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Cardiothoracic Surgical First Assistant
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Job Summary

Occupation Physician Assistant
Specialty Surgery-Cardiovascular
Degree Required Other
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time Locums/Travel
Work Environment Hospital
Location Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 1/11/24

We are hiring an experienced Cardiothoracic RNFA or Surgical Assistant in Beautiful Nashville, Tennessee! Come live, work and play in one of the fastest growing and fun cities in the country. Hiking, country music, food scene and more are all top notch!

We are hiring experienced first assistants who can assist in a busy cardiac surgery program! We will consider physician assistants, RNFA's and Surgical Assistant's for contract /locum or permanent positions!

The program consist of a 7 room CVOR. 5 rooms are dedicated towards open cases and 2 of them are hybrid rooms that we share with vascular and invasive cardiology. Our surgeons do coronary bypass grafts (CABGs), aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonic valve replacements/repairs, dissections, bentalls, Imella placements/removals, ECMO placements/removals, Pericardial Windows, Sternal I&Ds and occasionally our surgeons will place a trach or peg tube.

Our heart program averages 1100-1300 cases annually. The team assigned to each room consists of a registered nurse, a first assistant, a scrub tech, and a second assistant. Each team member works Monday-Friday from 0630-1500 with 1-2 weekends of call in a 6 week schedule. There is a dedicated call team in place that takes call from 1700-0630 Sunday-Thursday.

We are interested in permanent and contract labor. Contracts can be 90 days or 6 months!