Locum Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Palm Health Resources is hiring an experienced Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant in Southern Coastal Alabama!

Robust Cardiac Surgery Group!

Locum Opportunity, 3-6 months to begin starting asap! Paid Mal Practice, Housing, Rental Car / Mileage, Travel, and MUCH MORE!

The APP primarily will be working with cardiothoracic surgery patients (very few vascular patients).

• Adult cardiac surgery cases including CABG, Valves / Structural Heart, TAVR, Mitraclip, Thoracic Vascular, Sternotomy and right thoracotomy approaches.
• Adult general thoracic cases including Thoracotomies, VATS, Lobectomy / Pneumonectomy
• predict eventually 300 cardiac cases and 100 thoracic cases
• Endoscopic conduit harvest
• First assist
• Perioperative and post-operative care in the CVICU and Stepdown setting minimal clinic outpatient involvement
• Ability to place chest tubes, central lines, monitoring line desirable but not required
• Call coverage 1 / 3 depending on staffing available
• Call coverage includes mostly inpatient, O.R., and few outpatient calls also.
• Call is NOT expected to be in-house call

We are open to considering candidates on a locum or permanent direct hire basis! We want the best candidate for the program!