Orthopedic PA Employment - Conroe, Texas

Company: HCA Healthcare
Location: Conroe
Posted on: January 20, 2023

Job Description:

Description Specialization:
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
Job Summary:HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe is seeking to employ a physician assistant or NP with first assist training and experience, to join an employed team of orthopedic surgeons providing orthopedic and Level 2 trauma coverage to HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe.

Job Duties:

• Actively participate in all aspects of patient care, in all patient careenvironments.
• Complete assigned tasks efficiently to maximize availability for other responsibilities.
• Arrive on time for work; do not leave without notification of / approvalfrom your supervising surgeon.
• Perform comprehensive problem-focused history and physical exams.
• Interpret and correlate subjective and objective data to formulate a differential diagnose and establish a working diagnosis.
• Formulate and implement a treatment or therapeutic plan for hospitalizedpatients.
• Monitor and facilitate the patient's progress through that plan.
• Order, collect, and perform appropriate laboratory or diagnostic procedures, and studies including but not limited to blood and tissue specimens.
• Perform procedures including but not limited to local blocks, and minor outpatient surgical procedures such as but not limited to wound closure, wound management, superficial wound debridement, incision anddrainage of subcutaneous abscess, k-wire removal and external hardware removal.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including but not limited to joint and bursa injections / aspirations, closed reduction of fracturesand dislocations, as well as brace, cast and splint applications.
• Assist in surgery to include but not limited to first assist, deep andsuperficial tissue closures, application of appliances and any other action delegated by the surgeon.
  Compensation/Benefits:
  
  
  • HCA Healthcare will offer a competitive annual salary.
  • Benefits will include health, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, short and long term disability.
    
    About HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe:
    
    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe is a tertiary acute care hospital that has been serving the community for more than 80 years
    The hospital has 342 licensed beds with more than 1,200 employees and a medical staff consisting of 400 physicians and surgeons who practice independently in a wide variety of specialties
    HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe is currently the only hospital north of Houston with a full-service open heart surgery program and an internationally renowned Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
    
    The desirable suburb of Conroe sits just forty miles away from Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city. The most diverse city in America has a lot to offer, including professional sports teams, theater and museum districts, hundreds of clubs and live music venues. With its gigantic Galleria and more, Houston is a shopper's paradise. Houston's sunny climate makes it easy to enjoy the municipal parks, jogging paths, and bike trails. Piney woods, area lakes, Galveston Bay, and sunny Gulf Coast beaches are all less than an hour away. Families will appreciate the excellence of the area's public and private schools and availability of institutions of higher learning. Texas is a tort-reform state with no state income tax, making it an exceptional place to live and work.

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