Physician Assistant, Orthopedics

Mass General Brigham•Somersworth, NH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving for exceptional care through high-performing teams. The Mass General Brigham Medical Group, a system-led entity, focuses on delivering high-quality, low-cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care, bringing healthcare closer to patients. This group offers a wide range of services including primary care, specialty care, behavioral/mental health, urgent care, outpatient surgery, endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The Wentworth-Douglass Orthopedics team provides expert care in various subspecialties such as hand and upper extremities, spine, sports medicine, total joint, trauma, and foot and ankle. They utilize a multidisciplinary, integrated care model, collaborating with physicians, musculoskeletal providers, physiatrists, interventional pain specialists, and physical/occupational therapists to design personalized treatment plans aimed at restoring and maintaining comfort and function for patients with athletic injuries to degenerative conditions. This full-time Physician Assistant position supports the Orthopedics team, working Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays as needed. The PA will operate under the clinical supervision of the Medical Director and the operational direction of the Practice Manager. Responsibilities include serving as a first-assist in orthopedic cases at Wentworth Douglass Hospital two days a week and seeing patients at the clinic located at 7 Marsh Brook Drive in Somersworth, NH, for the remainder of the week. The Physician Assistant is a licensed provider responsible for the assessment and management of diverse patient populations, including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, care plan development, and ongoing evaluation.

Requirements

Master's Degree Physician Assistant required
Physician Assistant [State License] - Generic - HR Only required
2 years of experience as a PA required

Responsibilities

Performing & documenting appropriate and comprehensive orthopedic history and physical exam
Performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including, but not limited to splint, brace or cast application/removal, wound care/debridement, suturing/suture removal, injection of steroid and anesthetic agents, and joint aspiration
Educating, instructing and counseling patients and families
Ordering and interpreting x-rays, MRIs and other diagnostic tests as needed
Determining/coordinating the treatment plan and follow-up schedule
Following up with patients regarding results and ongoing treatment
Consulting with appropriate resources as needed and referring to appropriate specialties
Documenting patients’ treatment, response and progress notes and entering orders in EPIC in accordance with Medical Staff policies
Reviewing patient cases with on-call physician as needed
Managing in-basket messages and phone calls
Acting as first assist in the operating room
May provide coverage for our Orthopedic Walk-In
Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting
Performs complete histories and physical examinations
Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests
Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings
Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures
Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries
Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population
Precepting a small group of learners