Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Looking for Physician Assistant – Cardiology Full Time

ARNP/PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT POSITION:

Franciscan Heart and Vascular Associates is currently searching for a dedicated Physician Assistant to join our dynamic team of providers in the Sound Puget Sound area. As an employee of Franciscan Medical Group, you will be entitled to an excellent benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision and malpractice insurance coverage as well as a robust retirement plan.  

Essential Duties:

• Inpatient service responsibilities include hospital consultations, admission history, discharge and daily follow-up as well as medication management.
• Supervision of nuclear medicine stress testing may include travel to multiple hospitals in our system.
• The role will involve rotating through the cardiology inpatient service and supervision of hospital nuclear medicine stress testing.
• Manage stable, chronic cardiac disease or illnesses in outpatient clinic.
• Coordinate patient care between specialty physicians, nursing staff and other interdisciplinary providers.
• Serve as a liaison for the physician in communicating with patients and their families.
• EKG interpretation skills strongly preferred.
• Schedule Monday – Friday, subject to change based on organizational need.

Requirements:

Current Washington State P.A. license and certification. CPR certification.  Minimum 1 year of experience as PA.  Candidates with family medicine or urgent care experience are preferable, but we will consider experienced candidates with other relevant experience.

All staff and providers are expected to demonstrate and support our system’s Values which include:

Compassion

• Care with listening, empathy and love.
  • Accompany and comfort those in need of healing.

Inclusion

• Celebrate each person’s gifts and voice.
  • Respect the dignity of all.

Integrity

• Inspire trust through honesty.
  • Demonstrate courage in the face of inequity.

Excellence

• Serve with fullest passion, creativity and stewardship.
  • Exceed expectations of others and ourselves.

Collaboration

• Commit to the power of working together.
  • Build and nurture meaningful relationships.

Employment with Franciscan Medical Group includes medical/dental/vision coverage, personal time off, CME reimbursement, malpractice coverage and retirement plan with employer match.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT:

Consistent with our Core Values, we are EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled Employers. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected characteristic.

ABOUT VIRGINIA MASON FRANCISCAN HEALTH

About Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is a leading health system in Washington state. Formed by the integration of two outstanding health systems — CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason — Virginia Mason Franciscan Health offers a wealth of convenient hospital, clinic and care locations in western Washington. 

With more than 18,000 team members and staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health provides expert, compassionate medical care at 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites throughout the Puget Sound region. 

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has nearly 1,500 hospital beds and also includes Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, which is internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, which trains health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative management method for improving quality and safety.

Our anti-discriminatory practice

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of age, race, color, creed, national origin, ethnicity, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical, mental or other disability, citizenship, medical condition, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services and benefits under any of its programs and activities, whether carried out by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Virginia Mason Franciscan Health arranges to carry out its programs and activities.

ABOUT COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH

We are part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health.  CommonSpirit Health is committed to creating healthier communities, delivering exceptional patient care, and ensuring every person has access to quality health care. With its national office in Chicago and a team of approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit Health operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2018, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health had combined revenues of $29.2 billion and provided $4.2 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs.

COMPENSATION DISCLAIMER:

The posted compensation range is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

Salary Range:  $118,000 to $144,000

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