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City of Hope
Duarte, California

Physician Assistant - APP Inpatient Surgery

Physician AssistantIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$119K - $213K

Listing transparency3 of 6 stated

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We are seeking a Physician Assistant for Inpatient Surgery at City of Hope in Duarte. The Physician Assistant functions as part of a care team who, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive patient care. The Physician Assistant provides independent and collaborative medical management to a defined patient population, according to standardized procedures and in collaboration with a physician supervisor.

As a Successful Candidate, You Will

Provide primary, secondary, and in some cases, tertiary care within scope of practice, licensure, and organizational policies.

Services provided include, but are not limited to taking histories, conducting physical examinations, ordering, performing, and interpreting appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests and therapies and furnishing drugs and devices in a cost-efficient manner for specific conditions.

  • Perform history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, concise, relevant, and appropriate.
  • Document the consultation and new patient note.

Order and appropriate analyzes diagnostic tests including but not limited to laboratory and imaging evaluations.

Develop, implement, and evaluate the plan of care with modifications as needed and in coordination with the attending physician when appropriate.

Perform routine procedures pertinent to the practice and as granted through the privilege process.

During simple follow-up cases, the you may independently manage patients in follow-up including ordering follow-up imaging, providing medical care, and support to the patient including ordering pharmacological agents.

  • Interpret imaging and communicates with attending physician regarding interval patient change.
  • Prescribe and council patients on narcotic use safety.

Demonstrate pharmacologic knowledge including indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions, and adverse effects of pharmacologic agents.

Review treatment and therapy plans with patients and appropriate family members.

Your Qualifications Should Include

  • Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with a master’s degree as a Physician Assistant.
  • New graduates are welcome to apply.

Current California Physician Assistant License

  • Current American Heart Association BLS certification, required.
  • Current American Heart Association ACLS certification, required.
  • Must have a current DEA.
  • $119,000 to $213,000

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant provides comprehensive medical management and surgical support as part of a multidisciplinary care team. Responsibilities include conducting physical assessments, ordering diagnostic tests, and developing treatment plans in collaboration with attending physicians.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program and possess a current California Physician Assistant license. Additionally, current BLS, ACLS, and DEA certifications are required for the role.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Diagnostic testingSurgical assistancePharmacologyDocumentationTreatment planningPatient counselingImaging interpretationClinical collaboration

Surgery — Physician Assistant Career Context

City of Hope holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 53 active listings.

Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 70% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$166k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $150k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
66%
Sign-on bonus
38%
Relocation assistance
16%
Loan repayment
13%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Duarte

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$794k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About City of Hope

Hospitals and Health Care
Duarte, CA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Retirement plan