Nashville Hip Institute - Dr. Tania Ferguson PA Needed

Job Description

We seek a highly motivated, career professional to join the Nashville Hip Institute as a Physician Assistant. Our institute sets the “Gold Standard” for evaluation and treatment of complex hip problems, and we seek a driven partner interested in continually elevating this standard via patient care, research, and education.

Our PA is an extension of our Orthopaedic Surgeons and will work closely in surgery, in the hospital setting, and in the office to provide a comprehensive approach to problems of the hip and pelvis. This position involves a one-on-one surgical relationship with an internationally recognized hip and pelvis surgeon, who performs primarily in-patient operations. Surgeries include Periacetabular Osteotomy, Surgical Hip Dislocation, Fracture care of the Pelvis, and Total Hip Arthroplasty amongst others. Additionally, this position involves the development of an office-based practice offering evaluation and treatment to patients referred to the institute for hip and pelvis pain and learning hip related intra-articular and muscular injections under ultrasound guidance.

You will be in a very close relationship with many expert, passionate providers in a highly regarded specialty clinic offering care to patients traveling from long distances. This is a career opportunity to excel in your personal skill set, to study and research hip problems, and to treat patients of all ages with problems of the hip and pelvis. Most practitioners in this office become nationally and internationally recognized for the skill and expertise they provide, as the physicians are renowned thought leaders in hip and pelvis surgery (www.nashvillehip.org).

Specific job duties include

·         Operating room liaison, assistance in surgery, management of pre-operative and peri-operative services, and interactions with equipment sales associates

·         Assist supervising physicians in management of hospitalized patients, follow tests, and interact as primary liaison with the institutional nursing staff

·         Wound closure, evaluation, and management

·         Patient positioning and draping

·         Assist physician by recording patient progress notes and primary order input utilizing the electronic medical record (Cerner, Allmeds, EClinical, etc.)

·         Perform comprehensive and problem-focused history and physical evaluations of patients in a clinic based practice, triaging patients towards surgical intervention, or providing non-surgical care independent of the surgeons when conservative management is deemed appropriate.

·         Order and interpret diagnostic studies (x-rays, MRI and CT)

·         Learn and execute ultrasound based diagnosis and guided injections of the hip and pelvis.

·         There is no ER call involved; however, the position involves some weekend rounding on in-patients and participating in a rotating “call” for phone calls from patients and hospital nurses.

We seek a professional interested in developing a specialized focus and skill set in hip and pelvis pathologies. We are dedicated clinicians, educators and researchers hoping to find a partner who will be involved with teaching patients, families, and physician learners that come to observe our practice. We will involve our PA in the learning process, involving this person in courses and training experiences focused on this knowledge base.

Salary range dependent on years of experience, and will be structured in accordance with individual applicant’s needs and interests.

Job Type: Full-time