Surgery - General Physician Assistant

1 week ago

Greenville, SC, United States HPA Healthcare Full time

Position Overview

A large acute care hospital in South Carolina is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant - Cardiothoracic Surgery for a locum tenens assignment. The provider will work primarily in the operating room with responsibilities spanning vein harvesting, first assist on open heart cases, ICU admissions, and pre/post-operative surgical care.

$200K for assignment.

Assignment Highlights

  • Schedule:

  • Monday - Friday, 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM (8 hrs/day)

  • Call: 5% weekdays, 75% weekends (primarily ER call) - included in daily rate

Practice Setting: Inpatient (90%) + Outpatient (10%)

Patient Population: Adults only

Daily Caseload: 10 patients/day (5 admissions, 5 ICU, 4 surgeries)

Support: 4 cardiothoracic surgeons and 7 APPs

Beds: 720 total

EMR: Epic

Pay Ranking: This package ranks in the top 10-15% of current market pay for cardiothoracic surgery PA locum roles in South Carolina.

Skills & Experience

Physician Assistant with at least 2 years of cardiothoracic surgery experience (required)

Must be able to:

Harvest vein

First assist surgeon on all open heart cases

Provide suturing and perioperative surgical care

Epic EMR experience (preferred)

ACLS and DEA (required)

Active South Carolina license (required; will consider candidates willing to license)

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