Source physician assistants who are not on job boards
Describe the role. Expa finds the PAs in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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162K+ physician assistants • 95% with verified personal data
Ten minutes, three steps
What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the physician assistants, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
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How Expa sources physician assistants
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed physician assistants who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 162,700 physician assistants in the United States. PAs are trained as generalists and specialize on the job, which means the filter that matters is not the credential alone but the specialty experience behind it. A surgical PA and a dermatology PA hold the same certification and are not remotely interchangeable. Apply that filter to a local market and the qualified pool collapses to a number you could list on one page.
Expa searches on NCCPA certification status, state licensure, specialty experience and practice setting, and covers both ends of the pipeline: students finishing PA programs, and experienced PAs open to a change of specialty, schedule or setting.
Where physician assistants sit in the clinical workforce
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Radiologic technologists | 272,000 |
| Physical therapists | 267,200 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 187,400 |
| Physician assistants | 162,700 |
| Occupational therapists | 160,000 |
| Surgical technologists | 141,000 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Physician assistants near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID • 7 miles
5 years • orthopedic surgery
Meridian, ID • 15 miles
8 years • level II trauma center
Nampa, ID • 19 miles
Graduating this term • surgical rotations
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why PA roles stay open
It's outreach that creates hires, not job ads
162,700 PAs exist nationwide. The ones with your specialty experience are working, not applying.
Specialty experience is the real constraint
The certification is generalist. The experience is not. Hiring a surgical PA means finding people who have done surgery, and that is a much smaller list.
PAs and NPs are not one pool
Employers often search for both and get poor results for each. The credentials, the training and the candidate pools barely overlap.
Where physician assistants get hired
Questions
How many physician assistants are there in the US?
162,700, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number relevant to any given role is far smaller, because PAs specialize through experience rather than through separate credentials.
Can you search by specialty experience?
Yes. Surgical, emergency, orthopedic, dermatology, cardiology and primary care, plus NCCPA certification status, state licensure and practice setting. Specialty experience is the filter that decides whether a PA can do the job, and it is the one job boards cannot search on.
What is the difference between sourcing PAs and NPs?
The pools barely overlap, the credentialing is different, and the training paths are different. A search built for one returns poor results for the other. Expa searches each by its own credential rather than lumping them together as advanced practice.
Can you find PA students before they graduate?
Yes. Expa surfaces students finishing PA programs, including their rotation specialties, which is how you hire a surgical PA before three other employers reach them.
Why can't I just post the role?
Because the PAs with the specialty experience you need are employed and are not reading job postings. A posting reaches the small number who happen to be actively looking that week, which for a specialized PA role is often nobody at all.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable physician assistants within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single physician assistant typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring physician assistants in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.