Thoracic Surgery Physician Assistant Locum Need Boston, MA Coverage Dates
- Start Date: 10/19/2026
- Expected coverage need: Approximately 5 6 months
- Coverage for maternity leave
Schedule
- 2 3 shifts per week
- 12-hour night shifts
- 6:30 PM 7:00 AM
- Coverage may fall Monday Sunday
- No call
Practice Setting
- Acute Care Hospital
- Inpatient Thoracic Surgery
- Post-operative floor
- Step-down
- ICU
- OR patients
- Adult and geriatric population
- EMR: Epic
Patient Volume
- Approximately patients per shift
- 25 patients is typically the maximum census
Support Staff
- PA will primarily provide solo coverage
- Thoracic Surgery fellow available overnight for support
- Fellow also covers the ER, rounds, and consults
- Hospital code team available
- PA may serve as first responder until the fellow arrives
Procedures / Responsibilities
- Manage post-operative Thoracic Surgery patients
- Chest tube management
- Blake drain management
- Pigtail management
- ABGs
- NGT management
- G-tube management
- J-tube management
- Manage patients arriving from the OR, ICU, and step-down units
- Perform H&Ps for patients transferred from outside hospitals as needed
- Respond to urgent clinical situations until additional physician support arrives
Requirements
- NCCPA Board Certification required
- ACLS required
- BLS required
- DEA required
- Minimum 1 year of experience
- Thoracic Surgery experience required
- Epic experience
- Must be comfortable working independently overnight
- Massachusetts licensure required for assignment; facility is not willing to license
