Chief Physician Assistant

Weill Cornell Medical College•New York, NY

4d•$167,900 - $176,800

About The Position

The Chief Physician Assistant (PA) leads the clinical Advanced Practice Provider (APP) team and serves as a clinical, educational, and administrative resource across the department. The role ensures APP practice aligns with institutional standards, regulatory requirements, and patient-care goals. With at least six years of clinical experience, the Chief PA acts as an expert-level practitioner with advanced clinical knowledge and the ability to manage complex patient-care scenarios. The Chief PA collaborates with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to improve performance, motivate teams, and foster a culture of excellence and accountability. This leadership position oversees APP performance, mentorship, onboarding, continuing education initiatives, and compliance with policies, procedures, and professional standards of care. It also includes direct patient care and coordination within specialty areas, including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, patient education, documentation, and collaboration with other healthcare providers.

Requirements

Graduate of an ARC-PA-accredited program.
Master’s degree.
At least six years of experience as a Physician Assistant in the specialty or a similar specialty.
Current New York State Physician Assistant license and registration.
Certification from the National Commission of Physician Assistants, Inc. (NCCPA).
BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Current ACLS or PALS certification, if applicable.
Strong leadership skills, including facilitation, management, conflict resolution, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
Ability to lead through emotional intelligence, adaptability, and motivational leadership, supporting engagement, relationship building, and patient-centered care.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
Ability to manage difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
Ability to adjust management styles to meet individual needs.
Ability to manage training requirements and resources.
Collaborative, team-oriented approach to achieving team goals.
Ability to lead by example and foster a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

Encourages performance through clear expectations, motivation, feedback, and accountability.
Establishes short- and long-term development and operational goals, monitors outcomes, and adjusts plans to achieve departmental and institutional objectives.
Connects individual and departmental goals with the overall organizational mission.
Recruits and facilitates orientation of new APP staff in collaboration with the medical team, provides ongoing support and mentorship, and completes annual performance evaluations.
Implements and supports patient-care models that enable staff to work at the highest level of their licensure, while fostering a team-oriented and positive workplace.
Manages APP practice, performance, and productivity to improve operational effectiveness and optimize revenue.
Maintains current knowledge of hospital bylaws, rules, regulations, DoP forms, and staff privileges, and recommends DoP requests consistent with state requirements and Weill Cornell Medicine scope-of-practice standards.
Leads clinical decision-making in high-pressure situations and helps resolve challenging patient-care scenarios.
Applies advanced clinical science knowledge to provide safe, effective, evidence-based patient care.
Communicates with patients, families, and healthcare team members to support clear information exchange and collaborative care planning.
Provides compassionate, respectful, responsive, patient-centered care.
Collaborates with healthcare professionals to optimize patient safety, care quality, and interdisciplinary teamwork.
Upholds ethical, culturally sensitive, and legally compliant medical practices and professional conduct.
Provides direct patient care and coordination within specialty areas.
Evaluates new and established patients by obtaining comprehensive or focused health histories and performing limited or complete physical examinations as appropriate.
Orders laboratory tests, imaging, diagnostic testing, and consultations; reviews and interprets results to develop care plans; and prescribes medications and therapeutic interventions as appropriate under accepted standards and guidelines.
Documents patient care in medical records according to documentation best practices.
Counsels and educates patients and caregivers on disease management, prevention, and health promotion, adapting guidance to age, education, psychosocial needs, and cultural background.
Confers with specialists, attending physicians, residents, APPs, nursing staff, and other healthcare providers to promote continuity of care and optimize outcomes.
Assists with preparing, implementing, and evaluating research protocols when applicable.
Performs diagnostic, therapeutic, and interventional procedures when applicable and as allowed by delineated privileges.
Educates and counsels patients in accordance with specialty practice standards.
Performs related duties as determined by patient or practice needs and delineated privileges, consistent with legal scope of practice and departmental protocols.
Obtains informed consent when indicated.