NP / Surgery - Orthopedics / California / Locum tenens / Orthopedic Surgery-NP/PA Job

• Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery-NP/PA
• Job Type: W2 Contract
• Location: Stockton, CA
• Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Period: ASAP - Ongoing
• Coverage Type: Clinical + call
• Shift Schedule: 5 days/week; 730a to 530p
• Call Schedule: TBD
• Ave. Callback Hrs Worked: 4 hrs
• No. of Surgeries: 5 Ortho surgeries per day
• No. of OR Cases: 3-4 per day
• Patient Volume: Ave. 346 cases per month
    - 85 of that are ortho
• Support Staff Available: Yes; TBD
• Physicians in Practice: 6 ortho (including hand & feet), 3 gyn & 1 general if needed (when 0 ortho cases)
• Other APPs in Practice: None
• Case Mix: ORIFs, open and robotic assisted total joints (knee, hip, shoulder), arthroscopies (knee, shoulder and ankle), IM nailing, DHS, external fixation, amputation.
• Duties:
    - Surgical assistance for orthopedics including closing and rounding on post op patients as needed.
    - Could assist with other specialties if there are no ortho cases.
    - The surgical assistance will be mainly for elective cases but there could be add-on cases that have come through the ED.
    - PA can follow-up on patients, however, it is the physicians responsibility to assess patients and sign off on documentation.
• Required Procedures:
    - All orthopedic procedures including ORIFs, total joints (knees, hips and shoulders). Also, acetabular fractures required.
• EMR: Cerner and PACS (eMedPortal)
• Other Info:
    - No trauma since we are not a designated trauma center.
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered

Requirements:
• Active CA License
• BC
• Local/No flights (highly preferred)