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Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Advanced Practitioners - Surgery - Trauma/Acute Care | Gainesville

Physician AssistantFull-Time

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Job Description

For Inpatient assignment, assists the attending physician in the care and management of patients on Inpatient units within the hospital.

This includes making patient rounds, contributing to the decisions for daily care, writing orders, interacting with consultants, and facilitating and coordinating the scheduling of therapeutic and diagnostic tests and procedures.

Will make frequent bedside visits to assess the status of patients and direct care accordingly. May also see patients in the clinic environment.

For Emergency Dept. assignment assists the Emergency Department physicians in the comprehensive medical care of the patient, in the emergency department and the chest pain observation unit and in any role the supervisory physician deems appropriate and consistent with applicable law, hospital regulation and licensure and clinical privileges.

The incumbent will consult with the supervisory physician to determine the most appropriate care for patients.

For Clinic assignment, under supervision of an attending physician this position will provide diagnostic and therapeutic health care coverage for patients which will include but not be limited to taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, coordinating lab tests, diagnostic studies, prescribing medications, and providing assistance to the patient regarding a plan of treatment and education.

Other duties may include sharing call hours, phone coverage, and seeing admitted patients within the hospital. For ICU assignment assists the attending ICU physician in the care and management of patients.

This includes making patient rounds, contributing to the decisions for daily care, writing orders, interacting with consultants, and facilitating and coordinating the scheduling of therapeutic and diagnostic tests and procedures.

Will make frequent bedside visits to assess the status of patients and direct care accordingly.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Master�s degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program. Credentialing: Must meet requirements set forth by the Medical Staff Office to obtain and retain privileges to practice as a Physician Assistant within UF Health Shands Hospital and/or the Shands UF Healthcare Network, as applicable. Additional

Requirements

Specific Area or Specialty --/-- Additional Requirements: Adult ICUs --/-- PA-C required. ICU Experience preferred. Emergency Medicine --/-- PA-C required. Emergency Medicine Experience preferred. Pediatric ICU --/-- PA-C required. Neonatal ICU --/-- NNP required. NICU experience preferred.

Surgical/Operative Adult --/-- PA-C required. Adult Clinic/Primary Care --/-- PA-C required. Pediatric Clinic/Primary Care --/-- PA-C required. Nurse Midwife --/-- CNM or APRN with Florida license to practice midwifery required. Psychology/Psychiatry --/-- PA-C required.

Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will not operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose NOTE: A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile a) at least once daily, b) at least five individual trips per week or c) drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job.

Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current and clear license (or eligible to be licensed) as a Physician Assistant (PA) in the State of Florida. BLS is required.

Key Responsibilities

The incumbent will assist attending physicians in the care and management of patients across various hospital units, including inpatient, ICU, and emergency departments. Responsibilities include performing physical exams, ordering diagnostic tests, prescribing medications, and coordinating patient treatment plans.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient careMedical history takingDiagnostic testingTrauma careAcute careICU managementClinical documentationTreatment planningPatient educationCollaboration with consultants

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 62% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution48 jobs · 35 employers

11
<$140k
7
$140k-160k
15
$160k-180k
14
$180k-200k
1
$212k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
66%
Sign-on bonus
58%
Relocation assistance
11%
Loan repayment
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.7this job 1.5
Better work-life than 30% of Surgery (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 359 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Gainesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$295k
Typical market rent
$1,618/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Gainesville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.