Nurse Practitioner - Cardiovascular Surgery - Lutheran Medical Group

HCO: Community Health Systems Facility: Lutheran Medical Group Location: Ft.Wayne, IN Specialty: Physician Assistant - Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nurse Practitioner - Cardiovascular Surgery Request Type: Locums-To-Perm Source: LocumSmart Assignment Request 4AAE85C2-9E0A-43BC-AFB9-25FE60D498D9SCHEDULE • Start Date: 08/01/2026 • End Date: Ongoing • Shift: Coverage Dates • Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours + Call • Setting: Inpatient • Patients per Shift: 8-10 inpatient • Allowed Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas DayCREDENTIALING • Estimated timeframe: 30 • EMR System: CernerPRACTICE DETAILS • Provider Type: Advanced Practice • Providers Requested: 3 • Reason for Coverage: Scheduling NeedTRAVEL • Nearest Airport: Fort Wayne • Lodging: Hilton , Fairfield, Staybridge , Holiday Inn , Comfort Inn etcADDITIONAL DETAILS * temp/emgcy privilg. are available. Mon-Friday- Onsite Coverage: (7am-7 pm) Start at 7am for all Locums for CV so they can attend the CV Surgery Daily Mtg Sat: 24 Hr Coverage Approx 4 hours onsite (Arrive 6am to begin rounding) Sun: 24 Hour Coverage Apprx. 4 hours onsite (Arrive 6am to begin rounding) * 7 on 7 off is the preferred schedule from Mon- Sun NP or PA must have cardiothoracic experience. PAs must know how to EVH ~ 500 case/10 yrs exp. Primarily Rounding + Medical Management (Calls) especially on weekends with no guarantee on OR time at the moment. Sat/ Sun rounding on inpatients in the morning (a surgeon also helps with rounding in the morning), then call the rest of the day/night - we have a rounding nurse from 5am-5pm on weekends who takes the first line phone calls and helps with orders There will be call for patient management for our inpatients, ER consultations and transfers from other hospitals during the week and weekends, probably one night per week as well as the weekend if working a 7on/7off model. The call will be 4:30pm to 6am on weekdays and 5pm-5am on weekends (see note about the rounding nurse above who will help field the phone calls while she is working but will reach out to you with any questions after rounding is finished). We may have our night PA working some nights (right now working Tuesday to Friday 8pm-6am) and then the call would be 4:30pm-8:00pm. Our preferred model is 7on/7off but will also accept other available dates. **A laptop is required for call so please bring that with you. Job responsibilities: Daily rounding on all inpatients (ICU, stepdown) and new consults as well as discharging patients OR - EVH hemapro 2; help train new APPs on EVH; some open vein harvest or endoscopic vein harvesting may be needed with some fem-pop surgeries usually done in a bridging technique - first assist on some cases once you learn our surgeon's routines - there may be OR call for emergencies while on call for the weekend if needed Our specialties: cardiac - all adult cardiac surgeries (CAB, valves, aortic dissections, etc); we have a high acuity of patients, some very sick thoracic - mostly robotic surgeries but some VATs and thoracotomies; inclusive of all thoracic surgeries except no esophageal (lobectomies, wedge resections, decortications, mediastinal mass, etc) vascular - all types of open vascular surgeries (CEA, AAA , leg revascularizations, etc) heart failure - LVAD, ECMO, impellas If you are selected for an interview. There will be an additional form that will need to be completed prior to the interview. Thank you.