
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Inpatient Orthopedics (36 hrs)
$1 - $1,000,000 / year
Position Summary/ Department Summary:
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Inpatient Orthopedics
Key Responsibilities:
Education:
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Inpatient Orthopedics
Key Responsibilities:
- Comprehensive care of Pediatric Orthopedic patients from newborn through young adult admitted to a busy surgical service.
- Attending surgical rounds, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests, pre-and post-op care/counseling, surgical wound management, and casting/bracing.
- Coordination of care including admission, specialty consultation, management of medical comorbidities, patient education, and discharge.
- Responding to emergent situations. Triage/ family calls.
- Provide specialty consult expertise to inpatient wards/ICU/community providers.
- Schedule: 36 hours per week, three 12-hour shifts Monday through Friday, 7a-7p, rotate into weekend coverage monthly including rotation through Boston and Waltham inpatient units. Optional holiday shifts.
Education:
- A Masters Degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Studies
- Previous experience as a PA/NP in pediatrics, orthopedics or other related area is strongly preferred.
- A strong desire to work in the pediatric orthopedic setting.
- Ability to work in collaboration with a large group of orthopedic surgeons, trainees, and multidisciplinary staff is essential.
- Analytical skills to resolve highly complex problems requiring the application of clinical, scientific or technical principles, theories and concepts and in-depth, cross-functional experience-based knowledge.
- Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions, and well-developed writing skills.
- A high level of flexibility and a solution-based mindset in order to manage urgent and often unpredictable situations that arise in an inpatient setting.
- A current MA license to practice as a NP (FNP or PNP) or PA
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