Physician Assistant Jobs in Arizona
Physician assistant jobs in Arizona are among the most active in the Southwest, with steady demand concentrated in primary care, urgent care, dermatology, and orthopedics, and openings ranging from new graduate positions through senior and lead PA roles. Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale account for the bulk of hiring, anchored by major systems and groups including Banner Health, Dignity Health, and Valleywise Health. The most consistent openings are in family medicine and emergency medicine, where Arizona's growing and aging population keeps demand high year-round. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Manager, Clinical Operations is a frontline clinical operations leader responsible for managing day-to-day field operations, supporting providers, coordinating coverage, maintaining workflow execution, and ensuring continuity of patient care within assigned markets or teams. This is a working clinical leadership role that maintains an active patient caseload while supporting operational performance. The Manager executes the operational direction established by the Senior Manager, Clinical Operations. The role emphasizes daily coordination, real-time provider support, issue resolution, field coaching, patient care delivery, and escalation of trends or concerns requiring higher-level leadership intervention.
Scope and Level of Responsibility
· Manages daily clinical operations within an assigned market, territory, or provider team.
· Focuses on workflow execution, scheduling support, coverage coordination, field issue resolution, onboarding support, and provider communication.
· Maintains an active patient caseload and provides direct patient care as a core responsibility.
· Escalates provider performance, quality, staffing, and operational concerns to the Senior Manager, Clinical Operations.
· Execute established standards and initiatives rather than owning enterprise strategy or broad clinical governance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Manage daily clinical operations for assigned providers, markets, or territories.· Coordinate provider schedules, patient assignments, coverage needs, and daily workflow priorities.
· Serve as a field-based clinical resource, coach, and role model for assigned providers.
· Assist with onboarding, orientation, training, shadowing, ride-along, and competency reinforcement for new and existing providers.
· Monitor daily workflow adherence, documentation completion, patient follow-up, and care continuity.
· Identify operational barriers and resolve day-to-day issues impacting provider effectiveness or patient care delivery.
· Review dashboards, reports, and operational indicators to identify immediate workflow concerns and escalate trends to the Senior Manager.
· Support implementation of quality improvement, documentation, productivity, and patient experience initiatives developed by senior leadership.
· Partner with Scheduling, Intake, HIM, Quality, Revenue Cycle, and Operations teams to resolve service delivery issues.
· Communicate provider concerns, staffing needs, workflow gaps, and patient care risks to the Senior Manager in a timely manner.
Leadership and Decision-Making Authority
· Provides frontline direction and real-time support to assigned providers.
· Makes day-to-day decisions related to workflow coordination, coverage support, patient assignment, and operational issue resolution within established guidelines.
· Recommends provider coaching, training, process changes, and escalation needs to the Senior Manager.
Required Qualifications
· Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
· Current unrestricted clinical license, as applicable.
· 5 or more years of clinical experience.
· 2 or more years of team lead, preceptor, supervisory, or frontline clinical operations experience.
· Experience supporting clinicians, coordinating daily workflows, resolving operational issues, and providing patient care in a clinical operations environment.
· Effective communication, organization, field problem-solving, and care coordination skills.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience in wound care, post-acute care, field-based care, value-based care, or multi-site clinical operations.
· Experience training, mentoring, or precepting clinicians.
· Experience using clinical dashboards, documentation systems, patient care platforms, or operational reporting tools.
Pay: $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: On the road
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What Arizona Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in physician assistant jobs across Arizona.
- Active Arizona physician assistant license issued by the Arizona Medical Board
- Graduation from an ARC-PA accredited physician assistant program
- Current NCCPA certification with valid Physician Assistant-Certified credential
- Current BLS certification and ACLS certification depending on specialty
- Minimum one to three years of clinical experience for most non-entry positions
- Ability to obtain and maintain DEA registration for prescribing controlled substances
Physician Assistant Jobs in Arizona: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a physician assistant in Arizona?
You become a physician assistant in Arizona by completing an accredited master's-level PA program and then applying for licensure through the Arizona Medical Board, which oversees PA licensing in the state. Applicants must hold a current Physician Assistant-Certified credential from the NCCPA and submit verification of their supervised clinical training. Once licensed, PAs in Arizona may prescribe medications, including controlled substances, after registering with the DEA and meeting the board's supervising physician requirements.
How much do physician assistants make in Arizona?
Physician assistants in Arizona earn a median of about $134,650 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $106,030 for the lowest 10% to over $174,420 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire physician assistants in Arizona?
Employers hiring physician assistants in Arizona right now include NextCare Urgent Care, Palo Verde Hematology Oncology, and HonorHealth, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Arizona's large integrated health systems and multispecialty groups tend to post the most consistent volume, particularly across the greater Phoenix and Tucson corridors.
Which Arizona cities have the most physician assistant jobs?
The cities with the most physician assistant openings in Arizona are Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale. Phoenix drives the largest share of listings given the concentration of Banner Health, Dignity Health, and Valleywise Health campuses there, while Tucson's volume is shaped by Banner University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Health Sciences, and Scottsdale reflects strong demand from private specialty practices and urgent care groups serving the East Valley.
Are there remote physician assistant jobs in Arizona?
Yes, but they're rare. Physician assistant work is predominantly hands-on and clinic- or hospital-based, which limits remote opportunities significantly. About 18% of physician assistant openings tied to Arizona are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, and those positions are most likely to involve telehealth consultation, chronic disease management follow-up, or utilization review rather than primary patient care.
How can I get hired as a physician assistant in Arizona with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying to formal new-graduate or postgraduate PA residency programs, several of which are offered by Arizona institutions including Banner Health and Valleywise Health across specialties like emergency medicine and primary care. New graduates can also pursue roles as surgical first-assist PAs or urgent care PAs, positions that many Arizona groups fill with new grads under close supervision. Holding an active Arizona Medical Board license and a clean NCCPA certification before applying puts candidates ahead of those still awaiting credentials.
Where can I find and apply to physician assistant jobs in Arizona?
You can find and apply to physician assistant jobs in Arizona on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers actively hiring in the state. Search the listings to find roles that match your specialty, experience level, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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