Ortho Hospitalist

You will be contacted directly by the facility after applying to this position.Schedule: Ortho Hospitalist focus MonFri while rotating on call evenings/nights/weekends every fourth or fifth week (call does require weekend work). Approximately 80 hours per pay period. Salary and Benefits: Relocation PTO & CME Allocation Malpractice Insurance (Incl. Tail) Health/Dental/Vision Retirement 403b) Responsibilities include comanagement of the orthopedic patient in collaboration with the patients primary orthopedic surgeon. This involves direct management of the patient including but not limited to the multiple types of joint injections casting preoperative history and physicals surgical assisting postoperative follow up and management of both acute conditions as well as chronic nonsurgical conditions. The advanced practice provider would be responsible for ordering interpreting and evaluating laboratory and diagnostic data prescribing medications and developing a treatment plan. This position specifically attends to the hospital consults IP follow ups manages IP discharges for all IP status surgeries primary service call 8am 5pm weekdays ED consults and referral triage/management.The qualified candidate will exude passion about orthopedic health issues and demonstrate evidence of comprehensive assessment skills expert clinical skills and problemsolving abilities. The desirable candidate will also have prior healthcare experience in a Hospitalist and/or clinic role. Support: Team of 5 fulltime PAs and a sports med provider who support 5 surgeons from general orthopedics sports medicine foot & ankle and spine surgery. Surgeries are performed at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Nampa. Requirements:Current unrestricted Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner medical license in Idaho; valid controlled substance registration with Idaho; Board of Pharmacy and DEA.A strong medical background and a desire to develop a practice to support a growing multispecialty medical group. In providing this support you will obtain Idaho medical licensure to maintain and strengthen the Health Systems general internal program across all communities we serve.