Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Practice Provider

Location

Tacoma, WA | United States

Job description

Tacoma, Washington

Full spectrum cardiothoracic surgery service at Saint Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington is seeking an experienced surgical Advanced Practice Provider (APP). The Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) will join our well established and cohesive surgical team. Very competitive (regionally and nationally) salary and benefit package.

We are seeking a PA/NP with previous cardiac and thoracic surgery experience. Duties will include endoscopic vein harvest, cardiac surgery first assist, Robotic thoracic surgery bedside first assist, ICU/PCU/medical-surgical rounds.

Practice details:

• Full spectrum conventional cardiac and thoracic surgery (except VAD, ECMO and transplant)
• Consistently achieve highest STS quality metrics multiyear, multiple 3 Star
• Low PA/NP and surgeon turnover
• Hospital based OR, ICU, PCU, surgical units
• Single hospital practice
• Traditional sternotomy based cardiac surgeries
• Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
• All lung resection surgeries performed with DaVinci XI robot
• Robotic foregut and esophagus
• APP driven service occasional general surgery resident rotations; no subspecialty specific residents of fellows

Requirements:

• Current WA state license PA/NP (or ability to obtain)
• Minimum 1 year cardiothoracic surgery as a PA/NP
• Endoscopic vein harvest required
• Open radial harvest desired, but willing to train
• Robotic thoracic/cardiac surgery desired, but willing to train
• ICU patient management experience ventilator, drips, etc.
• CPR/BLS + ACLS (or ability to obtain) - required

Support and demonstrate our Values of:

Compassion

• Care with listening, empathy and love
• Accompany and comfort those in need of healing

Inclusion

• Celebrate each persons gifts and voice
• Respect the dignity of all

Integrity

• Inspire trust through honesty
• Demonstrate courage in the face of inequity

Excellence

• Serve with fullest passion, creativity and stewardship
• Exceed expectations of others and ourselves

Collaboration

• Commit to the power of working together
• Build and nurture meaningful relationships

Employment with Franciscan Medical Group includes medical/dental/vision coverage, personal time off, CME reimbursement, malpractice coverage and retirement plan with employer match.

Equal Opportunity Employment:

Consistent with our Core Values, we are EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled Employers. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected characteristic.

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