Orthopedic Advanced Practice Provider

Job Description

• Join a multifaceted team that covers orthopedic patients in both the inpatient setting and outpatient orthopedic clinic.
• Advanced Practice Practitioner (APP) will be trained to cover all aspects of the orthopedic team.
• The APP will have the opportunity to cross cover other APP lead service lines.
• Performs routine and expanded job descriptions as listed in the provider's delegation agreement on file with the Maryland Board of Physicians or Maryland Board of Nursing.
• In collaboration with the attending physician on call, the APP will :
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services to critically ill patients.
• Obtain medical histories, examine patients, complete rounds daily, place orders and interprets tests, makes initial diagnoses, and orders treatments.
• Initiates appropriate evaluation and emergency management in emergency situations.
• Administer therapeutic procedures such as joint reductions, Steiman pins, splinting, dressing changes, etc.
• Communicate effectively with attending physicians, other medical teams, team members, and patients and their families.
• Instructs and counsels patients and families.
• May first assist in the operating room when necessary.
• Other duties as assigned by appropriate supervisor / manager.
• Demonstrates competence and skill in required tasks and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and competency in required subspecialty.
• Completes at least 50 hours of Category I CME every two years. Complete 16 hours per year or 32 hours in two years of trauma related CME.
• Performs according to Maryland Board of Physician or Board of Nursing standards and expanded job description procedural protocols.
• Facilitates excellence in quality assurance and the delivery of patient care as part of our High Reliability Organization.
• Provides optimal quality of patient care while following safety guidelines,
• Maintains a procedure complication rate less than the national average.
• Contributes to cohesive group relations; uses open communication to resolve problems in and between departments.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional department and organizational core values.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

PAs : Bachelor’s degree, graduation from an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant program, and certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician’s Assistants are required.

Candidate must hold an active Maryland license through the Maryland Board of Physicians.

• NPs : Bachelor’s degree, RN experience, and completion of Acute Nurse Practitioner degree. Candidate must hold an active Maryland license through the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• One year of orthopedic experience is preferred.
• Credentialing must be obtained from UM Capital Region Health’s Medical Staff Office and maintenance of BLS / ACLS certification is required.

ATLS certification preferred.

Salary is commensurate with clinical experience.

Additional Information

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