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This is an opportunity for experienced Cardiac Surgery PA or NP with our Adult Cardiac Surgery Team. This position involves intra-operative first assisting including endovascular (endo-vein and endo-radial) harvesting.  The position could include a mixture of First Assistant and inpatient coverage is desired by the applicant and if meets the operation needs of the division.   This is a Monday through Friday daytime position.  It may require on-call.

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Intra-operative duties require surgical first assisting with a focus on endovascular (Saphenous vein and Radial artery) graft harvesting. Our world-class quaternary referral Cardiac Surgery Team performs a broad array of routine and pioneering procedures including CABG, valvular surgeries (including minimally invasive), Aortic procedures, LVADs, Heart Transplants, surgical arrhythmia procedures, robotic procedures and much more, affording our providers a challenging and enriching experience.

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Minimum 1-2 years of Cardiac Surgery first assisting and must include endoscopic-vein and endoscopic-radial harvesting. PAs must be graduates of an ARC-PA accredited program and NPs must have RNFA credentials. All candidates must be NYS licensed or eligible.

University or Rochester Cardiac Care offers world class Cardiac Surgical and Cardiology services to patients from western, central and northern New York, the southern tier of New York, as well as numerous referrals from centers in Vermont and northern Pennsylvania. Our Cardiac Care team is experiencing rapid growth including moving into the top 4 floors of our new $700 million tower in the Spring of 2027. Surgical volumes remain consistent averaging over 1000 cases annually.

The University offers a fantastic array of benefits including robust health, dental and vision plans, an outstanding direct contribution 403(b) plan, superior education and tuition benefits and much more.

Please visit https://www.rochester.edu/human-resources/benefits to explore all our employee benefits.

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