Illinois Bone and Joint Institute LLC
Physician Assistant
Illinois Bone and Joint Institute LLC, Naperville, Illinois, United States, 60564
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, LLC, is one of the largest independent physician-owned orthopedic practices in the United States, with 100 locations and 150 physicians throughout the Chicagoland area, expertise in every orthopedic specialty, and complete diagnostic and rehab services. Illinois Bone & Joint Institute offers relief, solutions, and the comprehensive integrated care you need. IBJI's dedicated physicians and staff pair cutting edge technology with modern practice techniques to offer the most beneficial and effective means of recovery. This integration allows us to perform a full-range of collaborative and comprehensive services that directly impact our patients quality of life. IBJI wants to help you move better, so you can live better.
We offer a competitive compensation package that includes health, life, dental, and vision insurance, generous PTO accrual, as well as 401K, profit sharing, employee assistance program, and disability coverage.
Summary
Provide life-changing care to patients and their families through minimally invasive hip and knee replacement alongside an early-career orthopedic surgeon with a bustling practice. Serve as the surgeon's right hand in the operating room assisting in the full range of hip and knee replacement from minimally invasive partial replacement to complex revision surgery. Coordinate and deliver an amazing patient experience in the preoperative and postoperative period both alongside your surgeon and in independent clinics. In the clinical setting, see patients on your own and alongside your surgeon as part of a growing and cohesive team. New grads are encouraged to apply and will learn the ins and outs of hip and knee replacement with no prior experience needed. Contact us to see if you would be a good fit for our fun and cohesive team.
Responsibilities
Hospital/Surgical Activities
1. Assists the surgeon with major and minor surgical procedures in the operating room
2. Positions, preps and drapes the patient, as needed. 3. Closes surgical wounds and applies surgical dressings 4. Participates in on-call activities with assigned physician according to the Medical Center policy on allied health. 5. Dictates H&P's, consultations, operative reports, and discharge summaries.
6. Other activities as assigned by physician.
Clinic Activities 1. Perform joint aspirations/injections. 2. Interprets x-rays.
3. Applies casts, splints, braces, etc. under supervision of the physician. 4. Sees patients in the clinic both independently and with supervision. Dictates clinic progress notes. Orders appropriate tests and develops patient treatment plans
5. Facilitate the non-operative, preoperative and post-operative care of patients
6. Field patient phone calls on a rotating schedule
Performs other duties within the guidelines per department and policy within normal scope and characteristics of the sponsoring/attending physician's practice and current clinical privileges.
Work Environment
Occasional exposure to electrical and chemical hazards; position requires lifting associated with patient transfers (up to 50 lbs.); requires the ability to bend and stoop without difficulty; involves exposure to blood-borne pathogens; requires verbal/written communication ability in the English language; involves exposure to weather elements and travel to all assoc. Hospitals and/or HOA facilities.
Requirements
Educational Requirements / Qualifications and Experience
1. Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies. 2. Active Certification from NCCPA. 3. Active Licensure as Physician's Assistant in the State of Illinois. 4. ACLS desirable; current CPR required. 5. History of exhibited competence, judgment, stability and professional integrity. 6. Able to speak/write English language fluently 7. Excellent "people" skills
Full-time
Description
Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, LLC, is one of the largest independent physician-owned orthopedic practices in the United States, with 100 locations and 150 physicians throughout the Chicagoland area, expertise in every orthopedic specialty, and complete diagnostic and rehab services. Illinois Bone & Joint Institute offers relief, solutions, and the comprehensive integrated care you need. IBJI's dedicated physicians and staff pair cutting edge technology with modern practice techniques to offer the most beneficial and effective means of recovery. This integration allows us to perform a full-range of collaborative and comprehensive services that directly impact our patients quality of life. IBJI wants to help you move better, so you can live better.
We offer a competitive compensation package that includes health, life, dental, and vision insurance, generous PTO accrual, as well as 401K, profit sharing, employee assistance program, and disability coverage.
Summary
Provide life-changing care to patients and their families through minimally invasive hip and knee replacement alongside an early-career orthopedic surgeon with a bustling practice. Serve as the surgeon's right hand in the operating room assisting in the full range of hip and knee replacement from minimally invasive partial replacement to complex revision surgery. Coordinate and deliver an amazing patient experience in the preoperative and postoperative period both alongside your surgeon and in independent clinics. In the clinical setting, see patients on your own and alongside your surgeon as part of a growing and cohesive team. New grads are encouraged to apply and will learn the ins and outs of hip and knee replacement with no prior experience needed. Contact us to see if you would be a good fit for our fun and cohesive team.
Responsibilities
Hospital/Surgical Activities
1. Assists the surgeon with major and minor surgical procedures in the operating room
2. Positions, preps and drapes the patient, as needed. 3. Closes surgical wounds and applies surgical dressings 4. Participates in on-call activities with assigned physician according to the Medical Center policy on allied health. 5. Dictates H&P's, consultations, operative reports, and discharge summaries.
6. Other activities as assigned by physician.
Clinic Activities 1. Perform joint aspirations/injections. 2. Interprets x-rays.
3. Applies casts, splints, braces, etc. under supervision of the physician. 4. Sees patients in the clinic both independently and with supervision. Dictates clinic progress notes. Orders appropriate tests and develops patient treatment plans
5. Facilitate the non-operative, preoperative and post-operative care of patients
6. Field patient phone calls on a rotating schedule
Performs other duties within the guidelines per department and policy within normal scope and characteristics of the sponsoring/attending physician's practice and current clinical privileges.
Work Environment
Occasional exposure to electrical and chemical hazards; position requires lifting associated with patient transfers (up to 50 lbs.); requires the ability to bend and stoop without difficulty; involves exposure to blood-borne pathogens; requires verbal/written communication ability in the English language; involves exposure to weather elements and travel to all assoc. Hospitals and/or HOA facilities.
Requirements
Educational Requirements / Qualifications and Experience
1. Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies. 2. Active Certification from NCCPA. 3. Active Licensure as Physician's Assistant in the State of Illinois. 4. ACLS desirable; current CPR required. 5. History of exhibited competence, judgment, stability and professional integrity. 6. Able to speak/write English language fluently 7. Excellent "people" skills