Physician Assistant Ortho CCH (Per Diem)
About The Position
The Physician Assistant provides orthopedic services across emergency, inpatient, surgical, and outpatient settings. Responsibilities include evaluating orthopedic patients, supporting preoperative readiness, serving as a surgical first assistant, and coordinating patient care with orthopedic surgeons, residents, hospital physicians, nurses, and other advanced practice providers. The PA practices within the scope of the immediate supervising physician and follows the supervising surgeon’s clinical priorities. The role also includes ordering and interpreting laboratory and radiology results, developing care plans according to protocols, managing inpatients in collaboration with physicians, completing clinical documentation and billing encounter sheets, maintaining required certifications and medical staff privileges, and providing hospital call coverage as needed. The PA is expected to communicate effectively, deliver service excellence, follow organizational policies, and contribute to continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant training program.
- Currently licensed as a Physician Assistant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- U.S. Department of Justice and Massachusetts controlled-substance DEA registrations are required for prescribing practitioners.
- Current BLS certification.
- ACLS certification within three months of starting the position.
- Able to work well under pressure, remain patient-focused, work independently, and recognize when and how to ask for help.
- Communicate effectively and participate actively as part of the healthcare team.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of orthopedic surgical experience, including serving as a first assistant in the operating room.
Responsibilities
- Perform history and physical examinations of orthopedic emergency patients when admission is planned.
- Ensure orthopedic preoperative patients are medically cleared by ordering necessary consultations and testing.
- Serve as surgical first assistant to orthopedic surgeons during elective and emergency surgery.
- Provide initial orthopedic evaluation and treatment in the emergency room for patients already evaluated by an emergency physician; prepare patients for attending orthopedic surgeon evaluation and treatment when appropriate.
- Collaborate with orthopedic residents to avoid duplicating services.
- Support orthopedic inpatients by responding to nurses’ calls, expediting discharges, completing documentation, and performing other requested duties as time allows.
- Conduct outpatient visits for new patients, routine follow-ups, and acute care.
- Order and interpret laboratory and radiology results and formulate medical plans of care according to protocols.
- Participate in daily inpatient medical management in collaboration with a physician.
- Coordinate orthopedic emergency admissions and preoperative and postoperative medical management with Hospital Physician Service physicians.
- Coordinate services with other surgical PAs and NPs to avoid duplication or omission of services.
- Coordinate clinical services with the orthopedic surgeon and defer to the surgeon’s decisions regarding clinical priorities and assignments.
- Maintain complete and accurate documentation of clinical work and submit billing encounter sheets promptly.
- Maintain required certifications and CCH medical staff privileges as an orthopedic PA.
- Work closely with the attending surgeon supervising each patient and practice within that physician’s scope of practice.
- Provide hospital call coverage for the supervising physician as needed.
- Comply with CCH Medical Staff By-Laws and Rules and Regulations, Human Resource policies, and CCH Corporate compliance policies.
- Provide service excellence to patients, family members, visitors, volunteers, and coworkers.
- Identify process-improvement opportunities, recommend solutions to management, and participate in and promote CCHC Pillars of Excellence.
- Perform other job functions as required.
