We have an opportunity for an experienced Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. Our team, located at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, WA, includes Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Thoracic Surgery.

The cardiac surgery program has earned several STS 3 Star awards for CABG, AVR, and AVR CABG. We provide an excellent opportunity to provide a high level of care with unique individualized service. Position includes robotic opportunities, minimally invasive thoracic and cardiac surgery, and endoscopic radial harvest.

Clinic work consists of working up the surgical candidate for cardio and thoracic cases. Then follow-up care of post-surgical patients.

Operating room work consists of assisting the surgeon in open heart cases - primary role will be to harvest the veins out of the legs to be used in the coronary bypass procedures. Additionally, you will assist in the chest after the veins have been harvested from our patients.

Post Op Hospital work consists of taking care of the patients in the ICU and step down unit until discharge from the hospital.

Schedule is typically Mon-Fri with shared call rotation.

Requirements include:

• Active Washington State License
• Certification
• 2+ years CV/CT Surgery experience as an ARNP or Physician Assistant
• Ideal candidate will have Cardiac and/or Endovascular vein harvesting experience

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health provides expert, compassionate medical care at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites of care throughout the Puget Sound region. The integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds and is committed to caring for the most vulnerable in our communities, including the poor and underserved, providing nearly $200 million in community benefit free, subsidized and reduced-cost health care and programs.

Our Values:

Compassion

• Care with listening, empathy and love
• Accompany and comfort those in need of healing

Inclusion

• Celebrate each persons gifts and voice
• Respect the dignity of all

Integrity

• Inspire trust through honesty
• Demonstrate courage in the face of inequity

Excellence

• Serve with fullest passion, creativity and stewardship
• Exceed expectations of others and ourselves

Collaboration

• Commit to the power of working together
• Build and nurture meaningful relationships