Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for Orthopedics Trauma

Job Summary: The Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) will provide a wide range of pre, peri, and post-operative care to orthopedic surgical patients. The NP or PA 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 (if orthopedic)
• 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 the 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 and NPs may prescribe controlled substances with a current DEA.
• Placing perioperative orders.
• Placing transfer orders.
• Performing bedside procedures to include wound debridement, incision, 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
• Nasogastric tube insert/removal
• Urinary bladder catheterization insert/removal
• Venipuncture
• Control of hemorrhage
• Collection of specimens
• Drain removal
• Dye injections
• Casting and splinting
• Local anesthesia
• Removal of foreign bodies
• Wound vac placement and removal
• Electrocardiogram
• Reduction of dislocations and fractures
• Joint injections

Competencies:

• Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
• Working knowledge of medical terminology
• Good phone skills; Excellent Customer Service
• Organized; sets priorities, and able to multi-task
• Baccalaureate Degree or higher in Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Studies or related degree
• Completion of an AANP-approved program or PA-approved program with 60 hours of didactical training in pharmacology
• Current NP or PA licensure. Current certification by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
• 1-3 years of surgery experience or completion of an NP or PA surgical residency program
• Experience in orthopedic surgery and trauma patient care