What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Float position at Tri-State Orthopaedic Surgeons?
Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Float
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Physician and the Director of Operations, this position is responsible for assisting in medical and surgical care of orthopedic patients in an office setting and the operating room. This position is also responsible for assisting with sports coverage.
Under the direction of the Physician and the Director of Operations, this position is responsible for assisting in medical and surgical care of orthopedic patients in an office setting and the operating room. This position is also responsible for assisting with sports coverage.
Essential Functions:
- Assists in surgery
- Sees patients in clinic
- Triages patients prior to physician examinations
- Develops and implements treatments plans
- Administers joint injections
- Orders diagnostic tests
- Sutures lacerations as needed
- Reduces fractures, applies casts, braces and splints as directed by physician
- Sees patients in the Emergency Room, consults as directed by physician
- Dictates information about patient visits
- Writes therapy orders and prescriptions
- Assists in taking first call as needed
- Assists with sports coverage
- Covers urgent care walk-in clinic
- Maintains CEU’s as required
Job Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program
- NP or PA license in Indiana or ability to obtain Indiana License
- Ability to see adolescents
- Orthopaedic experience or clinical rotation in Orthopaedics preferred.
- Operating Room experience preferred.
- Strong verbal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with multiple physicians and multiple locations
- Computer literacy with ability to learn new computer programs quickly
