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Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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Job Summary

Occupation Physician Assistant
Specialty Surgery-Cardiovascular
Degree Required MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital
Location Arizona, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 4/25/24

We are hiring an experienced cardiothoracic physician assistant in Beautiful Southwestern Arizona!!

Candidate will get to work with 2 amazing cardiac surgeons at a growing cardiac surgery program doing more than 300 hearts annually! The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner will be primarily doing OR duties about 50-60%.

Average Day:

  • Make rounds on inpatients in ICU
  • Make rounds on inpatient on the floor
  • Write progress and/or consult notes in Epic
  • Discharge any patients that are ready
  • Order any labs, chest x-rays, etc that are needed
  • Assist in OR
  • In between cases:
    • Answer any phone calls from nursing or office staff re: patients
    • Finish up any outstanding notes (progress, consult, H&P, discharge summaries)
  • Make sure that all necessary information including imaging for the following days cases are available in Epic
  • Review all pre-op labs/testing for upcoming cases so that there are no surprises (unforeseen delays or cancellations)
  • Make sure that all orders for the following day have been put into Epic

Comprehensive Salary Range and Benefits! Health, Dental, Matching 403B, Vacation, Life, Disability and MUCH MORE!