Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Froedtert South, Inc. Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, United States

Froedtert South has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join Goya Raikar, M.D., an experienced robotically trained Cardiothoracic Surgeon. The ideal candidate would work in the operating room, provide inpatient management, and have an outpatient practice in our growing cardiothoracic surgery program.

The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner will direct patient care in the hospital and clinic setting, handle all aspects of treatment plans, review and evaluate test results and complete medical documentation under the supervision of Dr. Raikar.

The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner will have on-call responsibilities, which may include responding to inpatient and outpatient inquiries, responding to the hospital to attend to inpatients, responding to the hospital to assist with urgent/emergent surgeries. On-call requirements will be shared. When on-call, there will always be support from a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. The number of qualified staff available determines the call rotation.

Reasons you should work at Froedtert South as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner in Cardiothoracic Surgery:

• Work in a state-of-the-art Cardiothoracic Program with our robotically trained Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Goya Raikar
• Work with an experienced surgical heart team
• Be part of a growing cardiac surgery program in one of the fastest growing communities in the country

Qualifications and Skills:

• Education: Masters in Physician Assistant Studies or Master of Nurse
  Practitioner, or Doctor of Nurse Practitioner.
• Training: Successful completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or Successful completion of a master, post-master, or doctorate degree from an adult nurse practitioner program accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  or successfully pass one of the national certification examinations consistent with the applicant's educational specialty and administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification.
• License: Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Wisconsin
  or current license to practice as Registered Nurse and an Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber in the State of Wisconsin.
• Experience: Three years of experience in cardiothoracic surgery or cardiology (Required).

Employee Benefits include, but are not limited to: health, dental, and vision, paid time off, malpractice insurance, continuing education reimbursement, dues and subscription reimbursement, short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, cell phone reimbursement, and matching 403b retirement plan.

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Froedtert South is a comprehensive regional healthcare system that has served southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois communities for more than 100 years. Froedtert South provides services primarily through the Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital and several other clinic locations.

We at Froedtert South are committed to living out the healing ministries of the Judeo-Christian faiths by providing exceptional and compassionate healthcare services that promote the dignity and well-being of the people we serve; this is our Mission and our reason for being.

We strive to recruit and retain highly qualified and well-trained…