Orthopedic Physician Assistant

Title: Physician Assistant

Reports to: Practice Manager

Location – onsite/hybrid:  There may be occasional local day travel to Company Divisions.

Hours: Full-time salaried position with OR, Office and On-Call responsibilities 

Who we are: 

Spire Orthopedic Partners is a growing national partnership of orthopedic practices that provides the support, capital and operational resources physicians need to grow thriving practices for the future. As a Management Services Organization (MSO), Spire provides the infrastructure for administrative operations that allows practices to operate at their highest level, so doctors can focus their efforts on what matters most – patient care. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Spire Orthopedic Partners is a growing partnership of orthopedic practices that provides the support, capital and operational resources physicians need to grow thriving practices in today’s evolving healthcare landscape. The Spire network spans the Northeast with more than 165 physicians, 1,800 employees, 285 other clinical providers and 40 locations in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Ortho Rhode Island is a world-class group of talented providers and professionals, all working together to offer value and quality in everything we do. Each Ortho Rhode Island team member is dedicated to thinking like a patient, and to offering the best experience in our industry, driven by our core values: delivering on our word, respecting each other, innovating in orthopedics, valuing every individual, and engaging our community. 

What you’ll do: 

This position offers the perfect candidate the opportunity to work with world class surgeons and clinicians in a high energy, patient focused, results oriented, state of the art clinic including our new, state of the art, out-patient surgical center and medical office building.  

Responsibilities/Duties:

• First Surgical Assistant 
• Hospital Admissions and Consultations  
• Inpatient Rounds 
• Comprehensive evaluation and treatment of a full range of Orthopedic injuries and conditions 
• Orders and interprets test/lab studies including X-ray, MRI, CT scan, EMG/NCS Bone Scan, blood tests, urinalysis, wound cultures and synovial fluid analysis 
• Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA’s scope of work. 
• Provides therapeutic treatments including oral medications, corticosteroid injections, applications of casts, splints, braces and prescribes physical and occupational therapies 
• Performs minor office/emergency room procedures including fracture closed reduction, laceration repair, and I&D of abscess 
• Provides patient and family education and instructions. 
• Responsible for maintaining patient confidentiality. 
• Documents patient encounters according to state & federal guidelines. 
• Other Duties as Assigned 

Who you are:

Qualifications:

• Graduate of Accredited Physician Assistant Institution 
• Certification through NCCPA 
• Valid Rhode Island License