Surgical Assistant APP- SHVI- Pineville, NC

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite experienced APPs to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and visionaries together.

Atrium Health announces a new hospital-employed opportunity for an experienced Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute’s Vascular Surgery Team.  This person will function in both the hospital and clinic setting, taking care of a broad spectrum of vascular medical conditions. There is opportunity to also assist our vascular surgeons in the operating room with routine and complex vascular procedures.

Essential Functions 

• Performs initial and periodic medical history, physical examinations, and daily assessments
• Records findings of examinations, assessments and plan of care
• Writes appropriate prescriptions and administers medications
• Orders and interprets laboratory and radiology examinations
• Determines treatment plan for patient
• Documents all patient encounters, records observations, interventions, and actions in a medically appropriate manner on the patient's medical record
• Acts as a patient advocate for the population served
• Attends, participates and contributes to group/practice meetings and development of policies and procedures when requested
• Weekend and shared call 

Education, Experience and Certifications

• At least 1 years of experience in the PA or NP role in an acute care setting preferred
• Completed an accredited physician assistant/surgical assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program
• Both basic and advanced cardiac life support and pediatric advanced life support
• Experience with first assisting in the OR preferred but not required
• Board Certification by appropriate board
• Superb communication skills, and a passion for program development and collaboration

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is one of the Southeast's largest cardiac and vascular programs providing the highest quality care available to patient 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 patient with cardiovascular disease throughout North and South Carolina. SHVI has more than 50 years of experience in providing world-class, 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 a culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a 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 medicine, and redefine care for all.