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Job ID: 216846
Category: Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant
Work Type: FT
Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States
Work Schedule: 40 hours per week Shifts 6:45am to 5:15pm
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.Summary: Day shift only. Shifts 6:45am to 5:15pm with 4 shifts per week. No nights or call
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) has an outstanding opportunity for a nurse practioner or physician to join inpatient orthopedic services and work alongside some of the best medical providers in Philadelphia.
PPMC, the Philadelphia region’s top Level 1 Trauma Center, has an outstanding record of medical accomplishments, placing our patients at the core of everything we do. The “how” is important to us – how we treat our patients and each other, how we raise the bar every day to achieve excellence and how we contribute to the health of the community around us. PPMC has a community feel but is also part of the larger academic and research-based institution that is Penn Medicine. By joining PPMC, you get the best of both worlds and a genuine commitment to your professional growth and development.
Responsibilities:
Our orthopedic service is a busy service with complex trauma patients with a high CMI. The team performs 2100 operative procedures and 1000 discharges annually. You will be responsible for direct care management as well as collaboration with residents, surgeons, medical co-management, and consultants. You will serve as the in-house covering provider for the orthopedic surgery patients and respond to urgent medical/surgical concerns, as well as facilitate transfer to higher levels of care when needed. You are an integral member of the multidisciplinary clinical team on the surgical floor; will collaborate with physicians, nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and case management, and will lead daily multidisciplinary rounds.
You will have the opportunity to work on quality improvement and patient progression initiatives for the orthopedic service line. You will also have opportunities to collaborate with the outpatient orthopedic department to facilitate smooth/safe transitions through the entirety of a patient's surgical experience.
As a provider, you will be committed to delivering high quality and safe patient care. You will have the ability to coordinate multiple aspects of the patient's care for a high volume acute surgical floor at a high level of independence.Minimum Requirements:
We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.