Description
Advanced Practice Provider and RNFA Opportunities
Cardiac Surgery at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Seeking acute-care experienced nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and RNFAs to become part of our nationally recognized cardiac surgery team at the Florence Wormald Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Located in Greater Cincinnati, the current group includes 6 cardiac-only surgeons, 12 APPs (6 inpatient, 5 surgical, and 1 outpatient), and 3 RNFAs. Opportunities are available in inpatient and OR settings for candidates who thrive in high-acuity environments and value team-based care. Learn more and apply!
Why St. Elizabeth Healthcare?
- Nationally recognized, leading-edge practice setting for cardiac surgery APPs and RNFAs.
- Join a transformative heart surgery program with superior outcomes.
- Thrive in a busy surgical program at a single hospital campus (Edgewood).
- New 16-bed CVSICU and expanding number of operating rooms.
- Become part of a personable and expert surgical team that values collaboration, champions patient-centered care, and delivers the region’s most advanced cardiac surgery.
We Are Currently Seeking:
- Inpatient support (nurse practitioners or physician assistants) to care for post-operative patients and consults.
- Experienced surgical first assists (APPs or RNFAs) in surgery.
Job Description:
The Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner (PA/NP) Cardiac Surgery provides operative (pre, intra and post) care to patients. Under the auspices of a designated supervising physician(s), the PA/NP Cardiac Surgery applies in depth knowledge, expert skill, and clinical judgment in first assisting the surgeon with performing complex surgical procedures. Additionally, the PA/NP Cardiac Surgery provides care as needed in the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings and participates in call coverage with the cardiac surgeons and advanced practice providers.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
Our Surgical Cases Include:
Valve Procedures
- Complex multi-valve repair and replacement
- Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement for mitral annular calcification
- Aortic and tricuspid valve treatments
Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Procedures
- Cardiac tumor removal
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) closure
- Surgical ablation and ligation of the left atrial appendage
Rhythm and Heart Failure Interventions
- Atrial fibrillation surgery
- Advanced and complex heart failure LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) surgery
Coronary and Aortic Procedures
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
- Complex aorta surgery
About St. Elizabeth Healthcare
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is a five-hospital, 1,000-bed community health system in a market of 400,000 people. Enjoy a competitive compensation and benefits package along with a great place to live and work.
Location
Our practice is based at St. Elizabeth’s main campus in Edgewood, Kentucky (minutes from Downtown Cincinnati). This opportunity allows you to enjoy all the amenities of a major metropolitan area as well as the natural charms of Northern Kentucky. This region boasts affordable living, award-winning schools, college and professional sports, exceptional fine arts, and is home to seven Fortune 500 Companies.
Contact
For inquiries about this opportunity, please contact: Michele Kenner – [email protected]
Requirements
Required Education, Credentials, Licenses (PA-C):
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant Program; meets the requirement for certification/re-certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) in appropriate specialty area.
- Licensure as a Physician Assistant in the state where work is being performed; completion of CME requirements.
- Requires Certificate of Authority and Standard Care Arrangement with collaborating physician to practice as a physician assistant.
- St. Elizabeth Medical Staff Membership & Privileges.
- DEA Certificate with prescribing/dispensing privileges in the state where work is being performed.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Desirable Education, Credentials, Licenses:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
