Physican Assistant

If its possible, you will find it at Atrium Healththe leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite Advance Practice Providers to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together.

Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute - Cabarrus, is currently seeking a Full-Time Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Practice Provider to join their established practice in Concord, NC. Youll be joining a great team atmosphere with opportunities for autonomy. Our surgeons are readily available and easy to work with. Our busy practice provides plenty of opportunities for continued growth, while located in the Charlotte metropolitan area. 

Practice Highlights: 

• The practice has 12 cardiac and thoracic surgeons across SHVI and 28 APPs at three sites. 
• Busy practice averaging 1500 cases a year between cardiac and thoracic services 
• The practice performs both inpatient and outpatient procedures.

Ideal candidates: 

• Graduated from an accredited NP or PA program AND maintain a current license to practice as an NP or PA in North Carolina. Current prescriptive privileges and DEA license required. BLS/ACLS Certified. 
• Physician Assistants: certification from the NCCPA required. 
• Nurse Practitioners: Acute Care NP Certification required.
• Work in the outpatient setting with five-day shift schedule. No weekends and no call. 
• Position consists of providing care to both cardiac and thoracic surgery patients. 
• Experience with cardiovascular surgery preferred. Applicant will be building and leading outpatient clinic.
• Experience performing some procedures, including bedside talc pleurodesis, chest tube removal, pericardial drain removal, and wound vac placements. 
• Travel may be required to other sites.

About Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute: 

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute (SHVI) is one of the Southeast's largest cardiothoracic and vascular programs providing the highest quality care available to patients with cardiovascular disease throughout North and South Carolina. SHVI employs more than 110 physicians in a network of more than 25 locations to provide the highest quality care available to patients with cardiovascular disease. SHVI has more than 50 years of experience in providing comprehensive acute and chronic cardiovascular services, including the region's only heart transplant center and pediatric heart surgery program. 

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.