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Essen Medical Associates
New York, New York

Physician Assistant - Neurology

Physician Assistant Top 25% in Neurology (PA)Full-Time

Listed compensation

$125K - $130K

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Job Description

Essen Health Care is the largest privately held, multispecialty medical group in New York, providing high-quality, compassionate care to some of the state’s most vulnerable and underserved residents.

Founded in 1999, we’ve grown from a single primary care office into a network of 50+ locations offering urgent care, primary care and specialty services, from women’s health to endocrinology and psychiatry. We also provide nursing home support, care management, and in-home care through our Essen House Calls program.

Guided by a Population Health model, our team of 500+ providers deliver care in-person, at home, or via telehealth, ensuring patients get the support they need when and where they need it.

We’re looking for talented, motivated individuals to join our growing team. Whether you’re a medical provider, administrator, or operations professional, there’s a career here for you. Join us in making a real difference in the health of our community.

Job Summary

Job Summary: The Physician Assistant will support the doctors’ work and actively facilitate patients’ recovery. You will apply medical techniques and principles under the direction of a physician and you will deal with a diverse set of patients offering them care and encouragement.

Responsibilities

  • Responsibilities include:
  • Provide healthcare services under supervision of a physician.
  • Examine patients and record their medical histories.
  • Conduct physicals and treat minor injuries (sutures, splints, etc)
  • Order diagnostic tests, interpret results and diagnose medical conditions.
  • Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval.
  • Monitor responses to treatments and counsel patients.
  • Assess patients’ health and their demands and aim to fulfill them as well as possible.
  • Issue appropriate prescriptions and administer medicine.
  • Inform physicians about any problems or discrepancies that might arise.
  • Acquire and review patient histories identifying abnormal conditions.
  • Monitor patients’ progress and keep records of treatments, surgeries or other medical events.
  • Prepare patients for examinations and conduct routine procedures (measure blood pressure and temperature, administer injections etc)
  • Provide therapeutic treatments (disinfecting wounds, stitching etc.)
  • Collaborate effectively with team members of various specializations.
  • Attend to emergencies.
  • Salary: $125,000-$130,000

Qualifications

  • Job Requirements:
  • Master’s Degree required
  • Active New York license as a Physician Assistant
  • Currently New York Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement Registration

Master's Degree

  • Graduate of an approved PA Program and a post-graduate training program in surgery or at least one-year equivalent work experience
  • Current Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  • Emergency Medicine / Family Practice/Acute Care
  • DOT, BLS, ACLS Preferred
  • Bilingual a plus - Spanish
  • Proven work experience as a physician assistant or nurse
  • Knowledge of EMR Systems preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS (preferred)

Key Skills

NeurologyPatient assessmentDiagnostic testingPrescription managementPhysical examinationsSuturingSplintingPatient counselingEmergency careMedical history documentationClinical collaborationTreatment monitoring

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant - Neurology at Essen Medical Associates a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Neurology (PA) — ranked against 47 active Neurology (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Neurology — Physician Assistant Career Context

Essen Medical Associates holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 77/100, 61 active listings.

Of the 50 active Neurology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 78% have no call, 74% 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 ~$128k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $118k 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 & Perks33 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
91% this job
Sign-on bonus
67%
CME allowance
61% this job
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
21%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.2
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 47 Neurology (PA) listings

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

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$876k≈ 7.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,154/mo≈ 40% of gross pay
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.

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

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About Essen Medical Associates

Hospitals and Health Care
Bronx, New York
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
CME Allowance
Malpractice Coverage