Details
Specialty: Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Neurosurgery
Schedule: Full time, rotating nights and weekends
Practice Detail: Growing neurosurgery practice adding a APP
EMR System: Cerner
Facility: Ascension Saint Thomas West and Midtown Hospitals
Location: Nashville, TN
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
Responsibilities
Ascension Saint Thomas Howell Allen Clinic is seeking to hire a Neurosurgery APP to join our team in Nashville, Tn.
Position Highlights:
Rounding on Inpatients in both Ascension Saint Thomas West and Midtown Hospitals
Experience in Spine/Ortho/Neuro along with ICU experience is a plus
Additional cross coverage with outpatient clinic is available
About Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital
With 541 licensed beds it provides adult specialty healthcare to the more than two million residents of Middle Tennessee, Southwestern Kentucky and Northern Alabama.
Advanced Comprehensive stroke center
The largest adult cardiac surgery and most comprehensive structural heart program in the region
Saint Thomas Health and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have an established partnership in Middle Tennessee for training medical residents in a variety of specialties including internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and general surgery.
About Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital
The hospital is one of the largest in the state with 683 licensed acute and rehab care beds and covers nearly 2 million square feet and spans more than six city blocks.
Ascension Saint Thomas continues to make significant investments to care for our community, including a $300 million Midtown campus expansion project which was completed in 2023.
Recent expansions at our hospital in Midtown include a new ICU and surgical tower, and the Women's Hospital Pavilion which opened in 2023. This dedicated entrance patients with immediate access to all women's care services, such as our OB-GYN Emergency Department and Birthing Center, making access to care more direct and convenient.
The expansion project distinguishes Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown as a clinically and technologically advanced healthcare destination, featuring specialized centers designed to serve our patients' unique, changing needs.
One out of every 12 babies in the state is born at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, which delivers more than 7,000 babies per year, more than any other hospital in the region, complete with a Level 3 NICU.
About Nashville
Known as the nation's health care capital
Home to more than 1.9 million people and more than 40,000 businesses
Nicknamed Music City USA, Nashville has the strongest concentration of the music industry in America.
The area has plentiful parks and recreation, professional sports, great shopping and livable neighborhoods and suburbs.
Ranked Top U.S. City for Job Seekers in 2020 by MoneyGeek
About Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Group
Ascension Saint Thomas is a leading health care system with a 125-year history of providing care to the community, and is the only faith-based, non profit health system in Middle Tennessee. Today, the health system offers a highly comprehensive system of care, with more than 250 sites of care that cover a 45-county area in Tennessee consisting of 16 hospitals and a network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities. Across the state, Ascension Saint Thomas and its partner organizations employ more than 11,000 dedicated associates who care for millions of patients each year.
Requirements
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
Physician Assistant credentialed from the Tennessee Committee on Physicians Assistants obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
Education:
Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program. Master's degree preferred.
Work Experience:
1 year of experience preferred.
Additional Preferences
No additional preferences
Why Join Our Team
Ascension Saint Thomas is a leading health care system with a 125-year history of providing care to the community, and is the only faith-based, non profit health system in Middle Tennessee. Today, the health system offers a highly comprehensive system of care, consisting of a network of hospitals, affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of thousands of associates delivering compassionate, personalized care across hospitals, clinics and senior living communities.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
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