Lead Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery

Base Salary Range*: $269,000 to $297,647

* The salary range above is an estimated annual base salary for a full‑time position. Your Total Rewards would include a base salary plus performance‑based incentives and other valuable benefits. Our compensation models utilize fair market value data specific to your specialty.

Memorial Care Heart & Vascular Institute is seeking to add a board‑certified Physician Assistant (PA) to its cardiothoracic surgery practice at Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center in beautiful southern California. The selected PA will be employed by Memorial Care Medical Group, a for‑profit multi‑specialty group practice affiliated with Memorial Care Medical Foundation. The Lead Physician Assistant (PA) for Cardiothoracic Surgery provides leadership, direction, and guidance to Physician Assistants while delivering specialty collaborative patient management under the direction of the cardiac surgeons.

The Lead PA implements and maintains PA requirements both programmatic and competency specific to Cardiac Surgery Programs. This position is clinically responsible and accountable for the application of the PA process, providing clinical guidance to the team, research involvement, consultative services, inter and intradepartmental liaison, education, leadership, and patient care management across the healthcare continuum from preventative care through discharge.

• Support and provide coordination and direction to physician assistants and other staff through proactive assistance.
• Direct, educate, and mentor staff in developing sound clinical judgment to promote positive patient outcomes.
• Serve as a preceptor by mentoring PAs in care delivery, resource utilization, and time management.
• Function as a clinical resource, interprofessional consultant, and patient advocate.
• Partner with department leadership to manage daily work schedules, patient load assignments, and PA call schedules.
• Implement department strategies to optimize efficiency through timely documentation, length of stay management, and other specified strategies.
• Manage resource allocation based on patient needs and staff capabilities.
• Coordinate clinical rotations for student Physician Assistants.
• Collaborate in annual evaluation processes with physicians and management.
• Develop and supervise program development.
• Participate in hospital committees that determine clinical policy and practice standards.
• Engage in hospital‑wide Performance Improvement Programs.
• Lead training and onboarding of new PAs.
• Ensure competencies of existing PAs.
• Review and provide input on CT Surgery policies and procedures.

• Perform and document history and physical examinations.
• Write appropriate admission orders.
• Review abnormal findings and coordinate additional testing or consultations.
• Document progress notes.
• Evaluate unstable patients and initiate emergency management.
• Collaborate on surgical case scheduling.
• Assist with STS data collection.
• Provide patient education.

• First and second assist in operating room procedures.
• Perform saphenous vein and radial artery harvest, including EVH.
• Place indwelling catheters.
• Assist in patient preparation.
• Perform delegated surgical closure procedures.
• Monitor and coordinate patient transport.

• Write and manage postoperative orders.
• Monitor early postoperative period.‌
• Initiate treatment of postoperative complications.
• Communicate effectively with attending surgeons.
• Perform daily patient assessments.
• Complete discharge summaries.

• Competitive salary and annual incentive bonus plan
• Full and comprehensive benefits for provider and family including:
  Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, 401k retirement plan with employer contribution, and more
• Medical license and DEA renewal reimbursement
• CME reimbursement fund

Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center, one of the largest free‑standing hospitals on the west coast, is dedicated to clinical excellence, cutting‑edge research and a robust clinical trial program. It has a 60‑year history of cardiac program innovations including pioneering…