If you deliver a dose of compassion to every patient you see, you may be an ideal addition to the Legacy cardiothoracic surgery team. You’ll provide medical and surgical services within an assigned clinic, forging relationships with staff and delivering expert care to patients. Every aspect of your work will reflect the Legacy mission of making life better for others.

• Under the direction of the Physician Assistant’s Supervising Physician or Designated Agent, provides medical and cardiothoracic surgical services.
• Ability to make responsible decisions within the scope of practice as a dependent medical practitioner.
• Works in concert with physician(s) to ensure the highest quality of care for one’s patients.
• Physicians may delegate to Physician Assistant those medical duties that are within the physician’s scope of practice and the PA’s training and that are allowed by law.
• Specific practice activities may differ from PA to PA in accordance with their level of training, experience and the preferences of the overseeing surgeon.
• Likewise, there may be hospital-specific differences in the PA scope of practice at different locations.

Education:

• Requires Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of a physician assistant program accredited by any of the following accrediting bodies:
  • Committee on Allied Health, Education Accreditation of the American Medical Association (CAHEA);
  • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP);
  • Accreditation Review Commission on the Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

Experience:

• Requires experience in direct patient management, in the surgical subspecialty of cardiothoracic surgery.
• Surgical assisting experience required.
• Knowledge of acute and chronic disease states, administration and prescription of medications, and delivering physical care following treatment plan.
• Prior operating room experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery strongly preferred.

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