Job Details

JB-KY-CATS-040926-9674
Start Date 04/09/2026
Description

Hospital is seeking a locum Cardiac Surgery Physician!

Heavy cardiac focus required, thoracic preferred, but not required.


Job Details:

·  Practice Setting: Hospital Based

·  Schedule: 24hr/7a-7a

·  Average Number of Cases Per Day:  1-2

·  Annual ER Volume: 30,000

·  Number of Operating Rooms:  1 Heart, 1 Hybrid

·  Documentation System/EMR:   EPIC

·  Ancillary Staff:  First Assist with Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvest experience

·  Patient Age Demographic: Adult, Geriatric


Responsibilities/Duties:

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery - Required
  • General Thoracic Surgery - Preferred
  • Congenital Cardiac Surgery
  • CABG
  • Off-Pump CABG
  • Arterial Revascularization (Using Internal Mammary Arteries, Radial Artery and Gastroepiploic Artery)
  • Redo Coronary Revascularization (With or Without Heart Valve Surgery)
  • Tube Thoracostomy
  • Pericardial Window
  • Tracheostomy
  • Thoracic aortic aneurysms
  • Flexible and Rigid Bronchoscopy
  • Thoracotomy Lung Biopsy
  • Thoracotomy Lung Resections and Pneumonectomy
  • Thoracotomy Decortication
  • Mediastinal Surgery
  • Mediastinotomy and Biopsy
  • Surgical “Open" Aneurysm Repair
  • Heart Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery
  • Mitral Valve Repair

Estimated Credentialing Timeframe: 90 days



??Submission Requirements

  • Board Certified - [REQUIRED]
  • BLS Certified - [REQUIRED]
  • KY License - [Preferred] willing to accept candidates needing to obtain a license 
  • CLEAN BACKGROUND – [REQUIRED]
  • Impella support (Insertion/Removal/Bailout) – [REQUIRED]
  • Structural Heart Support (in Hybrid OR / Cath Lab) - [REQUIRED]
  • A Self-Query NPDB report is required at the time of presentation (Should be pulled within 30 days) - [REQUIRED]


Job Summary

Location Paducah, Kentucky
Job Type Locum
Profession Physician
Board BC
Coverage Type Call Only
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Gratis Hours In Call (weekdays) 4

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