Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Provider - OR Experience Required

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 an APP who would rotate in the ICU/Floor/and operating room. 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 open vein harvesting.

In addition, there are ample opportunities to be involved in research as well as clinical teaching in our APP 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, and evaluating new consults.
• Enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation of Cardiac Surgery APPs through our Cardiothoracic Surgery APP residency
• Vein harvesting and Cardiac surgery 1^st assist experience REQUIRED
• Minimal need for clinic coverage

We offer:

• Onboarding program and mentorship
• Competitive salary
• Excellent work-life balance
• Cohesive and collegial team with most of APPs on staff 10 years and up
• Quality OR experience as no surgical residents on service
• Our program is in the process of expanding and we have several opportunities for career growth, including robotic mitral valve surgery, endoscopic radial artery harvesting, complex advanced HF management, research in our state-of-the-art pig lab, and leadership roles for the APP Residency Program.

• No in-house night or weekend call required. For qualified candidates, OR call is 1:6 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.