Locum- NP/PA Surgery Orthopedic

Job description

ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT / NURSE PRACTITIONER

Contract Length:
✓ 6–8 months
✓ Coverage needed due to military leave

Schedule:
✓ Monday–Friday
✓ OR: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
✓ Clinic: Wednesday
✓ Administrative day: Friday
✓ 7:00 AM–4:30 PM
✓ Morning rounding required
✓ Occasional weekend coverage

Practice Details:
✓ Orthopedics department
✓ Clinic volume: approximately 20–25 patients/day
✓ Patient population: primarily teenage and adult orthopedic patients; no age restriction
✓ EMR: Epic Excellian
✓ Support staff: 1 clinical support staff on clinic days
✓ Hospital size: 34 beds

Responsibilities:
✓ First assist in the OR for total joint replacements
✓ First assist for fracture repairs
✓ Foot and ankle procedures
✓ Shoulder, knee, hip, and hand/wrist procedures
✓ General orthopedic cases
✓ Clinic-based orthopedic patient care
✓ Morning rounding

Required Skills:
✓ OR first-assist experience
✓ Orthopedic clinic experience
✓ Casting and splinting
✓ DME application
✓ Joint injections

Requirements:
✓ Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
✓ Active Minnesota PA or NP license required
✓ Minnesota Board of Medical Practice registration for PA/NP as applicable
✓ Minnesota Board of Nursing license for NP as applicable
✓ DEA required
✓ CSR required
✓ BLS Tier 1 – Basic Life Support required within 180 days
✓ NCCPA certification required for Physician Assistants
✓ ANCC or equivalent NP certification required
✓ 1+ year of professional experience required
✓ 1+ year of OR experience required
✓ Prior orthopedic or sports medicine experience preferred