Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner, Orthopaedics- Full time

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 133,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health seeks an Orthopaedic NP/PA to partner with a surgeon in general orthopaedics, sports procedures, and joint replacements. You will assist in the OR and independently manage a patient panel in outpatient clinics with physician support available.

You’ll have a schedule with four 10-hour shifts weekly, no nights or weekends, and opportunities at multiple sites in the Boston area, fostering autonomy and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Physician Assistant required and MA licensure.
• Active prescriptive authority and DEA registration.
• Strong clinical and communication skills in orthopaedics.

Responsibilities

• Perform history and physical examinations and develop care plans.
• Assist in the operating room and manage outpatient clinic schedules.
• Educate patients and coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams.
• Document encounters clearly and timely; ensure patient safety.

Skills

Orthopaedics

Surgical assisting

Clinic management

Autonomous care

Education

Master's degree in Physician Assistant

Tools

EMR software

MS Office

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Schedule: This is a full-time, 40-hour position. You'll work four 10-hour shifts each week, with a combination of operating room time and independent clinic sessions. Typically, you'll spend 1-2 days assisting in surgery and the remainder of the week managing your own clinic schedule. There are no nights, weekends, or call responsibilities.

Where You’ll Work

The primary clinic location will be in Chestnut Hill, where you'll see patients in an outpatient setting. Surgical cases are performed primarily at New England Baptist Hospital in Mission Hill, with future opportunities to support procedures at the expanding surgical center at One Brookline Place.

What You’ll Do

As an Orthopaedic NP/PA, you'll partner closely with a surgeon whose practice includes general Orthopaedics, sports-related procedures, shoulder replacement surgery, and total knee replacements. You'll assist in the operating room and independently manage your own outpatient clinic schedule, seeing the surgeon's patients for post-operative visits, follow-up care, evaluations, and injections. While you'll often practice alongside the attending physician in the same clinic space, you'll maintain your own patient panel and schedule, providing a high level of autonomous care with direct physician support readily available when needed.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

This role offers the best of both worlds: meaningful surgical experience and the opportunity to build strong patient relationships through independent clinical practice. You'll join a highly respected and collegial Orthopaedics team that values APP autonomy, collaboration, and professional growth. With a diverse patient population, exposure to a broad range of Orthopaedic conditions and procedures, an experienced physician partner, and a schedule free from call, nights, and weekends, you'll have the opportunity to practice at the top of your license while maintaining excellent work‑life balance.

Essential Responsibilities

Performs history and physical examinations, formulation of care plans, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests and provides education to patients and their families. Acts as an educator and serves as a clinical resource for staff through consultation formal and informal education, review of literature and participation in seminars and conferences. Coordinates the care of patients in order to provide safe, effective, efficient and timely patient centered care. Liaises between visiting nurses, clinical staff and consult services. Care plans and execution of those plans should encompass the entire service to tie the service together. Consults with physicians or surgeons regarding the care of patients for more complex diagnosis. Document clinical encounters clearly, precisely and in a timely manner. Works in a collaborative relationship with other health professional to determine health needs of patients and families. Demonstrates and role models an interdisciplinary collaborate approach to patient care.

Required Qualifications

Master's degree in Physician Assistant required. License Physician Assistant License required., and Registration DPH Drug Control required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required. 0-1 years related work experience required. ARC-PA, NCCPA American Heart Association - Basic Life Support Certificate Valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Preferred Qualifications

Three to five years experience in a clinical environment. Competencies: Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues. Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction. Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers. Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations. Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization. Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Age based Competencies

Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal: Birth to 6 months, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.

Physical Nature of the Job

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

Pay Range

$64.00 - $230,000.00 The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we are driving the change in health care that Massachusetts wants and needs. Our culture promotes continuous learning, growth, innovation and a sense of belonging. We make it a priority to offer comprehensive compensation and benefits and help you achieve a healthy and balanced life. While you're busy caring for and supporting our patients, we take care of you.

Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.