conducting home visits as needed.
  • Other duties, as assigned.
  • This role reports to the Center Medical Director and works closely with operational leadership.

Required Qualifications

  • 3 years primary care experience (preferred)
  • Active, non-probationary state Physician Assistant license
  • Active DEA license
  • US Work Authorization
  • Someone who embodies being Oaky

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in primary care: internal medicine, geriatrics, or family medicine
  • Understands HCC (Hierarchical Condition Categories) documentation, ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases-10) Coding, and Health Risk Assessments (HRAs).
  • Passion for teamwork and the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally
  • Desires to be a part of an innovative model focused on empirically-guided population health
  • Bilingual proficiency in applicable areas
  • Anticipated Weekly Hours
  • 40
  • Time Type
  • Full time

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range for This Role Is

$95,738.00 - $206,206.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great Benefits for Great People

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

This job does not have an application deadline, as CVS Health accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant provides value-based primary care to Medicare patients, conducting office visits and health risk assessments. They also coordinate care with specialists, lead population health initiatives, and educate patients on their treatment plans.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active, non-probationary state Physician Assistant license and a DEA license. While 3 years of primary care experience is preferred, the role requires US work authorization.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient careClinical documentationICD-10 codingPatient educationValue-based care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant at CVS Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 449 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 68% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Rhode Island is 102.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$151k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $148k in an average-cost state. 63.1% of Rhode Island clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution29 jobs · 21 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
80% this job
CME allowance
60%
Sign-on bonus
52%
Loan repayment
20%
Relocation assistance
16%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Primary Care (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 449 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Warwick

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$435k≈ 4.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,182/mo≈ 27% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.8
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.