Physician Assistant - Joliet, IL
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · on-site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
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Premise's mission is to help people get, stay, and be well. We hope you will join us in our mission and experience why amazing health starts with amazing healthcare. For more information, visit www.premisehealth.com.
As a Full Time Physician Assistant, you'll provide care to client employees and their dependents in our Health Center located in Joliet, IL.
Schedule
40 Hours Per Week
Mon & Wed 10:00 am - 7:00 pm; Tue, Thu & Fri 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Closed Daily for lunch 1-hour Required to Work 1 Late Shift
What You’ll Do
- Conducts physical exams and preventive health measures per guidelines and approved agreements.
- Performs procedures such as injections, suturing, wound care, and infection management.
- Develops patient care plans, records progress, and ensures continuity of care.
- Educates patients on treatment plans, health maintenance, growth and development.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic tests to assess clinical conditions.
- Collaborates with physicians and healthcare teams for comprehensive care.
- Prescribes or recommends treatments, including medications and therapies.
- Refers patients to specialists or physicians as needed.
- Maintains patient health records to ensure accurate and up-to-date documentation and records.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
What You’ll Bring
- Maintains state licenses/certifications to practice.
- Maintains Board of Pharmacy Prescribing License (if applicable).
- Current NCCPA national certification required.
- Degree from ARC-PA accredited program.
- Federal DEA license (matching each state of practice as applicable).
Current certification with hands-on training in AHA, ARC or equivalent Basic Life Support for health care providers is required; Advanced Cardiac Life Support may also be required based on contract scope of services.
At least three years of clinical experience as a Physician Assistant in an ambulatory care, occupational health, family practice or emergency department setting.
Certificates/Security Clearances/Other
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant will conduct physical exams, perform medical procedures, and develop patient care plans in a clinical setting. They will also collaborate with healthcare teams to interpret diagnostic tests and manage patient treatment plans.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a degree from an ARC-PA accredited program and possess current NCCPA national certification. At least three years of clinical experience in an ambulatory, occupational, family practice, or emergency setting is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant - Joliet, IL at Vet Jobs a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (PA) — ranked against 636 active Family Medicine (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Family Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 70% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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