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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Kaiser Permanente·Clackamas, Oregon

Full Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 28 days ago
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About the role

Provide high-quality cardiovascular and thoracic surgical care through pre-, intra-, and post-operative management. Responsibilities include performing surgical assists, harvesting conduits in the OR, and managing patient recovery in the ICU and telemetry units.

Job Summary

Provide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Provide high-quality health care through active participation in pre-, intra-, and post-operative care for patients in CVT service via direct assessment and formulation/implementation of treatment plan under the guidance of the CVT team physicians. Performing complete pre-operative work-up on patients and performing H & P and patient pre-operative teaching; harvesting conduits and first- assisting in the OR; making rounds and removing lines/tubes/drains on post-operative patients in the ICU and telemetry units; assisting with discharge planning; assuming on-call responsibilities, and education. Document in writing all care in patients permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provide all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and State licensing guidelines. Coordinate, develop and organize patient or department services or programs.
  • Examples include, but are not limited to: Develop written patient education materials. Provide in-service training. Proctor new employees, as requested. Participate on committees such as CV QI, Policy and Procedure, Point of care, transfusion, etc. As requested. Participate in capital purchase planning and implementation. Collaborative relationship with anesthesia, surgeons, nursing staff and perfusion. Fair share call. Collection of data for databases, quality on audits as needed. Performs other duties as requested.

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience N/A Education Graduate of ANA - approved NP or AMA - approved PA or equivalent requirements to meet State licensure. License, Certification, Registration Nurse Practitioner License (Oregon) AND Nurse Practitioner National Certificate AND Registered Nurse License (Oregon) OR Physician Assistant License (Oregon) AND Physician Assistant National Certificate Basic Life Support Advanced Cardiac Life Support National Provider Identifier required at hire
  • Drug
  • Enforcement
  • Administration
  • Registration
  • Additional
  • Requirements: Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases. Working knowledge of State health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations. Important to know limitations and when to refer patients. Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common thoracic and cardiovascular anomalies. Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff. Ability to first assist and harvest vein/radial artery in the OR.

Preferred Qualifications

Two (2) years of clinical experience including endoscopic vein/radial artery harvest. Minor surgery or surgical assist skills. Graduate of approved PA or NP program with licensure in Oregon.

Notes

Will also support operations at Westside Medical Center Call requirement varies but typically is 5-7 days per month - 1 weekend and some days during work week

Requirements

Requires a valid Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license and national certification in Oregon, along with BLS and ACLS certifications. Preferred candidates have two years of clinical experience, specifically in endoscopic vein or radial artery harvesting.

  • professional certificate
  • postgraduate degree
  • Patient Assessment
  • Patient Education
  • Treatment Planning
  • Discharge Planning
  • Medical Documentation
  • Pre-operative Care
  • Post-operative Care
  • Intra-operative Care
  • Endoscopic Vein Harvest
  • First Assisting
  • Conduit Harvesting
  • Surgical Assist Skills

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Location
Clackamas, Oregon
Posted
Jun 29, 2026
Application
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Hiring organization

Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is hiring in Clackamas, Oregon. It operates in medical practices. Team size: 2-10 employees. Headquarters: Oakland, California. This opening is listed as full_time.

Salary listed on 18 jobs
IndustryMedical Practices
Size2-10 employees
HQOakland, California
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