Job: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ADULT CV SURGERY (76396)

Department: ADULT CV SURGERY
Employment Type: FULL TIME
Hours per pay period: 80
Shift: DAY(VARIED)
Facility: ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL & MED CTR
Location: PHOENIX, AZ

Facility Information:

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. As one of the Valley's largest hospitals with more than 740-beds and 5,200 employees, we are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a "Best Place to Work in the Valley" six years in a row. We are also proud to be named a Top 25 Workplaces for Women, a top hospital by Ranking Arizona Magazine and routinely recognized as one of the country's best neuroscience centers by U.S. News & World Report. We are also the ONLY Valley Hospital located conveniently off of the Valley's Metro Light Rail.

St. Joseph's is home to: the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute; St. Joseph's Children's Health Center, which is the second largest provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state; The Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph's; and St. Joseph's Trauma Center, which is one of the only Level 1 trauma center's in Arizona that's verified by the American College of Surgeons.

St. Joseph's continues to expand and enhance its services to meet the growing needs of the community by providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal, cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospital's nine critical care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year.

As a mission-driven organization dedicated to the legacy of service and innovation set by its founders, the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's continues to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada.

JOIN US NOW as we are seeing a dynamic PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT for our rapidly growing Adult CV Surgery. Providing diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients under supervision and responsibility of a Physician this unique position involves both clinic and inpatient services and will be working with an established multidisciplinary team of Transplant Pulmonologists, Thoracic Surgeons and Nurse Coordinators.

REQUIREMENTS:
Degree as a Physician's Assistant, Certification as Physician Assistant from Arizona Joint Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners and three years of clinical experience in related area required.

PREFERRED SKILLS:
CV Surgery with a special focus on endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH).

KEYWORDS: critical care, intensive care, ICU, PA, thoracic, lung, transplant

To learn more about our Heart and Lung Institute visit and our Lung Transplant Program visit http://www.stjosephs-phx.org/Medical_Services/Heart_And_Lung_Institute/index.htm

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