Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant

Our Cardiothoracic team is looking for a seasoned PA or NP to join their team. This service does coronary artery bypass graft, the maze procedure, aortic repairs, and valve replacement surgeries. They take pride in their APPs and their abilities in the OR and with patients, the training is very hands on with the whole team to make sure that you succeed.

By joining our team, you will have the satisfaction of providing a full range of care to a varied patient panel backed by a top-rated health care system with a fully implemented EMR and admitting hospitals nearby.

Centra Medical Group (CMG) is a comprehensive network of nearly 600 employed providers within Centra Health. Centra Health services a population of 600,000 community members with 70 different outpatient and specialty practices. Centra offers primary care and specialty services across Central and Southern Virginia-from Lynchburg to Danville, Farmville, Moneta, and Bedford. CMG includes family practices, specialists, and surgeons in fields such as cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, urology, and more.
CMG is also home to the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, a training program for future family physicians, many of whom hold academic appointments with institutions like UVA, VCU, VCOM, and Liberty University.

Grow with a Health System that Invests in You
At Centra Medical Group, we're building a culture where Advanced Practice Providers thrive. Through our partnership with ThriveAP-the nation's leading transition-to-practice program-new graduate NPs and PAs receive a year of structured clinical education, mentorship, and peer learning to accelerate confidence and readiness.
Join Centra Medical Group and grow with an organization that invests in your professional and long-term success. ThriveAP provides Family Medicine NPs and PAs with a structured transition-to-practice experience focused on clinical readiness, continuity of care, and long-term patient relationship building across diverse populations.

What We Offer:

• Competitive, transparent compensation represents a mix of base, hourly excess, and incentive pay.

• Student loan reimbursement

• Relocation

• CME allowance

• Centra is a not-for-profit health system; many of our providers are participating in the federal PSLF program.

• Short term disability automatically enrolled.

• 403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan; Immediate vested employer contribution match

• Comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and more.

Lynchburg, Virginia with a population of 85,000, is a great safe place to raise a family.?Tons of outdoor activities to enjoy including hiking, biking, mountain bike trails, camping, boating, fishing & canoeing. Hike the beautiful Sharp Top Mountain or Appalachian Trail or Bike on the Blackwater Creek Trail or Percival's Island in the heart of the city.?The Lynchburg Academy Center of the Arts offers some of America's finest performing artists.?Enjoy an evening minor league baseball game with our Lynchburg Hillcats.?Children will enjoy outdoor summer movies at the park, county fairs, apple orchards, pumpkin patches and picking blueberries & strawberries.?They will love Amazement Square, an interactive hands-on children's museum in downtown Lynchburg.?Beautiful Smith Mountain Lake is also nearby.

Throughout our region, you'll find an extraordinary quality of life in friendly communities with remarkably diverse and affordable housing options. Whether you prefer urban lofts, historic mansions, suburban estates, waterfront condos, or traditional, tree-lined residential neighborhoods, it's all waiting for you here. Taxes and utility rates are very moderate, contributing to a low overall cost of living.

Responsibilities

You Can Expect
5 days a week - 7am - 3pm most days
Position duties include a heavy inpatient, 1/2 day outpatient per week
2 Surgeons and 3 APPs
Night Call 1:3 to 1:4
Participate in weekend & holiday rotation 1:3 to 1:4
Training on the job
Set OR blocks
Rounding on patients

Experience is required
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Compensation Information:
$135000.00 / annually - $175000.00 / annuallyDetails:
up to $15,000 for relocation and $15,000 for sign on bonus