Surgery - Thoracic Physician

Facility needs a Locum Cardiothoracic Surgeon to cover their need starting immediately (5 days to privilege)!

Dates Needing Coverage :

• October 2 - November 2 (yes, this is very immediate and very ambitious, but feasible!)
• If we can get your candidate offered/accepted tomorrow, 10/2, they should be able to start first shift on Monday, 10/12

Details :

• Credentialing/Privileging: client says we can obtain privs in FIVE days
• Schedule: 7am-7am
• EMR: Epic
• 1 CT Surgery dedicated OR
• 4 available PAs rotate to support surgeon in OR
• Patient Population: Adult/Geriatric
• TAVR & SAVR: YES, around 3 patient consults per day; and 1-2 surgeries per day

Program Details

• The CT surgery program is a 3 Surgeon practice, 7 APP's, and 4 perfusionists who work together with an experienced staff on a dedicated floor that houses both the 10-bed dedicated CVICU (for prep and recovery), 16-bed Step-down beds.
• The surgeons also enjoy a CVOR containing 3 dedicated rooms.
• Our surgeons performed over 400 heart surgeries and over 150 Thoracic surgeries (including robotics) this past fiscal year.
• The program participates in the STS Registry and aggressively benchmarks performance as part of an ever-vigilant quality and outcomes improvement program

Required Procedures:

• Adult cardiac surgery
• General thoracic surgery
• Aortic dissection
• CABG
• Tube thoracostomy
• Pericardial window
• Thoracotomy lung resections and pneumonectomy
• Heart valve repair/replacement surgery
• Dissection
• VA + VV ECMO placement.

Please make sure you have the following items readily available for your provider at the time of acceptance in order to expedite the credentialing process

• MD diploma
• Internship/residency/fellowship certs
• All medical licenses
• DEA
• Board Certification
• Life support cards- BLS
• Current and previous certificates of insurance
• Driver s license
• Professional color photo/headshot
• CMEs for the past 2 years
• Immunization records including TB, Flu, HepB, Tdap, Varicella, and COVID
• References
• Case logs

• Must be available to cover significant shifts between 10/2-11/2 - REQUIRED
• Active Idaho license - REQUIRED
• Clean background/no malpractice - REQUIRED
• Successful completion of ACGME or AOA accredited residency and CT fellowship program - REQUIRED
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree; - REQUIRED
• American Board of Surgery or American Board of Thoracic Surgery certification, or obtain certifications within 3 years of employment; - REQUIRED
• ACLS - REQUIRED