Surgery - Thoracic Physician Assistant - ProLocums

Schedule:

• ALSO
• ATLS
• CPR
• NALS
• PALS
• Stroke Certified

We need a certified PA or certified NP (with RNFA) with experience in cardiac surgery.

Cardiac-surgery APP coverage for Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates

-First-assisting; conduit-harvesting; inpatient rounding and consults.

-80%-90% is OR; 10%-20% is IP.

-EVH: Maquet Vasoview HemoPro 2.

-Possible procedures include:

-Placement of lines (arterial and

venous).

-Removal of chest tubes, pacing wires,

IABPs; ECMO decannulation.

-Chest tube insertion is rare but

possible, with assistance from

attending surgeon.

-After-hours beeper call (not in-house) for consults, OR.

-The CT surgery team doesn't do advanced heart failure, VADs, or transplants.

CT surgery team has tried to be flexible about the schedule preferences of the locums APPs who've provided (and are providing) coverage for us. The most common schedule type has been 7-on/7-off, but the team is open to considering other options.

The team is also open to considering other scheduling arrangements, such as two part-time providers whose joint schedules constitute full-time coverage.

The provider will work weekends.