Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) - Thoracic Surgery
Fairfax, VA, United States

Job Identification: 674570
Posting Date: 11/03/2025, 11:13 PM
Job Schedule: Full time
Locations: Fairfax Medical Campus

Job Description:
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute is seeking an experienced advanced practice provider for a full-time position with our inpatient Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology Team.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Thoracic Surgery Advanced Practice Provider Job Responsibilities:

Collaborate with surgeons and interventional pulmonologists to assess and manage the care of acutely injured or critically ill surgical patients in the inpatient setting.

Management of patients in the emergency department, intensive care unit, intermediate care unit, and floor.

Administer medications and treatments.

Monitor patients' vital signs, laboratory values, and response to treatment.

Assist or perform appropriately privileged procedures, such as, thoracentesis, pleural catheter placement and removal.

Obtain and maintain advanced trauma life support.

Provide education to patients and their families on the plan of care and post-operative management.

Communicate effectively with the surgical team regarding patient status and changes in condition.

Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinical research projects.

Maintain accurate and complete patient records.

Rotating days with possible nights and weekends.

Opportunities to first assist in the operating room.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program

Board Certified Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with RNFA certification. Employees must maintain certification requirements.

ACLS Certification for physician assistants, ACLS and BLS certification for nurse practitioners

Current Virginia medical license

Current DEA number National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Physician Associate

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in a Thoracic Surgery or Pulmonology setting

Experience in the operating room


About Us:
We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.


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