Surgical PA First Assistant — OR/ICU Hybrid

Vanderbilt Health; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health in Nashville is seeking a Physician Assistant First Assistant to join MOR Cardiac Surgery 10. The role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to provide surgical care, including first and second assisting during procedures and pre/post-op activities.

Candidates should have a PA credential, strong surgical experience preferred, and be open to ICU/OR settings in a hybrid model. This position offers opportunities for professional growth within a leading academic health system.

Qualifications

• Physician Assistant strongly preferred.
• 1 year of Surgical PA experience strongly preferred.
• Open to ICU and OR (hybrid model).

Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute, and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses specific to the surgical area.
• Performs first assistant role in the surgical environment
• Orders, performs, interprets, and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• May prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.

Skills

Surgical PA

First/Second Assistant

ICU/OR Hybrid

Job description

Vanderbilt Health in Nashville is seeking a Physician Assistant First Assistant to join MOR Cardiac Surgery 10. The role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to provide surgical care, including first and second assisting during procedures and pre/post-op activities.

Candidates should have a PA credential, strong surgical experience preferred, and be open to ICU/OR settings in a hybrid model. This position offers opportunities for professional growth within a leading academic health system.