First Assist

Details

Client Name
East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU Health Medical Center

Job Type
Permanent

Offering
Advanced Practice

Profession
NP

Specialty
Surgery

Job ID
15317040

Job Title
First Assist


Shift Details

Shift
Full Time Days

Scheduled Hours
40


Job Order Details

Start Date
05/29/2026


Job Description
You will be contacted directly by the facility after applying to this position.

CU Health Physicians and The East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU Health Medical Center, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a Board-Certified Physician Assistant or RNFA certified Nurse Practitioner to assume the role of Cardiac Surgery First Assistant (CVOR). The successful candidate must have at least 2 years of experience and be proficient in all aspects of first assisting for major cardiac surgical procedures, endoscopic and open vein harvesting, radial artery harvesting, and have experience with a high-volume CT surgery program.


Highlights include:
• Employment ECU Health Physicians
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center
• 100% OR
• Work with an established team of Cardiac Surgeons and First Assist NP/PAs
• State of the art 6-story heart hospital with the largest operating rooms in the country, hybrid CVOR
• Ability to work with a nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgery program that performs more than 1,000 pump cases annually
• Large robotic program
• If NP, must hold RNFA certification
• Established NP and PA orientation programs
• Applicants will be required to have BLS/ACLS from the American Heart Association
• Compensated call structure
• Competitive salary, benefits, and relocation

ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.
This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.


Client Details

Address
526 Moye Blvd

City
Greenville

State
NC

Zip Code
27834


Unit Details

Unit Description
ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children's Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research.