Trauma Surgery NP​/PA

Job Summary And Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Trauma Surgery Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team in Gilbert, Arizona. The role involves providing comprehensive and high-quality care to critically injured patients in a level 3/4 trauma hospital.

• Provide care to general surgery and trauma patients at level 3/4 trauma hospital. Volume expansion.
• 12‑hour shifts; night shifts under discussion with potential swing shift (Noon–Midnight) and overnight shifts as the service line grows.
• Clinic rotates one APP per week for 4 hours to cover postoperative appointments and assist with triage as needed.
• Respond to new general surgery consults when the surgeon is not on site and to trauma activations in the ED.
• Perform bedside procedures; surgeon takes resident into OR.
• No call; follow the listed shifts.

• Degree as a Physician Assistant (PA‑C)
• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant program
• Valid AZ Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants license and NCCPA certification
• Valid DEA registration
• Meets credentialing criteria for medical staff
• General Surgery and ED experience a plus

• Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN)
• Graduate of accredited program for Nurse Practitioners
• Compact state or Arizona RN license
• Arizona Advanced Practice Nurse license
• National Certificate as a nurse practitioner in specialty under AZ regulations (NP‑AACN, NP‑AANP, NP‑ANCC)
• Valid DEA registration
  
  Meets credentialing criteria for medical staff
• General Surgery and ED experience a plus

Dignity Health Medical Group (DHMG) is the employed provider group of Dignity Health Arizona. DHMG employs approximately 350 providers and 850 support staff covering a wide variety of specialties. The group offers more than 73 sub‑specialty services and is involved in research, education, and delivering socially‑just and equitable care.

$112,569 - $189,113 /year