Description:
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:
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Formulate treatment plans to address clinical issues from patients, office, and hospital staff to include phone, electronic, or face-to-face inquiries
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Application of cast and splinting (if orthopedic)
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Perform procedures at various hospital settings under physician supervision (direct/indirect) commensurate with training, experience, and/or credentialing
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Other duties as assigned and requested by surgical team members
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Admitting patients and placing admission orders.
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Performing detailed History & Physicals.
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Performing Consultations.
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Performing Progress notes and inpatient rounding
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Performing outpatient clinic exams
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Discharging patients, placing discharge orders, and writing discharge summaries.
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Initial and ongoing assessment of the patient’s medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
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Making appropriate referrals to other health professionals and community agencies.
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Ordering and interpreting diagnostic laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging studies.
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Developing and implementing treatment plans.
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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.
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Placing perioperative orders.
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Placing transfer orders.
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Performing bedside procedures to include wound debridement, incision, drainage, biopsies, etc.
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Complete all documentation within 48 hours of the encounter
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Comply with local billing/coding regulations
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First or second assist for minor and major procedures/surgeries
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Wound care: debridement, irrigation, closure, bandaging
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Repair of lacerations: simple, intermediate, complex
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Nasogastric tube insert/removal
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Urinary bladder catheterization insert/removal
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Venipuncture
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Control of hemorrhage
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Collection of specimens
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Drain removal
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Dye injections
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Casting and splinting
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Local anesthesia
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Removal of foreign bodies
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Wound vac placement and removal
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Electrocardiogram
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Reduction of dislocations and fractures
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Joint injections
Requirements:
Competencies:
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Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
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Working knowledge of medical terminology
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Good phone skills; Excellent Customer Service
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Organized; sets priorities, and able to multi-task
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Baccalaureate Degree or higher in Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Studies or related degree
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Completion of an AANP-approved program or PA-approved program with 60 hours of didactical training in pharmacology
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Current NP or PA licensure. Current certification by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
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1-3 years of surgery experience or completion of an NP or PA surgical residency program
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Experience in orthopedic surgery and trauma patient care
