Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant

Osmc; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 83,000 - 131,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Biweekly PTO

Job summary

OSMC in Elkhart, IN is hiring a weekend coverage Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our orthopedic team. The role will involve evaluating and treating patients, performing injections, wound care, casting, and collaborating with surgeons and hospitalists.

Ideal candidates have a masters degree in PA or APRN, NCCPA/APRN certification, state licensure, and BLS/ACLS. This part-time weekend position offers competitive PTO and a supportive team culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of orthopedic experience required or preferred.
• Masters Degree in PA or APRN pathway with national certification.
• Current state licensure and prescriptive authority.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients within orthopedic practice; develop treatment plans.
• Order and interpret diagnostic imaging; educate patients on care.
• Collaborate with surgeons, hospitalists and other specialties.
• Assist during surgical procedures, wound care, casting and injections.
• Maintain daily progress notes and coordinate patient care with home team.

Skills

Orthopedic experience

Clinical decision making

Team collaboration

Education

Masters Degree in Physician Assistant

NCCPA Certification

State licensure as Physician Assistant

Job description

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Part Time Professional Elkhart, IN, US

OSMC is HIRING a weekend coverage part time Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant!

OSMC is dedicated to upholding the highest quality care for the disease and injuries of the musculoskeletal system within the framework of a patient-centered, service-directed organization. Given this philosophy, each employee is expected to maintain an attitude of teamwork within the structure of an organization that is service-oriented and places the patient at the center of our activities.

OSMC prides itself on the care we offer to our patients and values our staff. We offer a competitive PTO plan which accrues biweekly allowing for an outstanding work/life balance.

OSMC is currently offering an exciting part time opportunity for weekend coverage for an Advanced Practice Providers (APP) to join our organization. An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) refers to a healthcare professional, including a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, who has advanced training and can provide an advanced level of medical tasks independently and collaborates with a physician. The APP will assess and treat patients using advanced clinical knowledge and skills to identify abnormal conditions, order and analyze diagnostic images, educate on pre and post operative care, diagnose health problems, develop and implement treatment plans, evaluate patient outcomes, and collaborate with or refer to physicians in the practice and community, as well as assist orthopedic surgeons during surgical procedures, wound closure and casting.

We have this position based within the local Elkhart hospital.

The hospital-based position will be located within the Elkhart, Indiana hospital. This role will create plans with close collaboration with the surgeon in attendance, and refer and collaborate with the emergency department physician, the hospitalist team, and other supporting specialties, such as general surgery, cardiology, trauma, urology, nephrology, hematology, and oncology as well as manage daily progress notes on our patients. Independently the ideal person will also construct patient castings, joint injections, aspirations and manage wound vac placements.

This role reports directly to the practice physicians, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Chief Operating Officer.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years' experience in an Ortho setting is preferred with a Master's Degree from an accredited (ARC-PA) Physician Assistant program, a Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), State licensure as a Physician Assistant, a Controlled substance license and DEA registration, CSR Prescriptive Authority, Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) or the following Nurse Practitioner educational requirements of a Master's Degree from an accredited (APRN) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Program, Certification as an Adult or Family Advanced Practitioner through the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Nurse Practitioner Credentialing Center (NPCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), State licensure as an APRN, Controlled substance license and DEA registration, CSR Prescriptive Authority, and Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).