Orthopedic Physician Assistant
2 days ago
Physician Assistant: Orthopedics
Description
Essential Functions:
- Apply and remove dressings, sutures, and/or staples.
- Evaluate, treat, and provide follow-up care for patients in post-op status.
- Perform physical assessments, work related return to work evaluations and physicals, and disability type determinations.
- Assist the physician in all patient duties including rooming patients, taking vital signs, patient history, and procedures.
- Evaluate and perform examinations, provide stabilization for patients with acute serious medical conditions and injury.
- Facilitate transfer as appropriate to an emergency facility or hospital.
- Other duties as assigned.
Provide Excellent Patient Care:
- Manage patient care in a timely manner and maintain a level of productivity equal to other providers on staff.
- Interpret radiology, EKG, laboratory, and basic pulmonary function tests.
- Thoroughly and accurately document every patient encounter.
- Perform required quality assurance steps in the patient care process.
- Bill appropriately for each visit.
- Interact with office, laboratory, radiology, and nursing staff as part of the patient care process.
- Interface, as appropriate and necessary, with providers and medical personnel within the hospital.
- Other duties as assigned
Other duties include but are not limited to:
- Inpatient hospital coverage beginning at the time of admission for daytime admissions, or at the time of transfer for nighttime admissions.
- Timely discharge reporting to the primary care physicians.
- Recommendations regarding the appropriate level of care.
- Initiation and discontinuation of consultants on medical cases.
- Management of surgical cases with medical complications.
- Assistance with the transfer of out-of-area patients to hospital.
Education and Experience :
- Maintain a current, unencumbered Colorado Licensure, Federal DEA and IBOP certifications. Complete adequate CME as required by licensure.
- Maintain current certifications in BLS, ACLS, and PALS within 6 months of hire or transfer.
- At least 2 years experience working in orthopedics or emergency care settings evaluating and treating a broad range of patients in terms of age (infant to elderly), medically compliant (infectious disease, cardiac, orthopedic, etc.) and acuity level routine, urgent, and emergent.
Skills and Education:
- Professional and well-groomed appearance, including during call hours.
- Communicate positively and effectively, both written and verbally, with residents, family, and staff.
- Ability to use different EHR/ software for patient documentation purposes.
- Communication skills between staff, patients, family members and consultants. A second language is an asset but not required.
- Math skills to calculate medication dosages, etc.
- Ability to address, understand, and recognize the needs of patients and family members on multiple levels. Must act with compassion and care.
- High level diagnostic thinking
- Current knowledge of up to date clinical information.
- Must be able to perform with frequent interruptions and under pressure.
- Must demonstrate problem solving skills in an evolving environment.
- Work with honesty, compassion and integrity at all times.
- Adherence to ALL confidentiality procedures and policies.
Physical Requirements:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job, the employee: - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
- Must be able to move and traverse about the facility 50% of the time.
- Frequently transport objects weighing up to 50lbs.
- Occasionally position objects weighing up to 100lbs.
- Must be able to recognize details such as color and depth within a few feet of the observer.
- Frequently operates computers, machinery, and other healthcare equipment.
- Constantly positions self to complete essential functions.
- May be required to wear N95s or PAPRs up to 80% of the shift.
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