Physician Assistant

Tenet Healthcare and the St. Francis Health System are seeking an experienced Cardio Thoracic Surgical / Cardio Vascular Surgical Physician Assistant for our facility in Memphis, TN.. This position offers the opportunity to work alongside a collaborative group of medical professionals and is a crucial member of the patient experience.

This will be a dynamic role with exposure to both the OR, inpatient, and outpatient elements of Cardiac Surgery. Schedule will be Monday through Friday and based around normal business hours with some call responsibilities.

Since this will be a complex role, an experienced candidate would truly shine here, and previous Vein Harvesting experience would be strongly preferred

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Continuing medical education (CME) allowance
• Malpractice insurance

About St. Francis:

• 500 bed hospital, multiple specialties represented, 40 bed ICU with in house coverage 24/7, 200 physician active medical staff, in house hosptilalist group 24/7, robust stroke service, certified chest pain center, 30+ bed ER, second busiest ER in the city with over 80K visits per year, trauma center 15 min. drive from hospital.
• 2 dedicated locked PSY units totaling about 40 beds (separated by Adult patients and Child/Adol. Patients)
• Clinical Assessment center on site where patients needing admission present to staffed with nurses and therapists. Call to physicians when admission orders are needed, otherwise handled in clinical assessment center.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

About Memphis:

• 1 large international airport
• No state income tax, low cost of living, robust economy with FedEx, International Paper Autozone and ServiceMaster.
• Shelby Farms park, one of the best zoos in the country, rich in culture with a multitude of restaurants and shopping
• Memphis Grizzlies NBA basketball team, Memphis redbirds baseball, newly founded professional soccer team, large universities such as University of Memphis, Rhodes College and Christian Brothers University
• Live in downtown Memphis or suburbs, all within a 30 min drive of each other with minimal traffic Excellent private and public school systems.

Memphis is a city on the Mississippi River in southwest Tennessee, famous for the influential strains of blues, soul and rock 'n' roll that originated there. Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Johnny Cash recorded albums at the legendary Sun Studio, and Presley’s Graceland mansion is a popular attraction. Other music landmarks include the Rock 'n' Soul Museum, Blues Hall of Fame and Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

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