How much does a Physician Assistant - Surgical make in Atlanta, GA? The average Physician Assistant - Surgical salary in Atlanta, GA is $127,827 as of February 26, 2024, but the range typically falls between $113,162 and $140,681. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. 

Physician Assistant - Surgical Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Physician Assistant - Surgical Salary $99,810 Atlanta,GA February 26, 2024
25th Percentile Physician Assistant - Surgical Salary $113,162 Atlanta,GA February 26, 2024
50th Percentile Physician Assistant - Surgical Salary $127,827 Atlanta,GA February 26, 2024
75th Percentile Physician Assistant - Surgical Salary $140,681 Atlanta,GA February 26, 2024
90th Percentile Physician Assistant - Surgical Salary $152,384 Atlanta,GA February 26, 2024
25% $113,162 10% $99,810 90% $152,384 75% $140,681 $127,827 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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Each competency has five to ten behavioral assertions that can be observed, each with a corresponding performance level (from one to five) that is required for a particular job.

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Collaboration: Works cooperatively and shares ideas with coworkers and managers to achieve common goals and objectives.

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Acute Care: Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.

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medical services: A service that provides medical treatment to people within an area or country: In poorer countries without a reliable health service, 90% of care for people with Aids-related illnesses is carried out in the home. health services.

Collaboration 1.72%
Acute Care 1.43%
medical services 1.17%
Others 95.68%

Job Description for Physician Assistant - Surgical

Physician Assistant - Surgical under the direction of physician, performs first assistant surgical duties, including tissue retraction and suturing. Completes pre-op tasks including physical examinations and recording health history. Being a Physician Assistant - Surgical orders appropriate laboratory and radiographic tests. Participates in daily patient rounds, writes progress notes, conducts patient education, writes prescriptions, and prepares discharge summaries Requires completion of the PANCE exam administered by National Commission of the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Additionally, Physician Assistant - Surgical requires a master's degree of Health Sciences for Physician Assistants or related. Typically reports to a physician. Requires Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C). Requires State license to practice. Physician Assistant - Surgical's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)... View full job description

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Physician Assistant - Surgical salary varies from city to city. Compared with national average salary of Physician Assistant - Surgical, the highest Physician Assistant - Surgical salary is in San Francisco, CA, where the Physician Assistant - Surgical salary is 25.0% above. The lowest Physician Assistant - Surgical salary is in Miami, FL, where the Physician Assistant - Surgical salary is 2.9% lower than national average salary.

City, State Compared to national average
City, State San Francisco, CA Compared to national average
+ 25.0%
City, State Washington, DC Compared to national average
+ 11.3%
City, State Miami, FL Compared to national average
-2.9%
City, State Chicago, IL Compared to national average
+ 5.5%
City, State Boston, MA Compared to national average
+ 12.7%
City, State New York, NY Compared to national average
+ 17.5%
City, State Dallas, TX Compared to national average
-0.7%

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