Nurse Practitioner Orthopedic Clinic

If you're looking for a place to call home and grow, Three Crosses Regional Hospital is looking for you! We are looking for a Nurse Practitioner for our Orthopedic Clinic that is committed to clinical excellence and building a patient-centered culture.

Three Crosses Regional Hospital is an advanced independent healthcare organization led by a local team of professionals dedicated to high quality patient care and being the first choice of patients and providers in the communities we serve.

We are dedicated to hiring team members that will adapt to our culture, prides themselves in professionalism, integrity, transparency, two-way communication, and ensuring the safety and well-being of our patients and staff.

We are a busy clinic with high earning potential !!!

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Performing comprehensive and problem focused history and physical exams, interpret and correlate laboratory and diagnostic procedures. Interpret and correlate subjective and objective data to formulate a differential diagnose and establish a working diagnosis. Formulate a treatment plan for Orthopedic problems within scope of practice. Implement therapeutic intervention for specific conditions when appropriate. Exercise judgment on problems requiring consultation, referral, or evaluation by the supervising Orthopedic surgeon or other health care professionals.
• Order, collect, and perform appropriate laboratory or diagnostic procedures, and studies including but not limited to blood and tissue specimens. Ordering or performing diagnostic studies such as but not limited to EMG, electrocardiogram, compartment pressure measurements, and x-ray examinations including special x-ray examinations CT, MRI, and bone scans etc.
• Performing procedures such as but not limited to, digital blocks, regional anesthesia, and minor outpatient surgical procedures such as but not limited to: wound closure, wound management, wound debridement, incision and drainage, k-wire removal.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including but not limited to joint and bursa aspirations, closed reduction of fractures and dislocations, injections of joints, tendons, trigger points and bursa, as well as brace, cast and splint applications.
• Assist in surgery to include but not limited to first assist, deep and superficial tissue closures, application of appliances and any other action delegated by the surgeon. Conduct hospital, rounds, write orders, and take call for the Orthopedic surgeon. Evaluate and clarify clinical conditions, formulate, and implement a treatment or therapeutic plan for hospitalized patients, dictate discharge summaries, histories, and physicals.
• Order, prescribe, dispense, and administer Medication, orthosis, orthotics, braces, and other Orthopedic devices as may be allowed by state legislation.

Requirements:

• Completed an Accredited NP program.
• NM NP license.
• BLS certification.
• Orthopedics experience preferred but will train the right candidate
• New Grads welcome

Three Crosses Regional Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.