❤️ Cardiothoracic Nurse Practitioner in CO | Bonus Eligible + Relocation | Elevate Your Career in High-Acuity Cardiac Care

Join the nationally recognized cardiac surgery team and provide advanced, patient-first care in a high-acuity cardiovascular setting. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity (no locums or locums-to-perm).

🫀 Role Overview

As a Nurse Practitioner on the Cardiac Surgery team, you will:

• Provide advanced clinical care for cardiothoracic surgery patients

• Assist in cardiac surgeries, including endoscopic vein harvesting and first assisting

• Manage ICU and cardiovascular surgical patients (CVICU, floor, and clinic)

• Participate in two full clinic days weekly, with additional clinic coverage as needed

• Rotate through OR coverage Monday–Friday

• Collaborate with surgeons, intensivists, and multidisciplinary teams

• Order and interpret labs/diagnostics

• Develop and implement comprehensive care plans

• Prescribe medications in compliance with regulatory standards

• Perform bedside procedures appropriate to the patient population

• Deliver timely, high-quality documentation

• Function independently under physician supervision

• Thrive in a fast-paced, high-stress clinical environment

💰 Compensation & Benefits

• $100,588 – $143,769 annual salary (based on experience)

• Quality and productivity bonus eligibility

• Relocation bonus for qualifying candidates

• Paid malpractice insurance

• Generous CME allowance

• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match + optional 457(b)

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance

• PTO from day one + paid family & medical leave (including Colorado FAMLI)

• Tuition assistance programs

• Additional voluntary benefits (pet insurance, identity theft protection, employee discounts, and more)

✅ Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited NP program (Master’s in Nursing required)

• NP Certification through ANCC or AANPCB

• Minimum 3+ years cardiac or cardiovascular surgery experience, including:

  • ICU patient management OR

  • Endoscopic vein harvesting and first assisting experience

• Active Colorado license (or eligible)

• Unrestricted DEA license

• Full prescriptive authority

• Unrestricted medical staff membership with appropriate privileges

• BLS (AHA or American Red Cross)

• Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement

• No HHS/OIG or GSA exclusions

• Current COVID vaccination

• Most recent NPDB Self-Query Report (within 30 days; no exemptions)