Surgery - General Physician Assistant

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

Join us today!