Physician Assistant - Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular ...

Specialty

State WA

Location 800 W. 5th Ave., Spokane, WA 99204

Requirements Cardiothoracic Surgery Rounding/discharge every morning; Admits No Clinic; Locum will be working in OR and ICU. Maybe seeing some patients in stepdown. Schedule: 7a-5p Call: 5p-7a Weekend call: Friday 5p-Monday 7a Call rotation: every third day during the week; and every fourth weekend Practice Description : 4 Surgeon 4 PA practice Surgery Performed • Robotic Lobectomy and Thymectomy using the Davinci Xi Robot • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting • Aortic Valve Replacement/ TAVR procedures • Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement • Thoracotomy and VATS procedures • Left Ventricular assist Device Implantation • Aortic Dissection Repair • ECMO PA Workflow/Responsibilities Morning Rounds, which include daily progress notes Medication management, order appropriate labs and Studies as needed Consults History and Physical Discharge Patients and Discharge Summaries Chest tube management and removal Attend Multidisciplinary rounds(when on call) Daily Clinic (Monday-Thursday)post OP patients First Assist in all procedures Endoscopic Vein and Radial Harvesting using Maquet System(Hemopro 2 Vasoview) Prepare Conduit harvested Place Appropriate post operative orders Close Sternotomy( Surgeon preference) Call Coverage Will be 1 in 3 during the week as well as weekends Weekday call includes: - Finishing Late cases - Taking calls from the CCU - Returning to the hospital for Emergency Cases Weekend Call Includes : - Rounding with the Call Surgeon - Progress Notes - Chest tube management - Discharging Patients - Receiving calls from CCU - Available to return to Hospital for Emergency Cases

Schedule Monday: Not Specified, Tuesday: Not Specified, Wednesday: Not Specified, Thursday: Not Specified, Friday: Not Specified, Saturday: Not Specified, Sunday: Not Specified

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