Physician Assistant to function as our Cardiac Surgery PA. The practice is EXTREMELY busy but very PA friendly, work 3-4, 12's, day/night rotation. Our PAs are involved in all aspects of the ICU and SDU patient management. Specific services include conduit harvesting and surgical first-assisting, thoracenteses, chest tube placement, SwanGanz catheters, central venous lines, and arterial lines. We performed approximately 1200 cardiac cases this past year including CABGs, Valves, combined CABG/Valves, Maze procedures, major thoracic vascular surgery (both open and endoscopic), Ventricular Assist Devices, ECMO, Heart and Lung transplants, and occasionally minor vascular surgical procedures. There is in-house weekend and night call, with compensated time-off. PAs work on the average of 3-4 days/week.
Licensed in the state of Virginia and a board-certified Physician Assistant. Minimum 2 years of experience in the perioperative management of the cardiac surgery patient population. Prefer 2 years of cardiac surgical experience including endovein harvesting (EVH) and surgical first-assisting, but not required.
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We are an integrated health care delivery system based in Zanesville, Ohio. The system includes a not-for-profit hospital, an extensive network of more than 300 physicians and multiple outpatient care centers throughout the region. We are the largest health care provider in its six-county region of southeastern Ohio, which includes Muskingum, Morgan, Perry, Coshocton, Noble and Guernsey counties. We provide a higher level of service than what is typically found in a community of its size including open-heart surgery, trauma care, a Level II neonatal intermediate care unit, neurosurgery and comprehensive cancer services. This level of care has established us as a primary referral center for much of the region.