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Physician Assistant cover letter example

This page shows a full Physician Assistant cover letter, marked up with what a hiring manager reads each paragraph for.

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The letter

A physician assistant cover letter, marked up.

Dear Dr. Nakashima,

I am applying for the Physician Assistant position at Boulder Creek Orthopedic Surgery. I first assist on roughly two hundred cases a year and run our Friday fracture clinic independently, which is close to the split your posting describes.

The fracture clinic includes reductions and casting with the attending available but not present, which took about a year to earn. My hospital medicine year is why I am comfortable with the surgical patient who arrives with three other conditions already in play.

Your posting mentions expanding to a second operating day rather than adding clinic. That changes what the practice needs from an assistant, since the clinic still has to run on the day the surgeon is not in it.

I hold a Colorado Physician Assistant license, current Physician Assistant Certified status, and Advanced Trauma Life Support certification.

I would like to hear how call is shared and what the second operating day would mean for clinic coverage. I am glad to meet at your convenience.

Sincerely, Marcus Feldman

Before you send it

What healthcare hiring managers look for

A surgical practice hiring a Physician Assistant reads for case volume, what you do independently, and how you handle call. The split between operating room and clinic is the detail that decides fit.

There are 7,498 open Physician Assistant roles, concentrated in New York.

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Common questions

Writing a physician assistant cover letter.

Your annual case volume, your case mix, and what you run without the attending present. Open Physician Assistant roles on the board right now: 7,498.

As cases a year with the case mix named. A Physician Assistant first assisting on total joints and arthroscopy is describing a specific week, not a general interest in surgery.

Yes, because it is what a practice is buying. A Physician Assistant in New York who runs a fracture clinic alone frees the surgeon for a full operating day.