Workforce

The percentage of physician assistants working in surgical sub-specialties has increased over 70 percent since 2013, according to the 2017 Statistical Report of Certified Physician Assistants by Specialty released by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

While there are more job postings for registered nurses than med tech positions, postings for the latter are growing at a faster pace, according to an analysis from Joblift.

Healthcare added 25,200 jobs in June, with hospitals contributing 10,600 to that total, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A growing number of nurse practitioners are pursuing a year of clinical and other training, frequently in primary care, to sharpen their skills, Kaiser Health News reports.

Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking nurses in the last week.

Los Angeles is calling on Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and the union representing 55,000 Kaiser employees to collaborate on keeping and growing healthcare jobs in the Woodland Hills, Hollywood and North Hollywood communities.

The city of Roseville, Calif., anticipates a job boom as healthcare giants Kaiser Permanente, Adventist Health and Sutter Health expand in the area, reports The Sacramento Bee.

Burnout continues to be an issue that plagues healthcare leaders, according to the Medical Group Management Association's most recent MGMA Stat poll.

Inova Health System in Falls Church, Va., plans to enter a joint home care partnership with Dayton, Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network, resulting in the potential layoff of about 60 employees, reports the Washington Business Journal.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College, one of the oldest and largest historically black academic health science centers in the U.S., reduced its workforce by about 6.5 percent, reports The Tennessean.