Cardiac Surgery - Physician Assistant - Albany, NY

St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates is seeking an experienced Cardiac Surgery Physician Assistant to join the Cardiac Surgery program at St. Peter’s Hospital located in Albany, New York.

Cardiac Surgery Physician Assistants function in a dynamic capacity within the surgical group. This role is full-time with weeknight and weekend call rotation.

Position Details:

• Full-time position with rotating flexible shifts
• Weeknight and weekend call rotation required
• PAs provide 24/7 in-house service coverage, including rotating nights and weekends
• Adult-only Cardiac Surgery practice
• Procedural responsibilities include:
• First assist on all open-heart cases (no vascular or thoracic cross-coverage)
• Endoscopic vein and radial artery harvesting
• Arterial line placement
• Chest tube placement
• Clinical responsibilities include:
• Daily rounds with the Cardiothoracic Surgery team
• Management of post-operative patients in the ICU and step-down units
• Preoperative consultations and day-before-surgery assessments
• Admitting and managing transfers from outside facilities and the Emergency Department

Opportunity Highlights:

• Join a well-established cardiac surgery program with strong patient demand
• High level of operative involvement and advanced procedural exposure
• Close collaboration with experienced cardiothoracic surgeons and multidisciplinary teams
• APP-friendly culture with strong onboarding and clinical support
• Practice within a robust health system offering stability, resources, and growth opportunities
• Ideal environment for experienced cardiac surgery PAs and motivated early-career providers

Candidate Requirements:

Applicants should have the following:

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant program
• NCCPA Board Certification
• New York State PA licensure
• DEA registration
• ACLS and BLS certification
• 1–3 years of cardiac surgery first-assist experience preferred
• Endoscopic vein and radial artery harvesting experience strongly preferred
• New graduates or candidates without direct cardiac surgery experience will be considered with relevant prior surgical experience
• Strong clinical judgment, teamwork skills, and comfort in a fast-paced surgical environment

Recruitment Package:

St. Peter’s Health Partners offers a comprehensive salary and compensation package that includes:

• Competitive base salary range $149,000 and $160,920 commensurate with experience
• The posted salary reflects the starting range of total compensation and does not include productivity bonuses, incentives related to quality and performance, extra shift incentives, and other forms of cash compensation as applicable to the position. In addition, providers typically receive a CME allowance and other benefits offered by their medical group employer. Please note that this salary range is provided in accordance with State law and is subject to variation due to the factors noted above.
• Sign on bonus
• Relocation bonus
• 2,500 CME and professional development support

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
• Paid malpractice, including tail coverage
• Paid time away from the practice
• Retirement savings program
• Loan Repayment: Our institution qualifies as an eligible employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, P.C, a physician-governed, multi-specialty group, is a member of St. Peter’s Health Partners in NY's Capital District. St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates provides a new model of physician practice that permits St. Peter’s Health Partners to evolve as a health system with strong physician participation while allowing physicians to retain those aspects that make private practice work well in the care of patients. It is one of the largest multi-specialty physician group practices in the region with more than 20 specialties and sub-specialties represented, over 350 providers in 2014, and more than 40 office locations in a six county region. 

St. Peter’s Health Partners, the region’s largest private-sector employer, with more than 12,500 employees, has more than 125 locations across seven counties. The system has an annual budget of nearly $1.1 billion. St. Peter’s Health Partners was created on October 1, 2011 by the merger of Northeast Health, St. Peter’s Health Care Services, and Seton Health. The merger created the region’s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit network of high-quality and advanced medical care, primary care, rehabilitation, and senior services.

These state-of-the-art services and programs are provided through Albany Memorial and St. Peter’s Hospitals in Albany, NY; Samaritan and St. Mary’s Hospitals in Troy, NY; Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, NY; and The Eddy system of continuing care and The Community Hospice.

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email Trinity Health Recruitment at docopps@trinity-health.org.