Perm - Physician Assistant (PA) - Surgery - Cardiothoracic in Colorado Springs, CO
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Permanent – Physician Assistant – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Colorado Springs, CO
Position Type: Permanent
Specialty: Surgery – Cardiothoracic
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Shift: Full-time Days + rotating call
Start Date: TBD
End Date: Permanent/ongoing
Position Details:
Patient Population: Adult cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgery patients
Setting: Hospital (OR, ICU/CVICU, floor, clinic)
Responsibilities:
- Provide perioperative cardiothoracic surgical care
- First assist in cardiac surgeries
- Perform endoscopic vein harvesting (Maquet-Getinge system)
- Manage ICU/CVICU and post-surgical patients
- Conduct rounding and patient evaluations
- Participate in 2 full clinic days weekly
- Rotate through OR coverage Monday–Friday
- Order and interpret labs/diagnostics
- Develop care plans and prescribe medications
- Perform bedside procedures
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary cardiac surgery team
Required Procedures:
- Endoscopic vein harvesting
- First assisting in cardiothoracic surgery
- Bedside procedures
EMR System: Not specified
Support Staff: Cardiac surgeons, physicians, intensivists, multidisciplinary care team
Days Per Month: Full-time schedule
On-Call/Weekends:
- 1:4–5 weekday call
- 1:4–5 weekend call
- In-house overnight coverage (8:30pm–6:30am)
Submission Requirements:
- Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies
- NCCPA (PA-C) certification
- Minimum 3+ years cardiac/cardiovascular surgery experience with ICU management
- Experience with endoscopic vein harvesting and first assisting
- Active Colorado license
- DEA
- BLS (AHA or ARC)
- Full prescriptive authority
- NPDB self-query (within 30 days)
- No sanctions/exclusions
- No visa support
- No locums or locums-to-perm candidates
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