Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Job at CommonSpirit Health in Tacoma, WA

We are seeking an experienced surgical Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for this role. The Physician Assistant (PA-C) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) will join our well established and cohesive surgical team.

We are seeking a PA/NP with previous cardiac and thoracic surgery experience. Duties will include endoscopic vein harvest, cardiac surgery first assist, Robotic thoracic surgery bedside first assist, ICU/PCU/medical-surgical rounds.

Practice details:

• Full spectrum conventional cardiac and thoracic surgery (except VAD, ECMO and transplant)
• Consistently achieve highest STS quality metrics multiyear, multiple 3 Star
• Low PA/NP and surgeon turnover
• Hospital based OR, ICU, PCU, surgical units
• Single hospital practice
• Traditional sternotomy based cardiac surgeries
• Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
• All lung resection surgeries performed with DaVinci XI robot
• Robotic foregut and esophagus
• APP driven service occasional general surgery resident rotations; no subspecialty specific residents of fellows

• Current WA state license PA/NP (or ability to obtain)
• 1 year + years APP cardiothoracic surgery experience preferred
• Endoscopic vein harvest highly preferred
• Open radial harvest desired, but willing to train
• Robotic thoracic/cardiac surgery desired, but willing to train
• ICU patient management experience ventilator, drips, etc.
• CPR/BLS + ACLS (or ability to obtain) - required

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