Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Provider

Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Provider Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center – Lebanon, NH

Dartmouth Health is pleased to announce an opening for an experienced Advanced Practice Provider in the Section of Cardiac Surgery. Come explore an opportunity to live and work in the most beautiful part of our country for a program that values your professional fulfillment with a balance between work and life outside the hospital. The successful candidate will provide and coordinate care and education of patients and families across the full continuum of cardiac surgery: from clinic or inpatient consultation, through surgery and post-op hospital stay, to outpatient follow-up. We are seeking either an APP with operative experience who would rotate in the ICU/Floor/and operating room OR a non-operative APP to cover ICU/Floor only. The opportunity to act as first assistant for Cardiac operations is available to experienced surgical PAs or APRNs with RNFA certification. OR first assist will include a full range of coronary, complex valve, aortic, and minimally invasive procedures, as well as endoscopic vein harvesting and open vein harvesting. In addition, there are ample opportunities to be involved in research as well as clinical teaching in our PA Residency Program.  A faculty appointment through Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth will be requested. We are seeking providers who will:

• Be team-oriented, multi-taskers with a great willingness to learn and hone their skills
• Work rotating day shifts in the ICU/Floor covering the cardiac surgery inpatient service
• Evaluation of new consults in both the inpatient and clinic setting
• Enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation of Cardiac Surgery PAs through our Cardiothoracic Surgery PA residency
• Vein harvesting and Cardiac surgery 1^st assist experience REQUIRED if applying for operative position
• Critical care experience preferred if applying for non-operative position

We offer:

• Onboarding program and mentorship
• Competitive salary
• Quality OR experience as no surgical residents on service

• No in-house night or weekend call required. For qualified candidates, OR call is 1:7 on nights, weekends, and holidays; call is taken from home.

• Comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and malpractice insurance, up to 6% employer retirement match, CME allowance, student loan repayment, and relocation bonus

Requirements:

• BLS certification
• Current (or eligible) certification to practice as a PA or APRN in NH
• Successful completion of an approved PA/APRN program.
• For candidates seeking to work in the OR: National specialty certification as RNFA or certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience.  This beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. The system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Dartmouth Health Children’s Hospital, and the acclaimed Dartmouth Institute, with four affiliated hospitals and multiple Dartmouth Health ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.