Cardiac Surgery APP OR and Clinic Position - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

University of Rochester • City of Rochester, NY

3d • $98,508 - $132,995 • Hybrid

About The Position

Exciting hybrid opportunity for an experienced Cardiac Surgery PA or NP with our Adult Cardiac Surgery Team. This position is a mixture of both intra-operative first assisting including endovascular (endo-vein and endo-radial) harvesting and our Cardiac Surgery Clinic. This is a Monday through Friday daytime position.

Intra-operative duties require surgical first assisting with a focus on endovascular (Saphenous vein and Radial artery) graft harvesting. Our world-class quaternary referral Cardiac Surgery Team performs a broad array of routine and pioneering procedures including CABG, valvular surgeries (including minimally invasive), Aortic procedures, LVADs, Heart Transplants, surgical arrhythmia procedures, robotic procedures and much more, affording our providers a challenging and enriching experience.

Clinic duties will focus on pre- and post-operative clinic evaluations and management of general cardiac surgery patients (excluding Heart Failure surgical patients, ie LVADs and Transplants). We utilize both in house and tele-health for our clinic operations. Our new clinic provider will also support our novel Chronic Aortic Diseases clinic.

Requirements

• Minimum 1-2 years of Cardiac Surgery first assisting and must include endoscopic-vein and endoscopic-radial harvesting.
• PAs must be graduates of an ARC-PA accredited program.
• NPs must have RNFA credentials.
• All candidates must be NYS licensed or eligible.
• Require a Master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner.
• An active New York State Registered Nurse license in good standing.
• An active New York State Nurse Practitioner licensure in good standing.
• Current national certification as an Nurse Practitioner.
• Required completion of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant program.
• An active New York State Physician Assistant licensure in good standing.
• Current national certification as a Physician Assistant by NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants).
• Demonstrate clinical competence, superior verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal effectiveness and customer relation skills, computer competence and must have an active desire to learn.

Responsibilities

• Intra-operative duties require surgical first assisting with a focus on endovascular (Saphenous vein and Radial artery) graft harvesting.
• Pre- and post-operative clinic evaluations and management of general cardiac surgery patients (excluding Heart Failure surgical patients, ie LVADs and Transplants).
• Support our novel Chronic Aortic Diseases clinic.
• Participate in the education of learners (students and new employees), using clinical learning experiences, knowledge sharing and skill training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level