Physician Assistant
United Musculoskeletal Partners
**DESCRIPTION**
**Position Title: Advanced Practice Provider**
**Full-Time: 40 hours per week, Total Joint**
**Position Overview** :
Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center has been a trusted provider of orthopedic care in metro Denver for more than 70 years. Though we have grown over time, our values have remained the same. Our independent group of more than 43 orthopedic surgeons is one of the largest orthopedic groups in Colorado. Here we are committed to quality, teamwork, and accountability to provide excellent patient care.
Panorama provides a competitive total compensation package, including a full benefits package and a 401K.?Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center are also now part of the United Musculoskeletal Partners brand that is expanding across the country to bring high quality Orthopedic care across the United States. We strive to provide an environment where you will find yourself surrounded by great people dedicated to helping patients and supporting each other.? We make a difference in the lives of others by helping them Feel Better, so they can Do More.?
**Summary**
This position will partner with Dr. Shapiro, one of our Total Joint surgeons assisting one to two days per week Total Joint surgeries as well as a mix of clinic and inpatient coverage at Littleton Hospital covering Orthopedic Trauma Patients. Patients will be seen at of our Highlands Ranch location and surgeries are performed at OrthoColorado Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, South Denver Surgery Center and Littleton Hospital, in Littleton, Colorado. The right person for this role will be a true partner with the physician and will be open and willing to learn techniques, styles, and preferences that help the physician team.
The position will be responsible for providing care within the clinical, surgical and hospital setting for Dr. Shapiro's Total Joint patients as well as the inpatient Orthopedic patients at Littleton Hospital. This role will be Monday through Friday, a mix of clinic, hospitalist and surgery in a busy elective total joint surgical practice and occasional call coverage will be required for nights and weekends (a nominal stipend is offered).
**Essential Functions**
+ Perform comprehensive and problem focused history and physical exams.
+ Conducts patient rounds on admitted patients in the post-operative phase.
+ Evaluates changes in patient conditions.
+ Issues orders for medications, treatments, and lab tests.
+ Provides surgical first assistant coverage in the operating room for Dr. Shapiro
+ Writes discharge summaries, H&Ps, fills out consents, prescriptions all within a timely manner.
+ Documents all patient care actions in the EMR promptly after patient visits and with a high level of accuracy.
+ Excellent suturing skills are necessary.
+ Providing inpatient rounding and consult coverage at Littleton Hospital
**REQUIREMENTS**
**Education, Licensure and/or Experience Required**
+ Active Physician Assistant’s license in the State of Colorado Required
+ Active DEA license to prescribe.
+ 2 years of previous experience preferred but we will train the right candidate.
**Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required**
+ Well-developed clinical skills to diagnose and treat patients.
+ Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to synthesize data to determine the correct medical treatment plans.
+ Ability to multi-task.
+ Possess a strong desire to develop high-level surgical skills to become a true asset to the team.
+ Ability to assess patient’s conditions and make treatment plans.
+ Work effectively as a true extension of the supervising physician.
+ Excellent sterile technique and proficiency with multi-layer wound closures.
+ Effective communication skills to ensure patients and other staff members receive pertinent information about conditions, treatment plans and next steps.
+ The ability to present well organized, succinct, and clear patient presentations to the supervising physician.
**Pay information** : $105k to $150k/annually, depending on experience.
**Company:** Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center
**Job Type:** Full-time
**Address:** 1060 Plaza Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80129
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