Full Job Description
- Typical Schedule: varies
Job Type: Full Time
We always strive to make your experience at Nebraska Orthopaedic Center a friendly, comfortable, and positive one. We want you to feel you received the same high-quality care we would offer a member of your own family. At NOC, we strive to be your healing destination.
NOC is currently seeking a full-time Physician Assistant to work with one of our providers who specializes in sports injuries in addition to shoulder, knee, hip, elbow, and ankle problems.
Summary:
Provides health care services to patients under direction and responsibility of Physician by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Bring charts, x-rays, and templates to OR and return to the office.
- Review x-rays and check room for case specific instruments, supplies, and implants.
- Position patient on OR table.
- Apply tourniquet, compression stocking, and drape patient. Hold retractors, manipulate limbs, and cauterize vessels, sponge and suction wound as necessary.
- Skin closures.
- Apply dressings, splints, immobilizers, slings, as directed.
- Remove patient from OR table to stretcher for transport to recovery room.
- Expedite room turnover. Assist with cleaning and prep for the next case.
- Maintain privately owned instruments.
- Prepare for upcoming surgeries and facilitate assistance or communicate to back-office staff if none can be arranged.
- Perform comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physical examinations, interpret and correlate laboratory and diagnostic procedures as directed by the Supervising Physician.
- Order, collect, and perform appropriate laboratory or diagnostic procedures, and studies.
- Conduct hospital rounds, write orders, and take calls for the orthopaedic surgeons.
- Evaluate and clarify clinical conditions, formulate and implement a treatment or therapeutic plan for hospitalized patients, dictate discharge summaries, histories and physicals.
- Evaluate and screen emergency room patients.
- Provide sports team game coverage as needed.
- Order, prescribe, dispense and administer medication, orthosis, orthotics, braces and other orthopaedic devices as may be allowed by state legislation.
- Design, conduct and/or participate in research studies, manage databases, and perform quality assurance as directed by the supervising physician.
- As a member of the NOC team, you may be asked to assist whenever or wherever there is a need.
- Perform minor procedures such as wound care and joint injection as needed.
- Shares in the Call Schedule with the Physicians.
- Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of the job.
Qualifications:
- Orthopaedic solo or group practice experience preferred.
- Must have Nebraska state Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner license.
- Ability to prioritize and organize daily tasks.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Effective written and oral communications.
- Ability to adapt and respond to multiple demands.
- Actively supports and incorporates mission into daily activities as outlined in the clinic statement.
- Demonstrates positive interactions with the public, fellow employees, physicians, and Administration, so that productivity and positive relations are maximized.
- Reports to work as scheduled, and on time, per clinic policy.
- Maintains confidentiality of all patient related information.
- Adheres to established policies and procedures.
- This position requires you to be polite, team oriented, and maintain a positive attitude.
At Nebraska Orthopaedic Center, we understand that we have the opportunity to make a positive impact in people’s lives every day. We are dedicated to providing patients with the highest quality of personalized and efficient care. To obtain this goal we have put together a team of energetic, hard-working, and caring staff members who look forward to serving our patients.
EOE
- Schedules can vary depending on department needs.
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Free parking
Health insurance
License reimbursement
Life insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance