Full Job Description
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Vision insurance
Orthopedic Surgery and Sports is looking for a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) who would work directly under the supervision of an Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine provider. This position can be Part-Time or Full-Time. The PA/NP would provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as delegated by the physician for our walk-in orthopedic urgent care. Working as a member of the health care team, they take medical histories, examine and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and X-rays, and make diagnoses. They also treat minor injuries, by suturing, splinting, and casting. PA/NP would record progress notes, instruct and counsel patients, and order therapy.
Essential Functions:
- Provide efficient high quality care to patients.
- Ability to demonstrate compassion and help ease pain and suffering.
- Ability to demonstrate emotional stability while seeing people in various states of pain and trauma.
- Contributes to physician’s effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.
- Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
- Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections; suturing; managing wounds and infections.
- Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; patient and family education; providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
- Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care team
- Requires independent judgment and critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrates excellence in time management, and prioritization.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree
- Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program or Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination or Nurse Practitioner Exam
- Retain State Licensure
- Efficient in the use of standard office equipment, data entry, typing, 10-key skills, and alpha/numerical filing.
Essential Functions (Physical):
- Regular and predictable attendance is an essential job function.
- Majority of the shift is spent standing.
- Frequent reaching, stooping and twisting when filing, accessing records and answering telephone
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
- Read a variety of printed and handwritten materials, computerized reports, manuals, and correspondence.
- Communicates with patients, physicians, families and co-workers in person and on the telephone.
Wok Environment:
- Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine operates in a professional office environment. Days and hours of work are conducted Monday thru Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
- Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine has multiple locations and travel may be required.