APP Orthopedic And Joint Specialists

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Location

BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital

Title

APP Orthopedic and Joint Specialists

Bronson Orthopedic and Joint Specialists practice is seeking a dynamic Physician Assistant to join their practice in Kalamazoo, MI. Candidate will primarily see patients in the clinic-setting only. This position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, annual quality and productivity incentives, paid malpractice and generous PTO and CME. Prior orthopedic or surgical experience is preferred but is not required.

The Practice

• Six physicians and five advanced practice providers at 'home' site
• Specializing in hip and knee joint replacement and general orthopedic care
• Outpatient testing & diagnostic services available on-site
• Comprehensive surgery optimization program with dedicated nurse navigators

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Bronson Methodist Hospital

Comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in virtually every orthopedic specialty and sub-specialty including upper and lower extremity total joint replacement, sports medicine, foot and ankle, hand and elbow, spine and scoliosis and multiple trauma

• Six medical practice locations
• Orthopedic nurse navigator service
• Total joint replacement program that provides preoperative patient education and individualized post-operative physical therapy
• 20 State-of-the-art surgical suites
• Surgeries performed in Bronson facilities, including Ambulatory Surgery Center
• Dedicated 24-bed orthopedic nursing unit
• Multidisciplinary team of orthopedic-trained nurses, therapists, case managers and pharmacists conduct patient rounds on a daily basis
• Consumers in Kalamazoo County prefer Bronson Methodist Hospital for spine/back surgery, 2 to 1 for orthopedic care, and 3 to 1 for sports injuries
• Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence

To see the awards list in its entirety, visit bronsonhealth.com.

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Bronson Methodist Hospital, located at 601 John St. in downtown Kalamazoo, Mich., is the flagship of Bronson Healthcare. With 434 licensed beds and all-private rooms, Bronson Methodist Hospital provides care in virtually every specialty - orthopedics, cardiology, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, oncology - with advanced capabilities in critical care as a Level I Trauma Center.; in neurological care as a Joint Commission certified Comprehensive Stroke Center; in cardiac care as the region's first accredited Chest Pain Emergency Center; in obstetrics as the leading BirthPlace and only high-risk pregnancy center in southwest Michigan, and in pediatrics as one of only six children's hospitals in the state.

Bronson, a tertiary and teaching hospital serving patients and families throughout southwest Michigan and northern Indiana, offers a full range of services from primary care to advanced critical care and is a Level I Trauma Center. With a workforce of more than 9,000, we're one of the area's largest employers and our physicians and staff are nationally recognized for many exceptional achievements in quality, safety and service:

Healthgrades 2025 Top 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care

Healthgrades 2025 Specialty Excellence Award- Top 10% in the Nation for:

• Critical Care Excellence
• Gastrointestinal Care Excellence
• Neurosciences Excellence
• Pulmonary Excellence
• Stroke Care Excellence (23'-25')

Healthgrades 2024 Surgical Care Excellence Award

Magnet Hospital for Nursing- 2009 - 2027

Forbes Best-in-State Employer- 2022-2024

PINC AI Top 15 Health Systems- 2023

Newsweek Greatest Workplace for Women- 2023

Best and Brightest Companies to Work For- 2023-2024

PINC AI (in partnership with Fortune): 15 Top Health Systems (2023)

Bronson's Culture Statement:

At Bronson, we believe all people should have full and equal access to opportunities to live healthy lives and are committed to achieving that access across our health system. We are building a culture of belonging in an environment free of prejudice, negative bias, and stereotypes for those we employ and for the communities we serve. We are striving to employ the best teams in the communities we serve to enhance the quality of care we provide and the interactions we have with our patients, families, colleagues, and communities. We have a strategic focus on living our values by showing respect, building trust, uncovering, and addressing avoidable and unjust conditions that negatively impact individual health and wellbeing. We dedicate ourselves to seeing and advocating for all, removing barriers to care, and reducing disparities to conscientiously fulfill our mission that all have full and equal access to the opportunities to live healthy lives: Together, we advance the health of our communities.

Interested candidates please send a cover letter and CV to Megan Grimes at grimeme@bronsonhg.org or call (269) 341-8631.

Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program

Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications

Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place

Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges

• Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
• Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
• Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously

Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.

The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.

• Concurrent Clinical Management
• Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients' progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by:

o Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team

o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.

o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.

Utilization Review:

• Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting. This is accomplished by:

o Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.

o Utilization Management

o Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.

Clinical Management

• Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
• Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
• Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support:
• Billing
• Medical care
• Orders
• Progress Notes
• Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients

Shift

First Shift

Time Type

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Cost Center

8150 Bronson Orthopedics and Joint Specialists- John Street (BMH)

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