Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery-NP/PA
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Job Description
- Profession: NP/PA
- Specialty: Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery-NP/PA
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Billings, MT
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: ASAP – Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: Full-time/minimum 1 week on, 1 week off; 4 x 10-hr shifts (7a–4p)
- Call Schedule: Mon–Fri, 4p–7a; Weekends (1:5)
- Call Type: Beeper
- Call Ratio: 1:4
- Call Response Time: 20 mins
- Call-back: 20%
- Reason for Coverage: Vacancy
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
Patient Information
- Patient Volume: 8
- Rounding: Assigned Patients
- Phone Consults: 2
Facility Information
- EMR System: Cerner
- Support Staff: RNs: 6, MAs: 1, PA/NPs: 4, Office Staff: 1
Job Requirements
- Board: BC/BE
- Licenses: Active MT or IMLC
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS (AHA)
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in the OR for Cardiothoracic and Vascular procedures & IP rounding on assigned patients
- Manage call responsibilities including OR/Inpatient call and weekend coverage
- Provide comprehensive care to cardiovascular surgery patients
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team for patient management
Key Responsibilities
Assist in the operating room for cardiothoracic and vascular procedures while managing inpatient rounding for assigned patients. Provide comprehensive care and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage cardiovascular surgery patients.
Requirements
Must be a board-certified or board-eligible Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with an active Montana or IMLC license. Requires current BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 47 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 60% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Montana is 94.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of Montana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- Includes call
- Includes weekends
Living in Billings
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $387k
- Typical market rent
- $1,426/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 17 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.5
- State income tax
- Up to 6.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Billings, MT metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.