Locumsmart - Lutheran Medical Group - Cardiothoracic SurgeryAPP - Ft.Wayne, IN

Job Title: Physician Assistant - Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nurse Practitioner - Cardiovascular Surgery

Location: Ft. Wayne, IN

Specialty: Physician Assistant - Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nurse Practitioner - Cardiovascular Surgery

Request Type: Locums-To-Perm

Schedule:

Start Date: 08/01/2026

End Date: Ongoing

Shift: Coverage Dates

Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours

Call Setting: Inpatient

Patients per Shift: 8-10 inpatient

Allowed Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day

Credentialing:

Estimated timeframe: 30

EMR System: Cerner

Practice Details:

Provider Type: Advanced Practice

Providers Requested: 3

Reason for Coverage: Scheduling Need

Travel:

Nearest Airport: Fort Wayne

Lodging: Hilton, Fairfield, Staybridge, Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn, etc.

Additional Details:

Temp/emgcy privilg. are available.

Mon-Friday: Onsite Coverage (7am-7 pm)

Start at 7am for all Locums for CV so they can attend the CV Surgery Daily Mtg

Sat: 24 Hr Coverage Approx 4 hours onsite (Arrive 6am to begin rounding)

Sun: 24 Hour Coverage Approx 4 hours onsite (Arrive 6am to begin rounding)

7 on 7 off is the preferred schedule from Mon-Sun

NP or PA must have cardiothoracic experience. PAs must know how to EVH ~ 500 case/10 yrs exp.

Primarily Rounding Medical Management (Calls) especially on weekends with no guarantee on OR time at the moment.

Sat/Sun rounding on inpatients in the morning (a surgeon also helps with rounding in the morning), then call the rest of the day/night - we have a rounding nurse from 5am-5pm on weekends who takes the first line phone calls and helps with orders

There will be call for patient management for our inpatients, ER consultations and transfers from other hospitals during the week and weekends, probably one night per week as well as the weekend if working a 7on/7off model.

The call will be 4:30pm to 6am on weekdays and 5pm-5am on weekends (see note about the rounding nurse above who will help field the phone calls while she is working but will reach out to you with any questions after rounding is finished).

We may have our night PA working some nights (right now working Tuesday to Friday 8pm-6am) and then the call would be 4:30pm-8:00pm.

Our preferred model is 7on/7off but will also accept other available dates.

A laptop is required for call so please bring that with you.

Job Responsibilities:

Daily rounding on all inpatients (ICU, stepdown) and new consults as well as discharging patients

OR - EVH hemapro 2; help train new APPs on EVH; some open vein harvest or endoscopic vein harvesting may be needed with some fem-pop surgeries usually done in a bridging technique - first assist on some cases once you learn our surgeon's routines - there may be OR call for emergencies while on call for the weekend if needed

Our specialties:

Cardiac - all adult cardiac surgeries (CAB, valves, aortic dissections, etc); we have a high acuity of patients

Thoracic - mostly robotic surgeries but some VATs and thoracotomies; inclusive of all thoracic surgeries except no esophageal (lobectomies, wedge resections, decortications, mediastinal mass, etc)

Vascular - all types of open vascular surgeries (CEA, AAA, leg revascularizations, etc)

Heart Failure - LVAD, ECMO, impellas