Vascular Practice Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Salary: n/a
Full-time Days (Rotating Weekends)

Description

Specialization:
Surgery Vascular

Job Summary:

Methodist Healthcare is seeking an acute care nurse practitioner or physician assistant to join our comprehensive vascular surgical program in San Antonio, TX.

• Successful completion of an accredited nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
• Certified Acute Care NP or PA, vascular surgical patient experience a plus
• Texas license eligible
• Current American Heart Association BLS and PALS, and/or ACLS provider

• Essential responsibilities include assessing, diagnosing, and forming treatment plans for a broad spectrum of vascular conditions: 60% inpatient evaluation & rounding/40% outpatient patient care
• Occasional weekend support needed, but no call requirements
• Full and comprehensive benefits to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, malpractice insurance
• 401k retirement plan with employer contribution
• Generous PTO plan

• Methodist Heart Hospital consistently performs more open-heart surgeries than any other hospital in San Antonio, making it the busiest program in the region
• Largest Heart Transplant program in South Texas, saving over 500 lives
• South Texas’ only comprehensive Aortic Aneurysm Program
• Over 2,000 TAVR procedures performed; 400 annually
• Established lung transplant program in 2021
• Over 150 ECMOs annually
• Over 1600 open heart surgeries each year
• Programs include VATS minimally invasive thoracic surgery and lung nodule program
• Over 90 cardiology physicians in Methodist Physician Practices
• 25 cath labs
• Five accredited chest pain centers
• Two heart failure clinics
• Methodist Healthcare System is the largest provider of health care in South and Central Texas with 28 facilities, including nine acute care hospitals serving over 94,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients annually

San Antonio is home to 2.5 million people and is experiencing solid economic growth in industries such as bioscience and healthcare, aerospace, IT and cybersecurity and green technologies. San Antonio's MSA is expected to add up to 1.1 million new residents and 500,000 new jobs by 2040. This growing city offers big-city amenities and world-renowned attractions coupled with a relaxed and inviting atmosphere for all ages. San Antonio residents also enjoy a cost of living slightly below the national average due to lower housing costs, as well as no state income tax.