Orthopedic Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine•Oak Lawn, IL

About The Position

Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is hiring an experienced orthopedic Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to provide full-scope musculoskeletal care with substantial clinical autonomy. APPs run independent clinics, assess patients, develop treatment plans, make clinical decisions, and collaborate with the supervising surgeon when appropriate. The role serves patients with Medicaid, Medicare, or no insurance across Genesis’s 16 Chicagoland clinics. Clinical work includes evaluating and treating a broad range of injuries and conditions, performing procedures, assisting in the operating room, providing hospital-side coverage, interpreting diagnostic studies, and applying casts, splints, and braces. Full-time and part-time schedules are available in Chicago, Oak Brook, and St. Charles. The EMR is EPIC. Genesis describes its clinical support as available so APPs are not working alone.

Requirements

Orthopedic APP experience in a clinical setting, surgical setting, or both.
Ability to assess patients, make clinical decisions, and act independently while recognizing when to involve the surgeon.
Willingness to care for patients who are on Medicaid, Medicare, or uninsured.
Ability to work with a high-volume and varied musculoskeletal caseload.

Responsibilities

Run independent clinics and perform patient assessments and develop treatment plans.
Provide comprehensive musculoskeletal care for fractures, dislocations, joint pathology, soft tissue repair, post-operative management, and other injuries and conditions.
Perform aspirations and injections, closed reductions, compartment pressure measurements, digital blocks, regional anesthesia, and minor outpatient surgeries, including tendon repair, wound closure, incision and drainage, percutaneous pinning, and hardware removal.
Assist in the operating room, including first assisting, wound closure, internal device application, and procedures delegated by the supervising surgeon.
Provide hospital coverage, including rounds, orders, emergency department consultations, and floor evaluations.
Interpret labs, EMG, EKG, X-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasound, bone scans, and arthrograms.
Apply casts, splints, and braces.
Collaborate with the supervising surgeon when appropriate.