Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner (Orthopedics)

Tanner Clinic has an immediate opening for a Physicians Assistant or a Nurse Practitioner in Orthopedics.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds.
• Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA’s scope of work.
• Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
• Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
• Counsels patient/family on preventive health care.
• Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes.
• Obtains complete medical history and physical data on patients
• Reviews patient records, interprets and integrates data to determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures needed in conjunction with the physician or under the direction of a physician
• Dictates history and physicals for all hospitalized admissions
• Interviews and advises patients regarding health and illness prevention; instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions
• Provides patient education
• Triages patient telephone calls and provides consultation
• Performs independent evaluations and treatment procedures in emergency situations
• Writes and refills prescriptions (this is dependent on state laws and the PA’s scope of practice)
• Other duties as assigned