Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Colorado Springs

Position Overview

Full‑time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant needed for our Cardiothoracic Surgery team in Colorado Springs, CO.

• 3+ years of Cardiac or Cardiothoracic Surgery experience and ICU patient management.
• Or experience with endoscopic vein harvesting with Maquet-Getinge system and first assisting.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a high‑acuity setting.

• Monday through Friday with rotating OR coverage.
• Rounding and evaluation of CVICU, floor, and clinic patients; divided among the PA/NPs.
• 2 full day clinics with patients seen on the other days as needed.
• 1:3 weekday call; 1:3 weekend call.
• The in‑house NP manages in‑house call from 8:30 pm–6:30 am.
• CVICU is covered by dual‑trained anesthesiologist/cardiac intensivist, 7 days/week, 24/7 (not in‑house in the evenings).

• First Assist in adult cardiac surgery cases.
• Endoscopic vein harvesting, utilizing Maquet-Getinge system.
• Radial artery and saphenous vein harvesting.
• Rounding and management of CVICU/floor patients and clinic duties.
• Participate in multi‑disciplinary care planning and quality assurance initiatives.
• Provides direct care, counseling, history and physical examinations, and teaching to the adult cardiac surgical patient population in ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and procedural settings.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow‑up based on diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation.
• Performs bedside procedures as appropriate to the patient population.
• PA/NP will first assist in the operating room and perform endovascular vein harvesting.
• Discusses patient data with other physicians and professionals as appropriate in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role.
• Completes continuing medical education as per state regulations and national registry requirements.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division.

We are unable to support visa candidates for this position.

• Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Colorado.
• Physician Assistant Certification (PA‑C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.
• Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.
• Eligible to provide services, reimbursable services, and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
• Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration's (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.
• Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.
• Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

• Full or provisional prescriptive authority eligibility is required. Provider must apply for prescriptive authority as a condition of employment.
• Master's degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by…