APP - Orthopedic Urgent Care
About The Position
Practices medicine with physician supervision in an orthopedic urgent care setting including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions. Within physician–advanced practice provider relationship, APPs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. May include responsibility for education, research, and administrative services. This is a full-time opportunity with primary focus at our Vadnais Heights Orthopedic Urgent Care Campus. Schedule will include three 12 hour shifts weekly, 8am - 8pm with occasional weekend coverage (subject to change). Other locations for this role include our campuses in Eagan, Eden Prairie, Lakeville, Plymouth, and Woodbury, MN. COVID: Providers (PA/NP) – that will work in non-Summit locations may need to be fully vaccinated or have been granted an approved medical or religious exemption prior to start date. (These guidelines are determined by each non-Summit location and will be adhered to as appropriate.
Requirements
- Practices medicine with physician supervision in an orthopedic urgent care setting
- Conducts examinations and writing prescriptions
- Exercise autonomy in medical decision making
- Provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services
- Conducts physical exams
- Taking medical history
- Image interpretation
- Patient evaluation/care
- Consults with physician as needed
- Refers to physicians for more complicated cases or cases that are not a routine part of an APP’s scope of work
- Orders diagnostic tests and scans
- Prescribes medications
- Administer injections
- Participate in suture and dressing removal
- Manage simple fracture management/cast application and removal
- Triages patient calls
- Evaluates patient problems
- Responds to emergencies including use of CPR
- Establishes activity and work restrictions and/or return to work plans
- Counsels patient/family on preventive health care
- Pre- and post- operative education
- Documents patient information and care in medical record
Nice To Haves
- May include responsibility for education, research, and administrative services.
Responsibilities
- Conducts physical exams, taking medical history, image interpretation and patient evaluation/care.
- Consults with physician as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated cases or cases that are not a routine part of an APP’s scope of work.
- Orders diagnostic tests and scans and prescribes medications.
- Administer injections, participate in suture and dressing removal and manage simple fracture management/cast application and removal.
- Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems.
- Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
- Establishes activity and work restrictions and/or return to work plans
- Counsels patient/family on preventive health care, including pre- and post- operative education.
- Documents patient information and care in medical record.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- life insurance
- paid time off
- 401(k)/profit sharing retirement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
