Locum Physician Assistant - Inpatient Surgical Coverage - Syracuse, New York

Locum Tenens Advanced Practice Provider in Syracuse, NY

Position Type: Full-Time | Locum

Inpatient-only locum opportunity to support surgical services during leave coverage. The role requires full-time availability with flexibility across shifts and strong experience in vascular and/or cardiac surgery, along with medical management.

Practice Highlights:

• Inpatient setting only no clinic responsibilities

• Service census approximately 1520 patients

• Daily rounding on 35 patients

• APP works autonomously with supervising surgeon available

• Adult and geriatric patient population

• EMR: Epic

Required Duties:

• Suture removal

• Diagnose and treat illnesses

• Order and interpret diagnostic tests

• Assist in surgery

• Write prescriptions

• Coordination of care

• Rounding

• Pre-operative physical exams

Required Procedures:

• Intraoperative first assisting

• Removal of dialysis catheters

Schedule & Coverage:

• Dates of Coverage: ASAP minimum 3 months

• Reason for Coverage: Leave coverage

• Schedule varies days, nights, evenings, weekends required

• Full-time availability required

• Call: 12 days/week if needed (overnight emergency OR call only, taken from home)

• Estimated credentialing timeframe: ~1 month

Candidate Requirements:

• NCCPA or ANCC/AANP certified

• NP must have RNFA certification REQUIRED

• Active New York State license at time of submission REQUIRED

• BLS and ACLS REQUIRED

• No new grads

• Must have vascular and/or cardiac surgery experience and medical management experience

• Self-Query NPDB report required at presentation (pulled within the same month)

• Full-time availability only

Certification Requirements:

• NCCPA

• ANCC / AANP

• ACLS

• BLS

State License Requirements:

• New York