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Cardiothoracic Surgery - Full-time Nights - APP (NP/PA)
Burlington, Massachusetts
Organization Facility: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Category: Advanced Practitioner / Advance Practice Provider / Physician Assistant Job ID: JR264 Date posted: 10/01/2022When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Job Type:
RegularScheduled Hours:
40Work Shift:
Night (United States of America)The Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant to join our team.Job Description:
The Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant to join our team. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is a nationally recognized 345 bed tertiary care hospital located in the northern suburbs of Boston, MA.
Under the direction of a cardiothoracic surgeon and within established departmental practice guidelines, the advanced practitioner is responsible for performing a variety of duties. These duties include, but are not limited to:
Providing postoperative patient care in the Intensive Care Unit, Progressive Care unit, and the Telemetry Unit
Experience with ICU management of the postoperative cardiothoracic surgery patient including familiarity with ventilators, inotropes and vasoactive medications
Experience with post-operative management of a Thoracic Surgery patient
Treating urgent medical issues such as arrhythmias, hemodynamic instability, sepsis
Emergency Room consultations and admissions
Surgical consultations
Preoperative patient evaluation and preparation for surgery
Experience with Chest tube insertions, central line placement, arterial lines, and management of swan-ganz catheters
Urgent outpatient calls
Ability to work collaboratively in a high acuity environment
The successful candidate must have at least 2 years’ experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery and be skilled in the care and management of pre, intra and postoperative cardiothoracic surgical patients.
The successful candidate must be able to interact positively with all members of a multidisciplinary care team, patients and their families and possess the emotional intelligence to work collaboratively in a fast paced, high-acuity environment where quality and caring come first.
Shifts: Rotating 3 nights per week, including weekends and holidays
Diversity is a core value at Beth Israel Lahey Health. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
Diversity is a core value at Beth Israel Lahey Health. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
FLSA Status:
ExemptAs a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
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