Physician Assistant OR Nurse Practitioner - Orthopedic Spine

The CORE Institute's fellowship-trained physicians provide specialized care in the areas of surgical, non-surgical and rehabilitative hip, knee, shoulder, elbow and ankle procedures, joint replacement, sports medicine, arthroscopy, fracture management, orthopedic traumatology, hand and wrist procedures, complex articular cartilage restoration, musculoskeletal oncology, foot and ankle reconstruction, physical medicine and rehabilitation, comprehensive spine care, pain management, clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy, headache and facial pain, neuromuscular medicine, spine and peripheral nerve disease, clinical neuroimmunology, multiple sclerosis, and general neurology care.

HOPCo (Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company) is the corporate parent of Arizona-based entities, The CORE Institute, Northern Arizona Orthopaedics, The CORE Institute Specialty Hospital, and Michigan-based The CORE Institute. HOPCo is a vertically integrated musculoskeletal outcomes management company. HOPCo manages physician practices, hospital service lines, population health and value-based care programs, and musculoskeletal delivery networks.

Please see below for the functions and requirements to be a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with The Core Institute.

General description of duties and position

• Responsible for providing medical care as delegated by the surgeon.
• This APP will work as a team with another PA and the surgeon.
• The APP’s have their own clinic schedule and split OR time averaging 1.5 days a week.
• The position does take call inpatient and outpatient phone in rotation with the other APP’s.
• This position is eligible for a monthly productivity and stipend bonus.

Essential functions

• 1.
• Assesses patient health status including state of wellness, compliance with the care plan and determines appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• 2.
• Provides acute and chronic patient care including taking histories, doing physicals, monitoring therapies, giving injections and medications, suturing wounds.
• 3.
• Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems.
• 4.
• Responds to emergencies including the use of CPR.
• 5.
• Documents patient information and care provided in the patient record and maintains patient statistics.
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• Educates patients and families as appropriate.