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Job description
Cardiac Anesthesiologist Opportunity in Lafayette, LA
Are you a Cardiac Anesthesiologist searching for your next permanent placement opportunity? This position with one of VISTA's healthcare partners in Lafayette, LA might be the perfect fit for you!
Opportunity Highlights
Schedule: 3 FTE model with a 2 on 1 off rotation; 17 weeks off per year
Job Setting: Hospital – Level II Trauma Center
Types of Cases: Open Heart / Cardiac Anesthesia (500+ cardiac cases per year)
Thoracic cases (including robot-assisted)
Complex Vascular
Complete Orthopedic
Regional Anesthesia
Structural Heart (Watchmen, PFO closures, MitraClip)
CRNA Supervision (90% supervision model, occasionally performing own cases)
General Anesthesia (Adult)
Spine
Start Date: November 1, 2026
Additional Highlights: Structural heart program with continued training and educational support
Internal moonlighting available to supplement base salary
Competitive salary with opportunities to increase earnings through moonlighting
Generous vacation weeks and CME days
Full benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
Additional benefit options focused on physical, financial, social, and mental health
Retirement options (401k, 403b, and 457b)
Relocation assistance
Malpractice and tail insurance
Minimum Requirements
Board Certified/Board Eligible: Board Certified required
Certifications: Fellowship or recent extensive cardiac surgical experience capable of covering all cases (except LVAD and Transplant)
Perioperative echo certification with strong echo capability; able to assist with surgical decisions for valve surgeries
Echo experience or extensive structural heart case experience (Watchmen, PFO closures, MitraClip)
About VISTA Staffing
A ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Award winner, VISTA has 30 years of experience optimizing continuity of care for hospitals, medical practices and government agencies across the US. A leading provider of short-term US locum tenens and permanent physician search services, VISTA partners healthcare providers with facilities who need them most, providing an effective strategy for lessening the impact of the global provider shortage. Our VISTA team goes above and beyond to make healthcare providers feel valued in the job search process and are committed to elevating careers to new heights.
VISTA Staffing Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Your Right to Work – In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
Worksite address
lafayette, LA, 70595, US
Who can apply
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