SENIOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
County of Los Angeles
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County of Los Angeles Health Services recruits for a leadership role coordinating Physician Assistants across emergency care, primary care, women's health, orthopedics, and surgery. The position requires PA licensure in California, BLS/BCLS, and at least two years of PA experience in defined specialties.
The role involves supervising PA staff, evaluating performance, and guiding program development. Applicants must meet licensing requirements and may be required to participate in rotating shifts
Qualifications
- Two years of experience as a Physician Assistant in the applicable specialty role(s).
- A valid license to practice as a Physician Assistant in California.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification.
Responsibilities
- Serve as first line administrative supervisor for Physician Assistants under the technical direction of a physician.
- Prepare performance evaluations for the Physician Assistant staff.
- Make recommendations regarding hiring, promotions, and transfers and progressive disciplinary measures.
- Conduct staff meetings to ensure policies and procedures are understood and applied.
- Review the quality of assignments and implement corrective measures.
- Develop and revise PA programs in response to training needs and changes in standards.
- Assist in supervising and evaluating clinical performance of PAs in various specialties.
- Serve as a resource for unusual or difficult cases and provide evaluation and treatment procedures.
- Assist in clinical training of students and orientation of allied health staff.
- Coordinate staff development through in-service training and conferences.
Education
Job description
We Encourage Applications from anyone!
We will be accepting online applications beginning July, 2, 2026, at 9:45 AM (PT)
Exam Number: Y5051G
Open Competitive Job Opportunity (OC)
LA Health Services is LA County’s integrated healthcare system and the second‑largest public health system in the nation. Our system includes four public hospitals, more than 20 community health centers, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Correctional Health Services, and community‑based programs that connect people to care where they are.
We serve as the safety net for more than 10 million residents, providing care regardless of ability to pay, insurance coverage, or immigration status. As one connected system, we deliver extraordinary care—from prevention and primary care to emergency, specialty, trauma, and recovery services across Los Angeles County.
With more than 2.9 million visits annually and a workforce of over 23,000 dedicated staff, LA Health Services is proud to deliver high‑quality, compassionate, and accessible care to everyone, no matter how they come through our doors.
Explore our one system of hospitals and community health centers: Our Locations – Los Angeles Health Services
- Flexible Benefit Plans - Benefits may be purchased using tax‑free County contribution of an additional 14.5%-17% of the employee's monthly salary.
- Robust Retirement Packages - Contributory‑defined benefit plan; optional tax‑deferred income plans that may include a County matching contribution up to 4% of employee's salary.
- Generous Parental and Family Leave Benefits
- Ridesharing, Parking, and Transit Benefits
- 13 paid holidays per year
To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.
Provides administrative supervision to a large group of Physician Assistants who perform medical examinations, procedures, and treatments under the technical supervision of physicians.
Positions allocable to this class provide first‑level administrative supervision to a large group of Physician Assistants and trainees. These positions are found within large and complex medical divisions in a hospital or comprehensive health centers. Incumbents utilize knowledge of basic supervision principles as well as medical techniques in various medical specialties such as emergency care, primary care, women’s health care, and orthopedics. These positions may be required to walk or stand for long periods of time and lift heavy equipment while providing medical services to the patient.
- Serves as first line administrative supervisor for a group of Physician Assistants under the technical direction of a physician.
- Prepares performance evaluations for the Physician Assistant staff.
- Makes recommendations regarding hiring, promotions, and transfers as well as progressive disciplinary measures to impose involving subordinate Physician Assistants and trainees.
- Conducts staff meetings as needed to ensure that administrative and medical treatment policies and procedures are clearly understood and applied.
- Reviews the quality of completed and pending assignments and implements corrective measures where necessary.
- Develops and revises proposed Physician Assistant programs in response to identified training needs, review of patient records, and changes in professional standards and practices.
- Assists in supervising and evaluating clinical performance of the Physician Assistants assigned to various specialty areas.
- Serves as a resource person to the Physician Assistants for unusual or difficult cases and demonstrates appropriate evaluation and treatment procedures.
- Assists in the clinical training of students and orientation of allied health team by providing training and evaluating their performance.
- Coordinates staff development through in‑service training, offsite conferences, seminars, or college courses.
Two years of experience as a Physician Assistant in the applicable specialty role(s):
- Physician Assistant, Emergency Care OR
- Physician Assistant, Primary Care OR
- Physician Assistant, Women’s Health Care OR
- Physician Assistant, Orthopedics OR
- Physician Assistant, Surgery
A valid license to practice as a Physician Assistant* issued by the Physician Assistant Board of California.
Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by the American Hearth Association -OR- a Basic Cardiac Life Support Certificate (BCLS) issued by an approved provider.
- Certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Master's Degree from an accredited university** in Public Health Science, Biology, Human Anatomy, Physiology or Physician Assistant studies.
- Additional years of experience as a Physician Assistant beyond the Selection Requirements.
This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
- *Experience working as a Physician Assistant in the County of Los Angeles means working under a physician's supervision. It involves performing medical examinations, selected diagnostic and therapeutic tasks, and special procedures to help deliver medical services to patients
- Applicants must include a clear photocopy of their credential authorizing them to work as a Physician Assistant including certificates such as the BLS or BCLS.
- ** To receive credit for education listed under the Desirable Qualifications, applicants should submit a legible copy of their official diploma, official transcript, or letter/certificate from an accredited institution within seven (7) days of filing your application. The document should show the date the degree was conferred. For more information on the standards for educational documents, please visit the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC‑PA) and Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) websites to learn more about accredited PA programs.
Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must attach a copy of their license from that state to the application at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days from the application filing date. Experience will not be considered if the license information is not provided.
The required license and certificates MUST be current and unrestricted; conditional, provisional, probationary or restricted license and certificates will NOT be accepted.
We do not accept documents that are password protected. Applicants must ensure all documents are unlocked before attaching them to their submission or sending them for exam evaluation. Emailed degrees or transcripts will not be accepted or considered unless they are clearly identifiable in the subject line or within the email.
This examination will consist of an evaluation of training and experience based upon application information and desirable qualifications 100%.
Candidate's will need to achieve a passing score of 70% or higher on the examination in order to be placed on the eligible list.
Applicants who passed the assessment(s) are placed on a list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months. Applications will be processed as they are received and added to the list accordingly. We will use this list to fill vacancies throughout the Los Angeles Health Services as they occur.
No person may compete in this examination more than once every twelve (12) months.
Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
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(323) 914-6365
(800) 735-2922
Brenda Aguila, Exam Analyst
(213) 288-7000
baguila@dhs.lacounty.gov (Best way to contact)
Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.
This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non‑discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov .
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
For more information on veteran’s credit, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205102_PPG_115.pdf
Revised September 2025
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