NP PA Advanced Practice Provider - Cardiothoracic Surgery

About the role

As an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in Cardiothoracic (CT) Surgery, you’ll work with 2 CT Surgeons and 2 other APPs to provide top-notch care and patient experience. Throughout your shift each day, you’ll collaborate with Cardiologists in both an inpatient and outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Practice at our CT Surgery clinic and Intermountain Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, CO
• Rotating schedule with 3 total PAs, including 24-hour call coverage and weekend rounding
• Occasional call and rounding at St. Joseph Hospital, a sister facility in Denver
• First assist in cardiac/thoracic surgeries; minimal vascular case load including dialysis access
• Average of one case per day
• MUST have proficiency in endoscopic vein harvesting for bypass procedures
• Place Foley catheters and invasive lines
• Team responsibilities include ICU/telemetry rounding, discharges, and first assist coverage for all cases
• Clinic coverage for post-op patients

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program
• Licensed as PA or NP in the state of CO or able to obtain DEA and full prescriptive authority in CO
• Minimum of 2 years as a First Assist PA or NP in a CT Surgery setting (no new graduates)
• Minimum of 1 year experience with proficiency in endoscopic vein harvesting for bypass procedures

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a First Assist PA or NP in a CT Surgery setting
• Must have a minimum of 1 year experience with proficiency in endoscopic vein harvesting for bypass procedures

Skills

• Proficiency in endoscopic vein harvesting for bypass procedures

Benefits

• Up to $4,000 annually to take CME plus an additional 5 days of time over PTO
• Annual CME allowance to support continuous growth and development
• Paid time off
• Licensed reimbursement
• Malpractice insurance coverage

Pay

• Base salary plus call pay (Q3 call)
• Salary ranges from $140,000 - $193,000
• $10,000 sign on bonus
• Relocation, if applicable (up to $7500)

Schedule

• Rotating schedule with 3 total PAs, including 24-hour call coverage and weekend rounding
• Occasional call and rounding at St. Joseph Hospital, a sister facility in Denver

Location

Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Work City: Wheat Ridge
Work State: Colorado
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

About Us

Did you know we participate in Structural Heart, Electrophysiology, and Pragmatic cardiovascular research trials? Our experienced General Cardiology team have been a great feeder into Vascular and Cardiothoracic surgery and as a result has opened opportunities to incorporate research into current practices. Intermountain Health is a model health system by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. We are an integrated not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across seven states in the mountain west. Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Learn more about our Mission, Vision, and Values at: About Intermountain!