Physician Assistant, Ortho Spine- North Liberty Campus

University of Iowa • Iowa City, IA

37d • Onsite

About The Position

The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus opened in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility is home to UI Health Care's nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly-skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. The department of Orthopedics is seeking a Physician Assistant for the Spine Team. The Advance Practice Provider (APP) will work collaboratively with other APPs, residents, and faculty surgeons within the department. The APP will be expected to provide outstanding care to spine team patients, working in an outpatient clinic setting. Patients span the life spectrum so the APP will see infants through geriatric patients. This role requires someone who is organized, motivated, and very efficient. No weekends and no call with this position. This is primarily a clinic position. Most APPs have eight to nine half day clinics per week with one to two half days for administrative work. This is a five day per week position.

Requirements

• Must comply with registration and licensure requirements as specified by the Iowa Board of Physician Assistant Examiners which include graduation from an accredited PA educational program and/or certification by the NCCPA.
• 3 years of patient care experience gained through education, job experience, or rotations is required.
• Demonstrated experience and/or knowledge of orthopedic patient care is required.
• Professional experience working effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Timely completion of documentation

Nice To Haves

• A Master's degree is highly desired.
• Experience working in medical-surgical inpatient, surgical inpatient, orthopedic outpatient, or orthopedic surgical setting is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent care to patients, perform/order medical diagnostic, therapeutic procedures, and prescribe, dispense or deliver medications under a collaborative practice agreement. Consult/collaborate with other care team members. Use judgment to apply/adopt information within total clinical picture to address health issues. Influence others to adopt best practices.
• Complete patient medical records, reports, and forms to record treatment for treatment record and billing purposes. Improve quality of care by performing chart reviews and participating on performance improvement committees.
• Provide health education to patients and medical education to health professions students and residents. Participate in ongoing research and professional development of self and other staff.
• Establish and maintain procedures and systems to assure staff compliance with policies and standards of care. Serve on committees to enhance patient care and operations. Assure team provides effective collaboration/communications. May provide feedback and coaching to other team members to assure quality of specialized care.
• Assist with identification and implementation of process improvement projects and service line advancements in order to improve patient outcomes and decrease complications.
• Assist with implementation of methods to capture appropriate billing/coding documentation in the EMR.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees