Nurse Practitioner - North Chelmsford, MA
About The Position
Orthopaedic Surgical Associates (OSA) has an excellent opportunity for a full-time Nurse Practitioner to join its dynamic and growing team. This role will provide both clinical and surgical support, working closely with a busy foot and ankle surgeon, in a collaborative, high volume practice. The position offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including four weeks of paid time off and a generous continuing education allowance. OSA is a premier orthopaedic surgery practice dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care to patients across the Merrimack Valley, southern New Hampshire, and communities northwest of Boston. Founded in Lowell in 1987, the practice has grown to include fifteen physicians.
Requirements
- Board Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Massachusetts licensure
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
- Relevant clinical background: Experience in vascular, diabetic foot, wound care, experience, with demonstrated ability to evaluate infections in hospitalized patients.
- Ability to distinguish infection from non-infected wounds, recognize signs of deep infection or impaired perfusion, and seeking physician evaluation when appropriate.
- Ability to assess patients, review labs, imaging, and cultures, develop and communicate a clear assessment and proposed plan, and reliably follow through.
- Must be organized, efficient, and receptive to feedback.
Nice To Haves
- Prior relevant NP experience is strongly preferred.
- Prior OR and suturing experience is preferred.
- The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in inpatient infection assessment and an interest in expanding their foot and ankle skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive clinical and surgical support, including inpatient foot and ankle infection consultations, postoperative care, office-based patient care, hospital rounding, and surgical assistance.
- Assist with new consultations, daily rounds, and inpatient follow-up.
- Coordinate care with hospitalists, infectious disease, vascular surgery, nursing, and case management, including discharge and follow-up planning.
- Manage messages and clinical inbox, respond to routine inpatient questions through TigerText or other hospital communication channels, and escalate urgent issues promptly.
- Track results, orders, and unresolved questions to completion.
- Evaluate postoperative patients and established follow-ups, assess healing and complications, and provide appropriate dressing, suture, and wound care.
- Assist in the OR with exposure, retraction, and closure within approved privileges.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Four weeks of paid time off
- Generous continuing education allowance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
