Physician Assistant

Founded in 1991, IBJI is the largest orthopedic group practice in Illinois. With more than 150 physicians in every orthopedic specialty, IBJI offers care for adults and children from some of the most accomplished and respected orthopedists in the country. Serving northern Illinois and northwest Indiana with over 100 locations, IBJI makes it easy to access care. Our headquarters is in Park Ridge, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Our clinical services include advanced MRI imaging, pain management, non-surgical and surgical treatment plans, rheumatology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, wellness, and sports training. Ortho Access walk-in clinics provide same day care for orthopedic injuries. Beginning in 2021, IBJI expanded its clinical model to include eight outpatient ambulatory surgery centers that serve as an alternative to the traditional hospital model, enabling physicians, therapists and staff to work closely together to achieve better patient outcomes and convenience. Comprehensive care offered all in one place enables physicians, therapists and staff to work closely together, so that patients and families achieve better outcomes. Collaborative care is also more efficient. In many cases, IBJI services are substantially less expensive than those provided by large healthcare systems and emergency rooms.

Summary

We are seeking a part time Physician Assistant to join our busy sports medicine practice primarily based in Munster, Indiana with a predictable part time schedule and no routine travel between locations.

Responsibilities:

Clinic Activities

• Secures histories and physical exams. Updates status of patients scheduled for recheck visits.
• Interprets x-rays.
• Order additional imaging such as CTs and MRIs
• Performs knee and shoulder injections.
• Applies casts, splints, braces, etc. under supervision of the physician.
• Removes staples, sutures, etc.
• Prescribes medication
• Sees patients in the clinic both independently and with supervision. Dictates clinic progress notes. Orders appropriate tests and develops patient treatment plans with physician approval.

Other Functions

• Assists in fielding/triaging physician calls.
• Accurate and complete documentation of all patient visits
• Occasional peer to peer review for MRIs he/she has ordered
• Follow up calls as needed

Performs other duties within the guidelines per department and policy within normal scope and characteristics of the sponsoring/attending physician’s practice and current clinical privileges.

Communication

Internal: Physicians, other P.A.s and N.Ps, administrators, clinical and non-clinical staff

External: Patients, families, outside referral sources/physicians, hospital personnel, vendors, regulatory/insurance personnel.

Work Environment

Occasional exposure to electrical and chemical hazards; position requires lifting associated with patient transfers (up to 50 lbs.); requires the ability to bend and stoop without difficulty; involves exposure to blood-borne pathogens; requires verbal/written communication ability in the English language; involves exposure to weather elements and travel to all association hospitals and/or HOA facilities.