Physician Assistant Job In Asheville, North Carolina
Surgery Trauma Advanced Practice Provider
Description
Specialization:
Surgery Trauma
Job Summary:
Mission Health is excited to welcome experienced trauma physician assistants to join our team in Asheville, North Carolina.Qualified Candidates:
- Completion of an accredited physician assistant program with appropriate certification exams
- Requires experience as a practicing PA in a hospitalist, trauma or surgery setting
- Experience with autonomy re: admitting, resuscitating, and rounding on patients
- Work with a large, stable and established group of surgeons
- Surgical Resident interaction and support on trauma; surgical critical care
- 100% inpatient
- Minimum 6 shifts required per two-week pay period
- Day, night and float shifts required
- Shift incentives available for exceeding minimum shift requirement
- Limited OR time, with ample opportunity to perform procedures in trauma bay and on floor
- This is an employed position with HCA Healthcare
- Competitive compensation driven by MGMA data and industry benchmarking
- Robust health and wellness benefit offerings; health, dental, vision & pharmacy, etc.
- 401k plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase program with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Paid Time Off (PTO) Accrual
- CME allowance
- Mission Hospital is licensed for 815 beds and is the region’s only Level II Trauma Center
- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level III Epilepsy Center, Level III NICU, and includes the only children’s hospital in western North Carolina
- Received Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals Award™ (2023, 2022, 2021)
- Awarded an 'A' Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group (2023, 2022)
- Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence
While Asheville retains the charm and friendliness of a medium-sized city, it boasts the amenities of a much larger city. Theater, live music, festivals, excellent restaurants, diverse populations, art galleries, cultural diversions and museums abound. Eclectic art galleries, micro-breweries and cozy cafes can be found at every turn. A food lover's paradise, culinary offerings range from traditional southern comfort food to four-star cuisine. Asheville is also home to America's largest privately-owned home, the Biltmore Estate, and the historic Grove Park Inn. Downtown Asheville is pedestrian-friendly and dog-friendly, and the city's unique skyline of art-deco style buildings are surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
Mission Hospital is a Level II Trauma Center licensed for 730 beds and serves as the tertiary referral center for Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital's Heart Services was named one of the nation's Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics in 2013. For the seventh consecutive year, Mission Health System was named as one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems by Truven Health Analytics. Mission Health System also has been recognized by The Commonwealth Fund as having one of the most effective quality improvement programs in US hospitals.