Locums NP/PA Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery Need in Indiana
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Job Description
Last updated: 4/04/25
- Coverage Needed
- ASAP - Ongoing
- Locums to Perm
- Schedule
- Monday - Thursday Onsite 7a-4:30p
- Monday - Thursday On Call 4:30p
- Take ICU call 1-2 nights a week
- Fri: Onsite Day Coverage: 7am-5pm
- Fri: Oncall: Start On Call at 5pm
- Saturday/Sunday 24 hour coverage; approx 4 hours onsite (Arrive 6am to begin rounding)
- 7 on 7 off is the Preferred schedule from Mon- Sun
- 10 on 10 off not accepted
- Clinical Details
- Level 2 Trauma Facility
- 2 - 3 Surgeries Per Shift
- Inpatient
- Saturday and Sunday rounding on inpatients in the morning (a surgeon also helps with rounding in the morning), then call the rest of the day/night
- Daily rounding on all inpatients (ICU, stepdown) and new consults as well as discharging patients OR - EVH hemapro 2; help train new APPs on EVH; some open vein harvest may be needed with some fem-pop surgeries usually done in a bridging technique
- First assist on some cases once you learn surgeon's routines - there may be OR call for emergencies while on call for the weekend if needed
- Facilities specialties:
- Cardiac - all adult cardiac surgeries (CAB, valves, aortic dissections, etc); have a high acuity of patients, some very sick
- Thoracic - mostly robotic surgeries but some VATs and thoracotomies; inclusive of all thoracic surgeries except no esophageal (lobectomies, wedge resections, decortications, mediastinal mass, etc)
- Vascular - all types of open vascular surgeries (CEA, AAA , leg revascularizations, etc)
- Heart failure - LVAD, ECMO, impellas
- Requirements
- Board Certified Required
- Fellowship Required
- Active IN License or IMLC
- ACLS, BLS
- Must know how to do Endo Vein Harvest (500 case/10 yrs exp)
- Cardiothoracic experience
- Call
- The APP can go back to the hotel to take call and be available for Call Back to the hospital
- The surgery side is a 24-hour service requiring either 5- 8 hour shifts or 4- 10 hour shifts plus on-call to the OR
- There will be call for patient management for inpatients, ER consultations and transfers from other hospitals during the week and weekends, probably one night per week as well as the weekend if working a 7on/7off model
- Laptop is required for call
- Support Staff
- Rounding nurse from 5am-5pm on weekends who takes the first line phone calls and helps with orders
- EMR
- Cerner
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