Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant
San Francisco, CA
This is a highly specialized Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant opportunity supporting the San Francisco VA Health Care System in an operating room environment.
If you have real cardiothoracic surgery experience and can step into a high-acuity surgical setting without hand-holding, this is a strong fit. The work is focused, clinically meaningful, and built around direct support to Veterans in a federal healthcare setting. This is not a general surgery PA seat. They want somebody who already knows the drill in CT surgery.
Position Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Doing
•Provide onsite Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant services at the San Francisco VA Health Care System
•Support cardiothoracic surgical cases in the operating room
•Perform first assistant and second assistant responsibilities in cardiothoracic surgery
•Serve as bedside assistant for robotic procedures
•Perform endoscopic radial and saphenous vein harvesting
•Perform ultrasound-guided arterial and venous access for central line placement
•Insert and remove chest tubes and pigtail catheters
•Insert and remove Swan-Ganz catheters
•Remove pacing wires
•Perform cardioversion
•Document care in the VA electronic health record environment and comply with all VA documentation, privacy, quality, and patient safety requirements
•Support required QA/QI documentation and reporting tied to procedures, complications, and outcomes
The Schedule
- 2 days per week
- 6 hours per day
- Work performed during VA business hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
- No off-hours coverage required
Onsite at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121
Required Qualifications
What You Need
•Active Physician Assistant credentials meeting VA privileging requirements
•Current board certification
•Current AHA BLS
•Current AHA ACLS
•NPI
•Ability to complete VA credentialing and privileging
•Ability to pass required background, security, privacy, and onboarding requirements
•Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently
•Strong clinical competence in cardiothoracic surgical support
•Ability to provide documentation of training, competency, education history, and licensure as requested by the VA
•Must not appear on the HHS OIG exclusion list
Preferred Qualifications
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