PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT FAMILY PRACTICE

Sun Life Health • Florence, AZ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

A physician assistant (PA) provides health care services to patients under the direction and responsible supervision of a physician. PA's are academically and clinically trained to perform many of the routine but time-consuming tasks that physicians usually do, and are accountable for their own actions as well as being accountable to their supervising physicians.

Requirements

• Completion of a four-year accredited physician assistant baccalaureate program and a year of clinical training, OR Completion of a two-year accredited physician assistant program (which, in turn, requires two years of undergraduate study) plus two years of clinical training following completion of PA program
• State accreditation based on certifying exam.
• Continued employment requires 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and passing a recertification examination every 6 years

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree