Physician Assistant Primary Care - Jen Center (BWH Main Campus)

The Phyllis Jen Center is a large academic primary care practice located on the main campus of Brigham and Women's Hospital. The clinic is home to 40 attending primary care physicians, 70 resident primary care physicians, and approximately 22,000 adult patients. The practice also includes 7 full-time physician assistants serving in a variety of clinical roles. In addition to comprehensive primary care, the clinic is supported by faculty urgent care physicians, Harvard faculty preceptors, multiple full-time embedded social workers, and embedded consulting specialists in endocrinology, psychiatry, geriatrics, pain management, and addiction medicine. This collaborative, multidisciplinary environment is dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care while advancing medical education and clinical excellence.

About the Role

The Physician Assistant in this resident co-management role partners with a team of approximately 20–25 internal medicine resident physicians to provide comprehensive, longitudinal primary care for a shared adult patient population. Working collaboratively with resident physicians throughout their three-year residency training, the PA helps ensure continuity of care while providing chronic disease management, preventive care, and timely access for acute care needs. This unique role combines independent clinical practice with close collaboration, allowing the PA to build meaningful longitudinal relationships with patients while supporting the education and development of future primary care physicians.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory setting.
• Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation.
• Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.
• Practices cost-effective medicine in an efficient manner, maximizing available resources.
• Discusses patient data with other physicians and professionals as appropriate in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role.
• Checks Epic inbasket regularly and responds to time-sensitive needs, even when not on site.
• Provides coverage for team members and colleagues intermittently.

Requirements

• Successfully completed a graduate-level physician assistant program (Master’s degree) accredited by the Accreditation and Review Committee for Physician Assistants (ARC-PA) or such other accrediting agency as may qualify a graduate to sit for the NCCPA certifying examination.
• BS/MS joint programs and those candidates with a BS and PA certificate are eligible, but ONLY for those who graduated BEFORE 1995.
• Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) must be obtained prior to the first day of employment.
• Current valid license or eligibility for licensure as a physician assistant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Current DEA registration and Massachusetts Controlled Substance Registration, or eligibility for both.
• Completion of 100 hours of CME according to national and state regulations during each two-year period of employment.

Skills

• Ability to work in a high-stress, dynamic, busy clinical setting with changing organizational climate.
• Self-directive and demonstrates initiative in addressing responsibilities.
• Utilizes appropriate problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Energetic, quality-driven, and a proven ability to be a productive team member dedicated to optimal patient care.
• Proficient with BWH computer systems, including EMR (Epic preferred).
• Maintains the highest degree of professional judgment under the supervision and guidance of a licensed physician.

Schedule

• Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM; national holidays observed.
• 8 half-day clinical sessions and 2 half-day protected administrative sessions per week.
• Half-day clinical sessions capped at a maximum of 7 patients per session.
• After-hours call coverage provided by a remote team (weekdays 5:00 PM–8:00 AM, weekends, and holidays).
• Remote inbasket team provides support with patient messages and coverage for leaves of absence.

Benefits

• Structured onboarding and transition-to-practice support.
• Career growth opportunities with a structured APP career ladder.
• CME dedicated time and reimbursement available.
• Hospital-wide APP grand rounds.
• Multiple APP-led committees (education, professional development, social engagement, community outreach).
• Quarterly department-level APP meetings including educational and social activities.

Pay

Annual salary range: $126,838.40 – $173,867.20.