Orthopedics Physician Assistant

Advanced Practice - Orthopedic opening - Columbus, NE Located 80m to Omaha; 80m to LincolnPosition Details

• Work collaboratively with clinical teams in managing orthopedic patients in the outpatient clinic and operative environments.
• Independently support general orthopedic surgery and orthopedic surgery subspecialty care as first assist in the OR, diagnose and treat outpatient visits, and provide occasional inpatient rounding at Columbus Community Hospital.
• Perform comprehensive and problem-focused history and physical exams, interpret and correlate laboratory and diagnostic procedures, and interpret and correlate subjective and objective data to establish a working diagnosis.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including, but not limited to, joint and bursa aspiration; injections of joints, tendons, trigger points and buras; and brace, splint and cast applications. Order and collect appropriate
laboratory or diagnostic procedures and studies as needed.
• Formulate a treatment plan for orthopedic problems requiring consultation, referral or evaluation by the supervising surgeon or other health care professionals.
• Identify assessment, diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions within the plan that reflect current evidence, including data, research, literature and expert clinical knowledge; collaborate with physician on the plan as needed.
About the Practice
• Office is open Monday-Friday, five days/week.
• Anticipate 25+ patients per office day.
• OR days: typically 2-3 days/week and daily rounding with 3-5 patients on floor.
• Digital X-ray and PACS at the practice; MRI on hospital campus.
• Comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitative services available.
• State-of-the art facility.
• EMR: Paragon Ambulatory Allscripts product
• Team atmosphere.
Qualifications:
• Orthopedic experience required.
• 1-2 years of recent and relevant experience in orthopedic surgery (outpatient visits, first assist in the OR and inpatient rounding) is preferred.
• Ability to do independent physical exams, interpret X-rays, offer fracture care, perform office procedures and act as first assist in OR is required.
• Must have ability to integrate well with medical community to help promote referrals.
• Must have a current Nebraska Physician Assistant license and must have completed an AMA-approved Physician Assistant Program.
• Must have a current Nebraska APRN license permitting practice as a family nurse practitioner, and maintain all requirements to this license. This includes completion of an accredited masters or doctoral nurse practitioner
program, and successfully passing a certification examination.
• Must be certified in BLS. Certification in ACLS and/or PALS is preferred, but not required.
• Must be credentialed for hospital privileges and must satisfy employment requirements at CCH.
• Personal and professional integrity are needed for malpractice coverage.
• Must have current DEA certificate.
Benefits:
• Competitive hourly wage: $47.78-$69.75
• Health, dental & vision insurance.
• Flexible benefit plan and flexible spending accounts.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Retirement plan (403(b) and 401(K).
• PTO.
• State-licensed childcare center on campus.
Medical Group Growth
• In fall 2021, the hospital competed a $35M expansion and renovation projects, which allowed us to add a new surgical services area, maternal child health department and senior behavioral health unit.
• In October 2021, the hospital broke ground on its new 260,000 square foot, $55M fieldhouse. The fieldhouse is an extension of the hospitals mission to enhance community wellness. It will offer indoor and outdoor fitness and recreation areas, including tennis courts, a football field, a soccer field, basketball courts, batting cages, youth activities spaces, a suspended track for walking and running and more. Expected completion is late 2023 or early 2024.
• Spring 2022, Hospital was named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, a leading provider of health care advisory and analytic services.
About the Hospital
• Nonprofit, Joint Commission-accredited, acute care facility characterized by our family-centered care, community involvement and progressive ideas in health care.
• We serve Platte County and the seven surrounding counties.
• Our medical staff experience fulfilling career among respectful colleagues and administrators who value clinical quality, patient satisfaction and collegiality.
• The hospital emergency department is staffed 24/7 by hospital-employed physicians and is designated as a Level III trauma center.
• Additional highlights of our state-of-the-art facility include advanced diagnostic imaging services provided by a 1.5T wide bore MRI, 64- and 128-slice CT scanners, a hybrid OR room and two digital breast tomosynthesis mammography machines. We also have strong, in-house adult and pediatric hospitalist programs and an excellent nursing staff.
Columbus, NE
• Columbus sits at the confluence of the Loup and Platte rivers, which provide a bounty of wildlife viewing, kayaking, hunting, fishing and beautiful sunrises and sunsets. It is a community of 22,000 and is one of the states most progressive and dynamic communities.
• Columbus offers a fair tax structure, strong educational systems, excellent childcare, several golf courses, and a variety of rich cultural events and exciting recreational opportunities.
• It is only 80 miles away from Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, which means the benefits of big entertainment, major airports and a key Big Ten Conference University (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), are just a short distance away.
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• Education: Columbus Public Schools ()
• Private and Religion focused school systems available ()