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Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Spine Health - Worcester, United States - UMass Memorial Medical Center
Description
Shift: 10 hours, 4 days per week, no call, no weekends
Hours: 40 hours per week
Position Summary:
Opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team in the ambulatory setting caring for patients with spinal problems in collaboration with the department of neurosurgery, orthopedic spine surgery, physiatry, and pain management. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will practice in our Spine Center clinic located at the Memorial Campus. The APP will evaluate new, follow-up, and post-operative patients, order appropriate tests and treatments, and coordinate any subsequent follow-up care. The patient will have clinical practice management responsibilities including returning clinical patient phone calls, triaging incoming referrals, responding to patient portal messages, and other clinical-administrative tasks that arise.
The APP will have 4 ten-hour shifts per week with time to provide patient care in clinic and dedicated clinical practice management time built into the daily schedule.
Major Responsibilities:
Position Qualifications:
-Master or Doctoral degree.
-Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program with certification.
-Current Massachusetts license.
-Basic Life Support (BLS).
Experience/Skills:
-Prefer 1-3 years of clinical experience.
-Prefer prior experience in neurosurgery, orthopedics, physiatry, or pain management. Open to motivated candidates with other types of experience.
-Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with members of the healthcare team.
-Excellent communication skills.
-Excellent interpersonal skills.
