Full -time Orthopedic Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner (Outpatient)

The Orthopedic Surgery Service at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, proudly joining Northwell, is seeking to add a board-certified full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join its team.

This is an outpatient position; Monday-Friday 8a-4:30pm.

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation.

Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Job Responsibility Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.

Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.

Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.

Interprets laboratory and test results.

Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.

Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.

Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.

Performs related duties as required.

All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification Bachelor’s Degree, required.

Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.

Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.

Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.

Current BLS certification, required.

Highly competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits and generous allowances for CME and professional dues/expenses offered.

Sharon Hospital has 78 general hospital beds and provides a full range of services including: cardiology, cardiopulmonary, emergency care, imaging, intensive care, neurosciences, orthopedics, pain management, stroke care, surgical, women’s services and wound care.

Located in scenic Litchfield County, Sharon is a community with many beautiful and small hamlets.

Sharon offers a plethora of community and family activities against a backdrop of local attractions, from hiking, biking, and museums to restaurants, cafés and local farmers markets, there are endless ways to spend your leisure time.

Excellent housing and outstanding schools can be found throughout the area, with easy access to New York City which is less than 90 miles.

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians.

Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities.

Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

For more information or to submit your CV, please contact Jennifer Riccardi, Physician Recruiter, at jennifer.riccardi@nuvancehealth.org.

We are a Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and therefore eligible employees may qualify for forgiveness of certain federal student loans under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.