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Locum Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant
Updated 11/18/25
36608, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Physician Assistant
Family Practice/Primary Care
Job at a glance
Degree Required
MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type
Locums/Travel
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job description
Job description
Palm Health Resources is hiring an experienced Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant in Southern Coastal Alabama!
Robust Cardiac Surgery Group!
Locum Opportunity, 3-6 months to begin starting asap! Paid Mal Practice, Housing, Rental Car/Mileage, Travel, and MUCH MORE!
The APP primarily will be working with cardiothoracic surgery patients (very few vascular patients).
- Adult cardiac surgery cases including CABG, Valves/Structural Heart, TAVR, Mitraclip, Thoracic Vascular, Sternotomy and right thoracotomy approaches.
- Adult general thoracic cases including Thoracotomies, VATS, Lobectomy/Pneumonectomy
- predict eventually 300 cardiac cases and 100 thoracic cases
- Endoscopic conduit harvest
- First assist
- Perioperative and post-operative care in the CVICU and Stepdown setting minimal clinic outpatient involvement
- Ability to place chest tubes, central lines, monitoring line desirable but not required
- Call coverage 1/3 depending on staffing available
- Call coverage includes mostly inpatient, O.R., and few outpatient calls also.
- Call is NOT expected to be in-house call
We are open to considering candidates on a locum or permanent direct hire basis! We want the best candidate for the program!
