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Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant
Burlington, Massachusetts
Organization Facility: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Category: Advanced Practitioner / Advance Practice Provider / Physician Assistant Job ID: JR56262 Date posted: 07/29/2024Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Exempt
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Job Description:
Advanced Practice Provider (PA)
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Join the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, a nationally recognized 345 bed tertiary care hospital located in the northern suburbs of Boston, MA.
Details:
- Under the direction of a Cardiothoracic Surgeon and within established departmental practice guidelines, the APP 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 Cardiac 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
Experience:
- The successful candidate must have at least 2 years’ experience in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Qualifications:
- Skilled in the care and management of pre, intra and postoperative cardiothoracic surgical patients.
- 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.
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