Advanced Practice Provider Cardiothoracic Surgery

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• Requisition ‑433435
• Employment Type:
  
  Full Time
• Hours/Pay Period: 80
• Provider:
  Advanced Provider
• Provider Type:
  Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (PA/NP)
• Speciality:
  Surgery
• Bonuses Offered:
  Relocation, Sign‑on
• Loan Repayment:
  Negotiable
• Visa Sponsorship:
  Not Applicable
• Remote:
  No
• Category:
  Advanced Practice
• Recruiter Name:
  Michele Chacon
• Recruiter Email: michele.chacon
• Travel:
  No
• Shift: Day

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health/VMFH is seeking an experienced surgical Advanced Practice Provider (APP). The Physician Assistant (PA‑C) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) will join our well‑established and cohesive surgical team.

We are seeking a PA/ARNP with previous cardiac and thoracic surgery experience. Duties will include endoscopic vein harvest, cardiac surgery first assist, robotic thoracic surgery bedside first assist, ICU/PCU/medical‑surgical rounds.

• Full spectrum conventional cardiac and thoracic surgery (except VAD, ECMO and transplant)
• Consistently achieve highest STS quality metrics – multiyear, multiple 3 Star
• Low PA/NP and surgeon turnover
• Hospital based – OR, ICU, PCU, surgical units
• Single hospital practice
• Traditional sternotomy based cardiac surgeries
• Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
• All lung resection surgeries performed with DaVinci XI robot
• Robotic foregut and esophagus
• APP driven service – occasional general surgery resident rotations; no subspecialty specific residents or fellows

Compensation Range: $ – $

• Current WA state license PA/NP (or ability to obtain)
• 1+ years APP cardiothoracic surgery experience preferred
• Endoscopic vein harvest highly preferred
• Open radial harvest – desired, but willing to train
• Robotic thoracic/cardiac surgery – desired, but willing to train
• ICU patient management experience – ventilator, drips, etc.
• CPR/BLS + ACLS (or ability to obtain) – required

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Our integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds including Bailey‑Boushay House, the first skilled‑nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS;
Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety.

We commit to fostering an equitable, diverse and intentionally inclusive environment – we strive for all to feel valued, respected and that they belong. Our unique life experiences and backgrounds make our patient care extraordinary. Our diversity fuels our culture of innovation and transformative health care. Our differences are our strengths and inspire a promising future.

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation, our organization has evolved through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area.

Today, as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we…