Dartmouth Health is pleased to announce an opening for an experienced Physician Assistant in the Section of Cardiac Surgery. Come explore an opportunity to live and work in the most beautiful part of our country for a program that values your professional fulfillment with a balance between work and life outside the hospital. The successful candidate will act as first assistant for Cardiac operations; including a full range of coronary, complex valve, aortic, and minimally invasive procedures. The candidate will be proficient in endoscopic vein harvesting and open vein harvesting.

Additional responsibilities include providing and coordinating care and education of patients and families prior to surgery, and while transitioning back to home including post-operative follow-up.  Work in the outpatient clinic setting provides opportunities to assist with the evaluation of elective, urgent, and emergent patients.

In addition, there are ample opportunities to be involved in research as well as clinical teaching in our PA Residency Program.  A faculty appointment through Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth will be requested.

We are seeking providers who will:

• Be team-oriented, multi-taskers with a great willingness to learn and hone their skills
• Work rotating day shifts in the ICU/Floor/OR
• OR call is 1:7 on nights, weekends and holidays; call is taken from home
• Enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation of Cardiac Surgery PAs through our Cardiothoracic Surgery PA residency

We offer:

• Onboarding program and mentorship
• Competitive salary
• No in-house night or weekend call required, OR call taken from home.
• Comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and malpractice insurance, up to 6% employer retirement match, CME allowance, student loan repayment, and relocation bonus

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience.  This beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. The system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Dartmouth Health Children’s Hospital, and the acclaimed Dartmouth Institute, with four affiliated hospitals and multiple Dartmouth Health ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.