Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner (D), Cardiovascular Surgery OR - Troy/Regional

Full-time, Day Shift

About the role

Corewell Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have surgical first assist experience and strong clinical competencies.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the operating room (including endoscopic/open vein and endoscopic radial artery harvesting)
• Rotating night call on weeknights and weekends
• Allocates the majority of case coverage at Royal Oak but with occasional cross-coverage at Troy and Dearborn Hospitals

Essential Duties

• Recognizes deviations from normal in the physical assessment
• Works in collaboration with a physician in formulating treatment plans for health problems and follow-up
• Requests written consultation from physicians and other healthcare professionals to ensure appropriate and quality patient care
• Interprets and evaluates findings of studies/tests
• Relays appropriate information regarding patient care to the collaborating physician
• Evaluates the quality of care provided and recommends changes for improvement
• Initiates appropriate actions to facilitate the implementation of therapeutic plans that are consistent with the continuing healthcare needs of the client
• Administers therapeutic measures and obtains specimens as prescribed
• Dictates follow-up letters to referring physicians with summaries of treatment, response, and plan
• Maintains provision of preventive health services (e.g. screening, risks assessment, immunizations, PAP smears, self-breast exam)
• Dictates or writes patient history, admissions, care plans, progress, and discharge notes
• Provides on-call coverage
• Performs patient triage and determines the urgency of physician's evaluation
• Endoscopic Vein & Radial Artery harvest using the Hemopro 2 system
• First assistant: cases include CABG, aortic and mitral valve repair/replacement, complex aortic repair, aortic dissection, ECMO Insertion, IABP insertion, Impella, David procedure, Ross procedure, Robotic MV
• Performs procedures: central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube placement, and groin cutdown
• Conducts patient interviews and documents patient histories
• Orders, schedules and/or performs laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures such as urinalyses, blood tests, and x-rays
• Communicates necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled procedures to patient
• Participates in the care and medical decision making for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patients at Corewell Health

Qualifications

• Education / Training: Master's Degree in Nursing OR a Masters in Physician Assistant studies
• Work Experience: 1 to 3 years’ experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in a Cardiovascular Surgery OR setting, strongly preferred
• Certification, Licensure, Registration: State of Michigan Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant license required AHA/ARC BLS certification required

Benefits

Corewell Health offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and life-work balance goals. Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible scheduling. Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance plans. Relocation assistance. Savings & retirement plans, disability insurance, identify theft protection and even home and auto insurance. Free onsite parking at all of our campuses.