Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant

Company: Palm Health Resources
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: October 19, 2020

Job Description:

Surgery-Cardiovascular opening in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This and other physician assistant jobs brought to you by DocCafe.com Dynamic Cardiac Surgery Group in Beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico is hiring an experienced cardiothoracic physician assistant!We will consider candidates for short or long term locum tenen assignments and permanent placement! Candidate will primarily be first assisting in the operating room, but will practice the full continuum of care of cardiothoracic surgery. This is a PA run program, no residents and fellows and ample OR time! Full time Permanent PAs will receive 12 weeks vacation and compensation 200K+ for candidates with 5 years of CT First assisting experience!First Assist – CT/CV Surgery – TAVR, CABG, MitraClip, ThoracicEndoscopic Vein HarvestingOR/ICU/Floor/Clinic mixBegins patient rounds at 0700. Sees post-op patients in IRR, writes progress notes & transfers orders as needed. And enters orders in PEOOR - to be in OR by 0730 and assists in having patient prepped, draped, 7 ready for 0800 start. Serves as Floor PA ML to start patient rounds on cardiac units. Removes pacer wires and chest tubes as needed. Prepares post op patient for discharge (prescriptions, coumadin, teaching, post-surgical teaching) and dictates discharge summaries. Checks all outstanding labs and CXR on in house patients. Responsible for seeing post op patients in office. Responsible for seeing pre op patients in office and ensuring H & P's, data sheets, pre-op orders & labs completed. Serves as on-call PA ML to check out with on-call surgeon at end of day. Checks pre-op patient labs & x-rays. Serves as Weekend call PA to meet with on-call surgeon. Candidate will work M-F and work minimal weekends, 1/4 to 1/5 We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including matching 403b contributions, relocation and much more. Location...Albuquerque is a large city of approximately 700,000 residents. We enjoy temperate four seasons with 320 days of sunshine per year. We have an abundance of outdoor activity where you can literally ski in the am and golf in the pm. This is a multi-cultural area with a mix of heritage. University of New Mexico is also located here and has a medical school, as well as many residency and fellowship programs. UNM has many entertainment and cultural events throughout the year. We have an ‘easy to access" airport with plenty of direct and connecting flights throughout the US. Santa Fe is within an hour's drive of Albuquerque. It's renowned for its art and entertainment, among many other things. Taos is about 2.5 hours from Albuquerque, Keyphrases: surgery jobs, surgeon jobs, cardiovascular surgery jobs, cardiovascular surgeon jobs, cardiac surgeon jobs, cardiac surgery jobs, cardiovascular thoracic surgery jobs, cardiovascular thoracic surgeon jobs, thoracic cardiovascular surgery jobs, thoracic cardiovascular surgeon jobs, thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon jobs, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery jobs, cardio thoracic surgery jobs, cardio thoracic surgeon jobs, heart surgeon jobs, physician assistant jobs, surgical jobs, pa jobs

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