APP, Cardiothor Surg

📍 Birmingham, Alabama | Princeton & Brookwood Campuses

Join a highly specialized Cardiothoracic Surgery team where your expertise directly impacts patient outcomes in a fast-paced cardiovascular surgical environment. We are seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider to support complex cardiac surgical procedures, collaborate with renowned surgeons, and provide exceptional patient care throughout the surgical continuum.

You are a confident and experienced APP who enjoys working in a fast-paced operating room, excels under pressure, and is passionate about cardiovascular surgery. You value teamwork, accountability, and delivering outstanding clinical outcomes.

Baptist Health Medical Group is a physician-led group established on a foundation of compassionate care and clinical excellence. Guided by this commitment to compassion and excellence, our teams of physicians, advanced practice professionals, nurses, clinicians and office staff work together to meet every patient’s total healthcare needs.

As part of Baptist Health’s extensive network of comprehensive healthcare services, Baptist Health Medical Group is committed to providing the community easy access to integrated care. Our expansive range of practices offer close-to-home locations and convenient appointment options.

Providing expert care in over 18 areas of focus — from primary care to specialty institutes — Baptist Health Medical Group includes more than 600 physicians and advanced practice professionals.

As a key member of the Cardiothoracic Surgery team, you will:

• →Assist surgeons during cardiovascular surgical procedures
• →Prepare patients for surgery alongside CVOR and anesthesia teams
• →Perform advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• →Conduct patient assessments, histories, and physical examinations
• →Write orders, progress notes, and post-operative documentation
• →Participate in daily rounds and patient management
• →Assist with patient transfers to the CVICU and remain involved in post-operative care
• →Respond to emergency situations requiring advanced clinical intervention
• →Support clinical research and surgical quality initiatives
• →Maintain surgical databases, procedure logs, and documentation records

This role operates with a high degree of autonomy while collaborating closely with surgeons and multidisciplinary teams.

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse program.

• Current Alabama PA or APRN license
• BLS Certification
• ACLS, PALS, and other department-required certifications

• 5+ years of Cardiac Surgery experience required
• Extensive experience assisting in cardiovascular surgical procedures
• Ability to thrive in a high-acuity, fast-paced operating room environment