Physician Assistant | Surgery - Cardiothoracic
Location: Memphis, TN
Employer: HPA Healthcare
Pay: $160 per hour
Contract Duration: 2 Weeks
Start Date: ASAP
About the Position
LocumJobsOnline is working with HPA Healthcare to find a qualified Cardiothoracic Surgery PA in Memphis, Tennessee, 38119!
Position Overview
One of our Partners is seeking a Cardiovascular / Cardiothoracic Surgery PA for a long-term locum opportunity in Memphis, Tennessee supporting a busy inpatient cardiac surgery service.
This assignment combines OR first assist responsibilities, CV ICU management, postoperative cardiac care, and in-house call coverage.
Compensation Highlights
- Clinical Coverage: $160/hour
- Night Call: $1,000/night
- Callback: $180/hour
- Long-term assignment through year-end
- Top 10–15% CT Surgery PA compensation nationally
Additional Highlights:
- CABG exposure
- Valve repair / replacement
- EVH required
- CV ICU management
- Temporary privileges available
Assignment Highlights
- HPA Healthcare is Joint Commission–certified
- Active member of NALTO
- Long-term permanent vacancy coverage
- Scheduled clinical hours + call
- Inpatient setting only
- Cerner EMR
- Temporary privileges available
- Travel reimbursed per Tenet policy
- Malpractice coverage included
- Stroke-certified hospital
Job Responsibilities
Provider responsibilities include:
- First assist in cardiac surgery cases
- CABG assistance
- Open heart procedures
- Valve repair / replacement
- Endoscopic vein harvesting (independent EVH required)
- Endoscopic radial artery harvesting
- SFA exposure / assistance
- Sternotomy closure
- Chest tube placement
- Arterial / venous sheath placement
- Central venous line placement
- CV ICU management
- Pre-op and post-op care
- Impella management
Admissions:
Required.
Rounding:
Assigned patients only.
About HPA Healthcare
At HPA Healthcare, we're committed to empowering clinicians and establishing strong partnerships with healthcare facilities. Our mission is to provide clinicians with opportunities for personal and professional growth, while helping healthcare facilities deliver exceptional patient care through our dedicated clinical teams.
We are proudly Joint Commission–certified, a distinction earned by fewer than 10% of staffing firms—demonstrating our commitment to clinical quality, patient safety, and regulatory excellence.
Our founders started the company because they saw how tough it can be when patients don’t have quick access to care. We believe that every patient deserves compassionate, timely care—and that belief is what drives us every day.
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