Advanced Practice Provider (NP / PA) – Orthopedic Surgery – MUSC Chester Medical Center – Chester, SC

Job Description Summary

MUSC Health - Chester Medical Center is seeking a skilled Advanced Practice Provider interested in working full-time alongside one physician in an established and productive Orthopedics practice located in Chester, SC.

Entity

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC001780 MCP - Chester Ortho & Sports Medicine

Pay Rate Type

Hourly, Salary

Pay Grade

Health-33

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Description

Job Summary/ Purpose: MUSC Health - Chester Medical Center is seeking a skilled Advanced Practice Provider interested in working full-time alongside one physician in an established and productive Orthopedics practice located in Chester, SC.

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Salaried/Exempt 

Hours per week: 40

Scheduled Work Hours/Shift:  Monday – Friday; Standard clinic time is 8:00am-5:00pm, however, shifts vary. 

Patient Population Focus:  Inpatient, Outpatient, First Assist

Patient Population Age Range: 13 years-death

Required Minimum Training: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as an APRN as noted below.

• APRN License Type/Certification: APRN must have Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) Certification

Preferred Experience: Two years in Orthopedic Surgery or another surgical subspecialty preferred.

Degree of Supervision: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant will be assigned a Primary Supervising/Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations

All certifications must be current and complete prior to start date:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• If applicable, DHEC and DEA license applications must be complete prior to first day
• APRN must have RNFA first assist certification upon hire

Job Duties:

Provides direct care to patients through the following activities:

• Takes comprehensive history and performs physical examinations
• Evaluates and treats on the basis of history, physical examination, radiological, laboratory, and other diagnostic test results pursuant to the practice agreement or scope of practice guideline
• 75% clinic, 25% surgical assist
• Trauma, hips, total joints, arthroscopy, joint repair, shoulders and more
• Experienced management and staff in low stress environment
• Balanced work and home life
• Exclusive primary care referrals
• Office location centered between Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC providing quick access to metro-area industry
• Historically excellent provider job satisfactions
• Suture lacerations/wounds; suture/staple removal
• Placement/removal of surgical drains and tubes
• Incision and drainage of abscesses
• IM/SC injections
• Administration of local anesthetic
• Ordering and initiation of peripheral venous access
• Obtain body fluids for testing via venipuncture, arterial access, aspiration of seroma/hematoma
• Perform wound management (debridement and closure, dressing take-down and application)
• Prescribe medical devices
• Splinting/casting
• Fracture/joint reduction
• Joint injection/aspiration
• First assist operating room
• Initiates referrals to other health care providers, and/or consults with the attending physician or the collaborating physician
• Documents and bills for direct care provided
• Utilizes current research and evidence-based decision-making in all clinical practice
• Performs and participates in quality/performance improvement activities and clinical research
• Participates in and supports accreditation, compliance, and regulatory activities of the organization
• Demonstrates responsibility for professional practice through active participation in professional organizations and continuing education
• Potential to precept students at MUSC enrolled as an advanced practice provider student; and facilitates the learning of other new team members
• APRN or PA must main