Advanced Practice Provider - Orthopedic Sports

About the position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works in a supporting role in the clinic, hospital, and operating rooms in both the hospital and ambulatory surgery centers with a team of Orthopedic Surgeons. The provider will work a minimum of 40 hours per week with a minimum of 36 hours patient contact time. Duties include a blend of surgical assist, hospital rounding, admitting, discharges, and scheduled and walk-in clinic visits. This includes clinical documentation and all other necessary duties.

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians with the range of orthopedic surgeries including sports, hand, foot & ankle, trauma, and total joint replacement.
• Provides exceptional patient care.
• Maintains patient medical records including reports of all examinations, procedures, and other services performed.
• Performs pre-operative and post-operative care in clinics.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as aspirations and injections of joints.
• Rounds in the hospital on orthopedic patients as needed.
• Exercises judgment on conditions requiring consultation, referral, or evaluation by an orthopedic surgeon or other health care professionals.
• Participates in a call rotation and triages patient calls from the after-hours answering service.
• Documents all patient care within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes all necessary tasks in compliance with health system policies and regulatory agencies to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Participates in team meetings and assists in policy and clinical practice guidelines.
• Keeps medical knowledge and skills current through regular CME activity.
• Maintains active privileges at a St. Charles Health System hospital sufficient to permit performance of job duties.

Requirements

• Successful completion of an approved Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner course of study and certification as appropriate to the incumbent's license.
• Unrestricted Physician Assistant and/or Nurse Practitioner licensure in the state of Oregon.
• Physician Assistant requires NCCPA certification. Nurse Practitioner requires AANC, NCC, or AANP, AMCB certification.
• Unrestricted Federal DEA number registered in Oregon.
• Current BLS certification required.
• Current ACLS certification required.
• Experience using EMR (Electronic Medical Records) software.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills to effectively interact with a diverse population.

Nice-to-haves

• Orthopedic Physician Assistant Certification through the National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Physician Assistants.
• Prior experience with orthopedic surgery and/or trauma surgery.
• Epic EMR software experience.