Surgery - Cardiovascular Physician Assistant

A locum-to-perm opportunity is available for experienced NPs or PAs with Cardiothoracic Surgery experience in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This position offers a high-acuity CVT service line, strong APP integration, and a preferred 7-on/7-off schedule, with flexibility for other availability.

• Start: ASAP

• Duration: Ongoing need (locum-to-perm)

• Practice Setting: Hospital-based

• Trauma Level: Level II

• Stroke Certified Hospital

• Facility will accept multiple providers

• 7 on / 7 off (Monday-Sunday) - preferred

• Will consider other available schedules

• Onsite Coverage: 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

  • All CV APPs start at 7:00 a.m. to attend daily CV Surgery meetings

• On Call: Begins at 4:30 p.m.

  • APP may return to hotel and be available for callback

• Onsite Coverage: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• On Call: Begins at 5:00 p.m.

• 24-Hour Coverage

• Onsite Rounding: Approximately 4 hours

  • Arrive at 6:00 a.m. to begin rounding

• On-call remainder of day
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Weekend support includes a rounding nurse from 5:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. who handles first-line calls and assists with orders.

• Call Type: In-house

• Call Ratio: 1:3

• Call Response Time: 20 minutes

• Phone Consults: 5

• Patients Seen: 8-10

• Admissions: 3

• Callback Rate: 25%

• Assigned Patients

• Admissions Required

• Inpatient management, ER consults, and transfers

• ICU call 1-2 nights per week when applicable

• Daily rounding on:

  • ICU patients

  • Stepdown patients

  • New consults

• Discharges

• Medical management and call coverage

• Weekend rounding with surgeon support

• First assist opportunities once oriented to surgeon preferences

• Endoscopic Vein Harvest (EVH) using Hemapro 2

• Help train new APPs on EVH

• Some open vein harvest (e.g., fem-pop bridging cases)

• Emergency OR call possible while on weekend call

PA Requirement: EVH experience ( 500 cases / 10 years preferred)

• Cardiac Surgery:

  • CABG, valves, aortic dissections, high-acuity cases

• Thoracic Surgery:

  • Robotic thoracic, VATS, thoracotomies

  • Lobectomies, wedge resections, decortications, mediastinal masses

  • No esophageal surgery

• Vascular Surgery:

  • CEA, AAA, leg revascularizations, open vascular cases

• Advanced Heart Failure:

  • LVAD, ECMO, Impella

• Laptop required for call coverage

• Additional form required prior to interview if selected

• Cerner

• NP or PA with Cardiothoracic Surgery experience - Required

• Board Certified - Required

• Active Indiana License - Required

• Compact License Accepted

• ACLS - Required

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