Meridian, Idaho
Bloomington, Indiana
Posted: 05-May-23
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Type: Full Time
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Internal Number: CVT PA
Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant - Montana
The Heart & Vascular Institute at Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Montana is seeking an experienced Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant to join our team. We are a level II trauma center and regional referral center with a catchment of 250,000 and a medical group employing 340 providers. Our practice offers direct, in-house referrals, dedicated CVOR staff and experienced ICU/PCVU medical staff.
Position Description
- Dedicated time in OR with surgeon
- First assist duties
- Ability to be autonomous in OR when required
- Vein harvesting – traditional and endoscopic
- Openings and closures
- Removal of medical devices: chest tubes, Swan-Ganz catheters, pacemaker wires, drains, intra-aortic balloon pumps
- Hospital consults and inpatient rounding including CVICU
- Orders and prescribes
- Patient education
- Discharge summaries
- Outpatient clinic as assigned – pre and post-op care
- Call is shared with surgeon and PA colleagues, 1:3
- Currently, approx 100 hearts annually – opportunity to grow
Minimum Qualifications
- Cardiovascular/thoracic surgical experience required
- Experience in open and endoscopic vein harvesting
- Experience in critical care setting to include Pleur-evac and chest tube management
Heart & Vascular Institute
Consists of the following providers:
- 2 CVT Surgeons
- 2 CVT Surgical PAs, 1 non-operating CVT PA
- 3 Interventional Cardiologists
- 2 General Cardiology Providers (1 physician, 1 nurse practitioner)
Why we stand out
- Stand alone, financially stable, not-for-profit health system
- Regional tertiary center with robust specialty support including neurosurgery, pulmonology, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, advanced gastroenterology, cardiothoracic, and more!
- Patient focused, quality community and regional medical care
- International airport with direct flights to: DEN, MSP, SLC, SEA, ORD, LAS and PHX
How we support you
- Competitive salaries with additional incentive bonus structures
- Generous sign-on / relocation bonus
- Annual $5,000 CME + $1,000 license/dues
- 5-7% retirement match
- Provider wellness programs focused on personal and professional development
- Monthly meetings with highest-level physician and administrative leadership to bring ideas forward and solve issues
Community Information: Great Falls is known as Montana’s base camp for art and adventure with a city population of 60,000, and a draw of over 275,000 people in north central Montana. We have four genuine seasons, experience mild winters and enjoy blue skies over 300 days per year. Great Falls is a wonderful and safe place to raise a family, with nationally ranked public schools, two accredited colleges, and a new not-for-profit medical school, TouroCOM Montana, opening Summer 2023. Additionally, the Missouri River, a blue-ribbon fly-fishing destination, runs through the middle of our community with over 60 miles of paved recreational trails. Our local outdoor activities include camping, hiking, horseback riding, water and snow skiing, rock and ice climbing, boating, paddle boarding, kayaking, off-road motor sports, and hunting making our quality of life unrivaled in the Rocky Mountain West. Additionally, in 2023, Montana was named #1 state in the nation to practice medicine by WalletHub and in 2020, Great Falls ranked #10 for best cities to practice in after the pandemic by Business Insider.
Benefis Health System is one of Montana’s largest tertiary centers holding a level II Trauma designation. We are proud to be a standalone, financially stable community health system with strong, dedicated leadership focused on providing the best patient care in Montana, in addition to being awarded Becker’s “Best Places To Work in Healthcare” 6 years in a row. Benefis covers ¼ of the state’s land mass, an area comparable in size to Kansas and can provide care for everything except for burns and organ transplants. We offer great specialty support including 4 neurosurgeons, a cardiothoracic and vascular program, a regional cancer institute and a brand-new emergency department with a dedicated air ambulance program, including fixed and rotor wing.
Contact me today for further details! ericamartin@benefis.org
