UnityPoint Clinic and St. Luke’s Hospital is actively recruiting for a Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Practitioner to join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids. St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health eight times and also has been honored six times as Becker’s Hospital Review ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’. St. Luke’s is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.

In 1978, cardiothoracic surgeons at St. Luke’s performed the area’s first open heart surgery, establishing St. Luke’s as Cedar Rapids’ Heart Hospital.

Since then, surgeons have performed tens of thousands of heart and lung surgeries. Patients trust and have come to expect they will receive the best and most advanced care from St. Luke’s cardiothoracic surgical team – right here in Cedar Rapids.

St. Luke’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Treatments

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), commonly referred to as open heart or bypass surgery, treats coronary artery disease. Surgeons perform CABG using arteries or veins from other areas in your body to bypass narrowed heart arteries and restore blood flow to the heart.

Aortic Aneurysm Repair: An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in a section of the aorta, the body’s main artery. Because the section with the aneurysm is weak, it can burst. Treatment depends on the location of the aneurysm and the patient’s overall health. An aneurysm in the upper chest (ascending aorta) is closely monitored and surgically repaired if it reaches a specific size.

Heart Valve Repair and Replacement may be required for patients with heart valve disease, which can affect any of the heart’s valves. St. Luke’s cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons monitor this condition for specific parameters and will recommend surgery at the appropriate time.

Lung Cancer Care

St. Luke’s cardiothoracic surgery team also has expertise in surgical oncology (cancer surgery). They work together with oncologists at the Helen G. Nassif Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Nassif Radiation Center to provide comprehensive treatment for those facing lung cancer. Treatment for lung cancer often involves a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, depending on each patient’s situation.

• Established team of 1 physician and 2 Advanced Practitioners
• The CT Surgical Advanced Practitioner works in collaboration with the Cardiothoracic Surgeon.
• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

• Provide first-assist in the OR
• 80% Inpatient/20% Outpatient; potential rounding on weekends when on-call
• Pre/post-surgical patient care at St. Luke’s Hospital; Including Critical Care
• Post op clinic patients at our Cardiology Heart Care Clinic
• Required call every third weekend; extra call pay over call requirement
• Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
• Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
• Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

• Preferred experience as First-Assist in the OR and with cardiac patients
• Prior ICU and/or Critical Care either as advance practitioner and/or nurse
• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• Board Certified
• Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States

We offer

•  Salary position
• Attractive incentive package
• A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. 
• Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience. 
• A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Cedar Rapids

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle. Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.

Please contact Andrea Sims, Physician and Provider Recruiter, at 319-730-9513 or Andrea.Sims@unitypoint.org