Physician Assistant, Orthopedics

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The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.

Our practice is located at the convenient location of 4 Centennial Drive in Peabody, MA!

 

Job Summary

We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Physician Assistant to join our Orthopedics team.The Physician Assistant will provide late shift coverage in a hospital setting. This role involves collaborating with the day PA, supporting surgical cases, and providing orthopedic department coverage. Flexibility in scheduling is available to accommodate either shorter or longer shifts.

Typical hours: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM or 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Flexible scheduling options of 5, 8-hour shifts or 4, 10-hour shifts.

Key Responsibilities:
-Provide hospital floor coverage between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM
-Assist in the Operating Room for late surgical cases as needed
-Manage consults after 3:00 PM as needed
-Provide phone coverage for the Orthopedic Department from 5:00 PM to 7:00/8:00 PM
-Participate in weekend on-call rotation approximately every 8 weeks, with additional reimbursement

The Physician Assistant is responsible for the assessment and management of various populations of patients, medical and/or surgical, including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, development of appropriate plans of care and ongoing evaluation.

Essential Functions:
-Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting.
-Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
-Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
-Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
-Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
-Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.
-Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

 

Qualifications

Education

Master's Degree Physician Assistant required

Licenses and Credentials
Physician Assistant [State License]

Experience
2 years of experience as a PA required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Skilled in taking medical histories to assess medical condition and interpret findings.
- Ability to maintain quality control standards.
- Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
- Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
- Ability to communicate clearly and establish/maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public.

 

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Preferred:

Orthopedics experience

 

Remote Type

Onsite

 

Work Location

4 Centennial Drive

 

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

 

Employee Type

Regular

 

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

 

Pay Range

$120,390.40 - $170,456.00/Annual

 

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