Vascular Practice Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Nurse Practitioner
Specialty
Surgery-General
Degree Required
DNP
MSN/MSRN
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
78229
, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
11/20/24
Description
Specialization:
Surgery Vascular
Job Summary:
Methodist Healthcare is seeking an acute care nurse practitioner or physician assistant to join our comprehensive vascular surgical program in San Antonio, TX.Qualified Candidates:
- Successful completion of an accredited nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
- Certified Acute Care NP or PA, vascular surgical patient experience a plus
- Texas license eligible
- Current American Heart Association BLS and PALS, and/or ACLS provider
Incentive/Benefits Package:
- Essential responsibilities include assessing, diagnosing, and forming treatment plans for a broad spectrum of vascular conditions: 60% inpatient evaluation & rounding/40% outpatient patient care
- Occasional weekend support needed, but no call requirements
- Full and comprehensive benefits to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, malpractice insurance
- 401k retirement plan with employer contribution
- Generous PTO plan
- Methodist Heart Hospital consistently performs more open-heart surgeries than any other hospital in San Antonio, making it the busiest program in the region
- Largest Heart Transplant program in South Texas, saving over 500 lives
- South Texas’ only comprehensive Aortic Aneurysm Program
- Over 2,000 TAVR procedures performed; 400 annually
- Established lung transplant program in 2021
- Over 150 ECMOs annually
- Over 1600 open heart surgeries each year
- Programs include VATS minimally invasive thoracic surgery and lung nodule program
- Over 90 cardiology physicians in Methodist Physician Practices
- 25 cath labs
- Five accredited chest pain centers
- Two heart failure clinics
- Methodist Healthcare System is the largest provider of health care in South and Central Texas with 28 facilities, including nine acute care hospitals serving over 94,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients annually