Physician Assistant Psychiatry
Listed compensation
$100k-$140k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Flexible schedule
- Home office stipend
- Paid time off
Training & Development
This position requires advanced Psychiatric Skill Sets. You must have experience prescribing and/or recommending psychotropic medications in a Psychiatric Setting.
Region: Entire Illinois
About Us
Mava Healthcare Systems, PLLC provides fully integrative behavioral health services. Our multi-disciplinary team realizes that this population has special physical, emotional, and social needs. The psychiatric team is board-certified psychiatrists who collaborate with the psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Physician Assistant to join our team! As a Physician Assistant, you will be examining patients, collecting patient medical history, and making tentative diagnoses on minor and major issues.
You will also be reading diagnostic tests and reports, interpreting data, taking the time with each patient to explain their test results and medical diagnoses, and prescribing therapy or medication with a physician's approval.
The ideal candidate has an excellent bedside manner, experience charting in a medical environment, and has strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
Examine each patient, take a detailed medical history, and chart everything medically important in their records
- Read test results, interpret data appropriately, and make diagnostic suggestions based on those results
- Explain to the patient test results and expected health outcomes
- Prescribe medication or therapy with a physician overseeing as part of a larger health plan
Work closely with nurses, other Physician Assistants, and Physicians to formulate a full, comprehensive treatment plan
Qualifications
- Nurse - PMHNP or PA-C with Psychiatric CAQ
- Bilingual Spanish is a plus!
- Must be licensed in IL
- Current License & DEA Required
- Experience with all age groups
- Must be a team-player
- Must be adaptive and flexible
- Nurse Practitioner PMHNP (Required)
- Physician Assistant with Psychiatric CAQ (Required)
What We Offer
- Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
- Collaborating Psychiatrists on the Illinois Team who provide services to the patients
- Flexible scheduling: Part-Time and Full-Time positions available
- Flexible work from home options available.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Psychiatry — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Psychiatry listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 70% have no call, 64% require no weekends — this position is remote.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$120k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $120k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.0 / 10 · above average in physician assistant roles | ranked against 4,556 Physician Assistant roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $100k–$140k | Psychiatry median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)36 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$120k in purchasing power | Illinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 2% remote · 70% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Illinois Physician Assistant listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus · 19% offer loan repayment138 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Psychiatry pay trend | +5.6% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
| MAVA Healthcare System | silver tier, 84/100 | Top Employers work-life index3 active listings |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant Psychiatry at MAVA Healthcare System a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician Assistant roles — ranked against 4,556 active Physician Assistant roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
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