Description:
Job Summary:
The Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide a wide range of pre, peri, and post-operative care to orthopedic surgical patients.
The PA or NP will participate under the supervising surgeon's direct, general, or personal supervision in the office and hospital settings.
Essential Functions:
Formulate treatment plans to address clinical issues from patients, office, and hospital staff to include phone, electronic, or face-to-face inquiries
Application of cast and splinting
Perform procedures at various hospital settings under physician supervision (direct/indirect) commensurate with training, experience, and/or credentialing
Other duties as assigned and requested by surgical team members
Admitting patients and placing admission orders.
Performing detailed History & Physicals.
Performing Consultations.
Performing Progress notes and inpatient rounding
Performing outpatient clinic exams
Discharging patients, placing discharge orders and writing discharge summaries.
Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical and psychosocial status.
Making appropriate referrals to other health professionals and community agencies.
Ordering and interpreting diagnostic laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging studies.
Developing and implementing treatment plans.
Ordering medications and writing prescriptions by word of mouth, telephone or other means of communication.
PAs may prescribe controlled substances with a current DEA.
Placing peri operative orders.
Placing transfer orders.
Performing bedside procedures to include wound debridement, incision and drainage, biopsies etc.
Complete all documentation within 48 hours of the encounter
Comply with local billing/coding regulations
First or second assist for minor and major procedures/surgeries
Wound care: debridement, irrigation, closure, bandaging
Repair of lacerations: simple, intermediate, complex
Other clinical procedures and duties as requested
Requirements:
Competencies:
Working knowledge of medical terminology
Good phone skills; Excellent Customer Service
Organized; sets priorities, and able to multi-task
Baccalaureate Degree or higher in Physician Assistant -Studies or related degree
Completion of an APAP-approved program with 60 hours of didactical training in pharmacology
Current PA licensure.
Current certification by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
1-3 years of surgery experience or completion of a PA surgical residency program
Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
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