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Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Spine Center-UMass Worcester, MA
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team in the ambulatory setting caring for patients with spinal problems in collaboration with the department of neurosurgery, orthopedic spine surgery, physiatry, and pain management at UMass Memorial Health.
This is a full-time position, consisting of 40 hours per week. Shifts are 10 hours, 4-day workweek, with no call or weekend shifts.
Major Responsibilities:
Providing diagnostic and assessment services within our Spine Center clinic located at the Memorial Campus.
Evaluate new, follow-up, and post-operative patients, order appropriate diagnostic tests and treatments, and coordinate any subsequent follow-up care.
Analyzing data collected to determine health status and identify differential diagnoses based on history, physical examination, and clinical findings.
Managing therapeutic regimens as outlined by established protocols for patients with acute illnesses. (Protocols are guidelines concerning patient care established between the physician and APP. These guidelines outline subjective and objective findings, treatment plans, and follow-up procedures.) Reassess and modify the plan as necessary to achieve medical and health goals.
Incorporating clinical practice management responsibilities built into the daily schedule, including returning clinical patient phone calls, triaging incoming referrals, responding to patient portal messages, and addressing other clinical-administrative tasks as needed.
Collaborating with physicians regarding proposed plans of care.
Documenting patient care outcomes to determine the effectiveness of the plan of care.
Position Qualifications:
Master or Doctoral degree from an NP or PA accredited program and board certification is required.
Current Massachusetts license
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Experience/Skills:
Prefer 1-3 years of clinical experience.
Prefer prior experience in neurosurgery, orthopedics, physiatry, or pain management. Open to motivated candidates with other types of experience.
Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with members of the healthcare team.
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Our Benefit Highlights:
Tuition & Loan Reimbursement
Loan Forgiveness
Matching 401k and Pension Plan
Generous paid time off
CME Time and Practice Allowance
Top Tier Medical Insurance (Health/Dental/Vision)
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
UMass Memorial Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender IdentityFull Time
$170k-203k (estimate)
06/26/2024
08/24/2024
ummhealth.org
Concord, MA
3,000 - 7,500