Physician Assistant CVICU/ ICU

  • Full-time

Company Description

CT Assist is a Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery Advance Practice Staffing Company offering locum tenens and long-term contracts nationwide.  At CT Assist we only staff the best CT Surgical Advanced Practitioners. Our team of friendly PAs and NPs provide professional, cost effective, and reliable support to surgeons and efficient, quality care to patients. We offer a dynamic, fast growing, entrepreneurial company environment.

Job Description

Central Illinois program is needing a PA or NP to help them CVICU coverage on a locum tenens basis. The PA or NP will do coverage of the Open Heart ICU, assist with CCU as well; cover post-op cardiac patients, ECMO assistance, address RN needs caring for cardiac population.


Compensation range can be $160 - 200K or more, including on-call and overtime. All expenses - including transportation, lodging, malpractice, family health coverage, CME, retirement, and other benefit s - are covered by CT Assist. Benefits for locum tenens PAs —

  • Health insurance (100% of the premium paid, including family coverage!)
  • Malpractice / liability insurance coverage
  • Short- and long-term disability, and Life insurance
  • CME reimbursement
  • Vacation accrual
  • Matching 401k retirement plan
  • Travel expenses to and from your program location
  • Paid housing and a car while on assignment

These locums / travel opportunities can be scheduled in sequential assignment periods from 13-week to as long as 12-months, if mutually agreeable by the PA and cardiac surgery program.


Are you interested in learning more about locum tenens positions, or working as a traveler ?_ With the shortage of experienced Cardiac Surgery Physician Assistants, there are more temporary employment opportunities than ever all over the country.


CT Assist - _started by a Cardiothoracic Surgical PA - is quickly becoming the preferred choice of CVT Surgical programs for their temporary staffing needs.


For additional information regarding these or other locums / travel assignments, please contact via email, phone or text:


Cort Beckman

CT Assist

mobile 801-726-4992

Additional Information

CT Assist is a successful practitioner owned and managed staffing model designed to improve the efficiency and quality of PA and NP delivered care.  We focus exclusively on the subspecialty of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery.  We target experienced and talented NP/PA's and compensate them very well.   Hard-working clinicians can reduce hospital redundancies, improve efficiency, and lower overall hospital staffing costs.  Our industry leading benefits program includes health insurance (CT Assist pays 100% of the premium for individuals and families), matching 401k, malpractice insurance, CME money, paid vacation, short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance.  Perhaps our best benefit is the ability to have a flexible schedule and work with a dynamic team.  

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