Physician Assistant - Duke Orthopaedics Urgent Care

As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

 

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program.  APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties.  APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

 

Job Location

Duke Orthopaedics Arringdon - Duke Health Center Arringdon - 5601 Arringdon Park Dr - Morrisville, NC

 

Job Summary

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for the Duke Department of Orthopaedics at the Urgent Care clinic located in Duke Orthopaedics Arringdon (near Durham, NC) as well as the possibility of other clinic sites in the future to provide direct patient care services. The APP providing services in the urgent care is functioning with autonomy with physician support.

 

The urgent care is open seven days a week with the providers having a rotating schedule. This includes evenings, weekends and holidays.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide care for patients needing urgent orthopaedic care as well as subacute and chronic conditions.  The urgent care provider will also evaluate post-operative patients experiencing acute issues.
• Coordinate patient care including triage, physical exams, collecting and documenting data, conducting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ordering and scheduling laboratory studies including advanced imaging.
• Formulation of a diagnosis and treatment plan with implementation of the plan with understanding by the patient.
• Education of learners rotating in the department and urgent care.
• Telephone support to the primary care clinics as well as primary care urgent care clinics.
• Communicate verbally and in writing all pertinent patient information to supervising physician, nursing staff, patient resource manager, home health agency, and other relevant healthcare providers as needed.
• Provide timely documentation in the electronic medical record of all relevant data including results of diagnostic tests; laboratory results; patients’ condition and response to therapies/interventions; communications with physician colleagues.
• Respond to patient inquiries and concerns via telephone or EPIC MyChart messages and be accessible to consult with supervising physician as needed.