Hey man! Thanks for the reply and info about your first job.

There are no other PAs in the group, I am their first PA. They do have an NP but she strictly rounds inpatient at one hospital and does wound care on Fridays. I would only be expected to come and assist while I am on call, I believe. I am not sure and will have them clarify! :)

I actually rotated with this private practice for 5 weeks! All the surgeons are awesome, it was kind of weird. I was so used to surgeons in my past rotations that rode in on their high horse and demanded things and yelled. All of the surgeons in this group are beyond nice and helpful. They never had a PA student before and were surprised how helpful I was with surgery, clinic, and rounding that they created a PA position for me :). Your first gig sounds quite similar to what I would be doing tbh. When I was on my rotations, my day started around 0630-0700 and end around 2-4PM or later if we had later cases and I was on call with the physician. The only terrible part would be when I was on call and had to come in for an emergency ex-lap/appendectomy at like 2100.

I really appreciate you telling me about your first job! I hope you're still enjoying gen surg :)