Family Practice/Primary Care Physician Assistant

We are hiring an experienced cardiothoracic physician assistant for an ongoing, full time, locum assignment in Washington! 6 Month Full time assignment with an opportunity to extend! Starting in November/December time frame! Paid Mal Practice, Travel, Lodging, Flights, Rental Car and MUCH MORE! Monday through Friday 7am-5pm with 1 and 3 call 5pm-7am (includes weekends). Surgery Performed Robotic Lobectomy and Thymectomy using the Davinci Xi Robot Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Aortic Valve Replacement/ TAVR procedures Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement Thoracotomy and VATS procedures Left Ventricular assist Device Implantation Aortic Dissection Repair ECMO PA Workflow/Responsibilities Morning Rounds, which include daily progress notes Medication management, order appropriate labs and Studies as needed Consults History and Physical Discharge Patients and Discharge Summaries Chest tube management and removal Attend Multidisciplinary rounds(when on call) Daily Clinic (Monday-Thursday)post OP patients First Assist in all procedures Endoscopic Vein and Radial Harvesting using Maquet System(Hemopro 2 Vasoview) Prepare Conduit harvested Place Appropriate post operative orders Close Sternotomy( Surgeon preference) Call Coverage Will be 1 in 3 during the week as well as weekends Weekday call includes: - Finishing Late cases - Taking calls from the CCU - Returning to the hospital for Emergency Cases Weekend Call Includes : - Rounding with the Call Surgeon - Progress Notes - Chest tube management - Discharging Patients - Receiving calls from CCU - Available to return to Hospital for Emergency Cases