Nurse PractitionerPhysician Assistant Cardiac Surgery
Nurse PractitionerPhysician Assistant Cardiac Surgery
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Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
We are the largest academic medical center in Central Massachusetts and the regions only Level 1 Trauma Center. Our team serves a diverse patient population offering advanced cardiac surgery including open and endovascular aortic repair coronary revascularization structural heart and mechanical circulatory support including a destination VAD program. Our clinical work spans the full spectrum of perioperative cardiac surgery care from high complexity tertiaryand quaternarycare services to routine surgical perform approximately 550 cases annually.
Our advanced practice provider team is the first point of contact and provides care in the ICU postoperative floor and outpatient clinic. Our surgically trained APPs provide operative first assisting and endoscopic vein harvest in all cases.
We are seeking aNurse Practitioner or Physician Assistantto join our top performing team. Our team currently consists of 15 Advanced Practice Providers 2 Cardiac Surgeons and 5 Surgical Intensivists. This provider will work a fulltime schedule 40 hours per week. There will be a day/night shift rotation including weekends and holidays. The schedule consists of 3 12hour shifts per week.
Under the general supervision of a physician the Physician Assistant is responsible for providing varied medical services including: obtaining complete medical history and performing a physical examination; ordering and interpreting laboratory tests and imaging studies; formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan; prescribing and/or dispensing medication; assisting in surgery or other invasive procedures; counseling patients and families.
Major Responsibilities:
- Performs and documents a complete history and physical examination including review of the available medical record to formulate diagnoses and treatment plan.
- Orders and reviews appropriate laboratory tests and imaging studies.
- Participates in daily inpatient rounds interviews and examines patients reviews laboratory data and other clinical studies and records daily progress notes.
- Requests consultations and communicates with consultants.
- Performs routine bedside or clinical procedures as described in the Delineation of Privileges.
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
- A Bachelors degree and Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant program.
- Current Massachusetts license issued by the Physician Assistant Board and current NCCPA certification.
- If prescribing medications is included in clinical duties and privileges Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration and federal DEA Controlled Substance Registration are required.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Full-Time
