# Surgical Postgraduate Physician Assistant

**Company:** [Bassett Healthcare Network](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/9bSZLioGSqf2KJzayQJEre.md)
**Location:** Cooperstown, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Advanced Practice Clinicians

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## Description

**Overview**

**Bassett Healthcare Network**_**,**_ a progressive, academic health system in Central New York and a major teaching affiliate of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, is seeking a full-time Physician Assistant for our Surgical Postgraduate for our one-year Surgical Postgraduate Residency in the Department of Surgery.

-   **Salary: $90,000**
-   **Location: Cooperstown, NY**

**Summary**

-   This program was developed in 2005 by surgical physician assistants in multiple subspecialties to train PA’s in surgery to have a well-rounded background in general and specialty areas of surgery. The program is run by physician assistants and attending physicians at Bassett Healthcare including a regional network of four affiliate hospitals and 28 community health centers serving an eight-county region in central New York. PA’s spend most of their time in Cooperstown, N.Y. at The Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, a 180-bed acute care, and inpatient teaching facility. Bassett has physician residencies in General Surgery, Primary Care, Internal Medicine and transitional year.
-   Currently, over 20 physician assistants practice within the Department of Surgery, including all of the subspecialties.

**Job Description & Responsibilities**

-   The post graduate training program is 12-months in duration, with didactic and clinical portions ongoing throughout the year
-   PA’s will participate in grand rounds, surgical case presentation, surgical subspecialty conference, surgeon-in-chief rounds, Morbidity and Mortality conference, Trauma conference and complete selected readings and/or attend conferences specific to each subspecialty rotation
-   The PA will be encouraged to be a self-motivated, lifelong learner. PA’s rotate through general surgery, ICU/Cardiac surgery, Orthopedic surgery, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynecology, Otolaryngology, and Rural Surgery
-   The opportunity to select one or two electives to complete during the last eight weeks of the program.
-   PA’s should plan to work 50-hours a week, plus one night of call every other week

## Requirements

-   National Certification as a Physician Assistant

-   New York medical license (or eligibility to obtain)
-   BLS Certification Required

## Benefits

**Compensation**

-   Salary: $90,000

**Additional Benefits**

-   CME time and allowance
-   Paid time off, including vacation, company holidays, and sick time
-   Malpractice coverage
-   Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
-   Supportive transition bonus of $5,000 and full onboarding program
-   EMR - EPIC
-   Clear leadership pathways for our Advanced Practice Clinicians
-   Join Bassett as a Member of the Medical Staff
-   Great focus on practitioner well-being – Bassett offers virtual scribes from day 1 and virtual coverage of in-baskets in a wide variety of services