The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center (RMR VAMC) seeks a Physician Assistant to join our Cardiology Section, accountable to the Chief of Cardiology. RMR VAMC has a growing structural heart program with robust patent foramen ovale closure and left atrial appendage occlusion volumes. RMR VAMC is poised to start performing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is the only VA facility with approval to do so in the largest geographic region of the United States. This position is an opportunity to become an integral member of a robust structural heart team as the program expands.
Duties include seeing patients in inpatient and outpatient settings prior to structural heart and other interventional cardiology/endovascular procedures, scrubbing into procedures as an assistant to the physician operators on all types of invasive cardiovascular procedures, and seeing patients in inpatient and outpatient settings, as a consultative service and in follow up to these procedures. Experience and training in cardiology or cardiac surgery is required.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40-hour week, no call
Recruitment or Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May Be Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Position Eligible
Candidates must be: 1) US Citizen, 2) Possess a Master's degree in any discipline or a bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a Physician Assistant from an accredited PA program, 3) Successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) and 4) Possess a full, unrestricted medical license in any State.
Preferred Experience: Three+ years successful practice as a PA and evidence of experience in Cardiology or cardiac surgery.
Facility Information:
The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is a 1.2 million square foot hospital and outpatient facility inaugurated in 2018, serving Veterans in the Front Range of Colorado and the wider Rocky Mountain region. The facility is immediately adjacent to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus that contains the University of Colorado Hospital, Children s Hospital of Colorado, and the School of Medicine. Our facility is located approximately 15 miles from Denver International Airport and 10 miles from Downtown Denver.
Community Information:
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Benefits Information:
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Assistant Total Rewards .
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting