JOB REQUIREMENTS: Summary: Responsible for following Bone & joint\'s Mission and Vision objectives through exceptional patient care and customer service. Promotes and maintains health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician. Provides leadership, clinical expertise, and functional direction to members of the health care teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Assists orthopedic surgeons in the hospital and clinic settings; performs routine clinical and procedural tasks at our Wausau, Merrill, Medford and Plover facilities including regional hospitals. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Hospital and Call Duties: Performs all duties associated with hospital rounds, consultations and surgical first assisting (Quality) Consults Hospitalists or other Specialists for medical management (Quality) Orders, interprets and manages lab results and medications through hospital EMR (Quality) Completes consultations in hospital if surgeon is unable to respond (Service) Gives report on all inpatients and potential problem patients to on call physician (On Friday for weekend; gives report to peer assuming call responsibilities (Service) Responds to patient, hospital nurse, and extended care nurse calls within 20 minutes of page (Service) Triages patient to determine most appropriate course of action and documents plan in EMR (Quality) Follows B&J and CDC policy and procedures when prescribing controlled substances (Quality) Communicates to B&J triage nurse higher risk patients or situations (Service) Surgical Assist Duties: Chart review of all cases to identify and rectify potential issues. (Quality) Assists surgeon with sterile draping, retracting, clamping and tying bleeders. (Service) Directs staff technicians and nurses during procedures. (People) Closes all surgical wounds for each procedure. (Finance) Applies dressings, casts, splints and/or immobilizing hardware. (Service) Safely operates OR table specific for each case and equipment i.e.; Fracture tables and troubleshoots and rectifies all equipment failures during surgery. (Service) Act as a liaison between hospital staff and B&J surgeon in the absence of the surgeon. (People) Take responsibility for safety and welfare of patient while in the operating room.(Quality) Orders and audits case specific instrumentation; insure instrumentation is available prior to the start of the case.(Quality) Answers all staff questions specific to each patient. (Service) Oversees and upholds strict sterility standards.(Quality) Takes weeknight, weekend and holiday call, on a rotation basis. (Service) Responds within 20-25 minutes when called in to assist on-call surgeon. (Service) Completes daily hospital rounds on in-patients and consultations as directed by surgeon. (Service) Clinical Duties: Communicates to patients using AIDET tool, every patient every time (Service) Performs accurate and thorough evaluation of musculoskeletal symptoms/conditions discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to make diagnosis (Quality) Orders and interprets lab and imaging studies (Quality) Tracks tests orders to ensure that all test results are given to the patient (Service) Establishes treatment plan and educates the patient and/or family, tailors education to learning capabilities of individual (Quality) Adjusts treatment plan/work flow according to feedback from physician(s) (Quality) Completes documentation utilizing EMR templates; include CMS guidelines for MIPS, reviews and update problem list and medication list (Finance) Performs pre-op H&P assessment of patients following anesthesia guidelines and immediately completes documentation (Service) Develops optimal clinic template and schedule to meet patient and practice volume demands (Growth) Promotes safe patient care by maintaining continuity and ensuring consistency and standardization at all sites. (Quality) emonstrates a concern for cleanness of self and work areas and pract ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://bonejoint.applicantpro.com/jobs/3524690