Full Job Description
The surgeons and staff of Colorado Springs Surgical Associates are dedicated to providing the finest in surgical care for our patients. We strive to maintain the highest standards in the delivery of care, while at the same time ensuring that each patient is treated with compassion and attention to individual needs. As a result, our practice has built a statewide reputation since its establishment over 45 years ago. We practice the full range of general, acute care, bariatric, surgical oncology, colorectal, and trauma surgery. As a result of our groups exceptional level of care we have two Centers of Excellence. We have the only Bariatric Center of Excellence in Southern Colorado and the only Rectal Cancer Center of Excellence in the state of Colorado.
The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner must be proficient in hospital case management and will have surgical assist responsibility in the OR. You will be joining a team of ten surgeons and six advance practice providers. We are located at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs.
Work and Call Schedule
- Rotating OR coverage (including laparoscopic and robotic cases)
- Rotating Call coverage with the other PA/NP’s (including overnight and weekends in-house call)
- Rounding and evaluation of ICU, floor and clinic patients; divided amongst the PA/NP’s
- Rotating clinic day with patients
- Collegial working environment with a multidiscipline trauma team
Responsibilities
- Provides direct care, counseling, history and physical examinations, and teaching to the adult surgical patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and procedural setting
- Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests
- Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings
- Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures
- Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation
- Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population
- PA/NP will first assist in the operating room
- Discusses patient data with other physicians and professionals as appropriate in a multidisciplinary setting
- Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role
- Completes continuing medical education as per state regulations and national registry requirements to maintain and enhance skills and clinical competence
- Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division
Job Types: Full-time
Additional Benefits:
- Malpractice insurance
Experience:
- Critical & Intensive Care: 1 year (Preferred)
- Surgical Assist: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner License (Required)
Work Location: In person
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 – $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Healthcare setting:
- Hospital
- Magnet hospital
- Operating room
Medical specialties:
- Bariatrics
- Colorectal Surgery
- Critical & Intensive Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
- Trauma Medicine
- Trauma Surgery
Ability to Relocate:
- Colorado Springs, CO 80907: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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