Job Description

Job Quick Facts


• Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery-NP/PA
• Job Type: W2 Contract
• Location: Stockton, CA
• Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Period: ASAP - Ongoing
• Coverage Type: Clinical + call
• Shift Schedule: 5 days/week; 730a to 530p
• Call Schedule: TBD
• Ave. Callback Hrs Worked: 4 hrs
• No. of Surgeries: 5 Ortho surgeries per day
• No. of OR Cases: 3-4 per day
• Patient Volume: Ave. 346 cases per month
- 85 of that are ortho
• Support Staff Available: Yes; TBD
• Physicians in Practice: 6 ortho (including hand & feet), 3 gyn & 1 general if needed (when 0 ortho cases)
• Other APPs in Practice: None
• Case Mix: ORIFs, open and robotic assisted total joints (knee, hip, shoulder), arthroscopies (knee, shoulder and ankle), IM nailing, DHS, external fixation, amputation.
• Duties:
- Surgical assistance for orthopedics including closing and rounding on post op patients as needed.
- Could assist with other specialties if there are no ortho cases.
- The surgical assistance will be mainly for elective cases but there could be add-on cases that have come through the ED.
- PA can follow-up on patients, however, it is the physicians responsibility to assess patients and sign off on documentation.
• Required Procedures:
- All orthopedic procedures including ORIFs, total joints (knees, hips and shoulders). Also, acetabular fractures required.
• EMR: Cerner and PACS (eMedPortal)
• Other Info:
- No trauma since we are not a designated trauma center.
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered



Requirements:
• Active CA License
• BC
• Local/No flights (highly preferred)

Job Tags

Contract work, Local area, Immediate start, Shift work,

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