Neurosurgery (Spine) PA Needed in CA

Job description

Location: San Francisco

Start Date: 10/13
Contract Length: 4-6 months
Shift Details: M-F 8-5, no weekends, no holidays
Schedule: full time


Work Details:

· Support staff: Team of 7 APPs in outpatient clinic, support 5 surgeons and 2 physiatrists, MAs and patient navigators help in clinic for scheduling and admin. APPs take care of all clinical aspects, exams, triaging calls, ordering imaging
· APP will be supporting the vice chair. This surgeon has very high expectations of the APP and will expect the APP to be able to work in neurospine surgery with competence.
· Amount of coverage needed per month: every week, M-F
· Patients per day: 20-22 patients/day in person, if taking telehealth visits it may go up to 26
· Patient population/age: all adult
· Department description: sees only nuero-spine surgery patients, has both surgical and non surgical patients. Strictly clinic, no OR time, no inpatient, all outpatient. APP offers support to surgeons in clinic. Surgeons/fellows will do first visit and pre-op visits, APP will handle post-op and follow up appointments, take messages, order imaging, order medications, etc.

**please note, APP will not be utilized in OR. APP will work in outpatient setting only, as OR time gets allocated to residents and fellows before APPs**

· EMR: Epic
· Special Procedures: Bread and butter outpatient surgery procedures like staple removal, drain removal, wound care. If the APP has a background in trigger point, hips, and/or knee injections that’s a plus and APP may be asked to do injections if they have experience. Not required

Skills required:
· At least 2-3 years working in ortho spine surgery, neuro spine surgery, or pain management with spine patients. Will consider neurosurgery providers as long as they have thorough experience with neuro-spine cases.
· May consider neurology experienced providers should they have experience with spine

Practice Setting:
· Outpatient
· Hospital

Requirements:
- For NPs:
A-GNP-C, ANP-C, FNP-C, GNP-C, AGPCNP-BC, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, ACNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, ACNPC-AG, ACNPC

· License required: CA license required, no licensing
· DEA: Required with schedule 2 and 2n
· Certifications preferred: n/a
· Certifications required: BLS
· Minimum experience required:
- At least 2-3 years working in ortho spine surgery, nuero spine surgery, or pain management with spine patients. Will consider neurosurgery providers as long as they have thorough experience with neuro-spine cases.
- May consider neurology experienced providers should they have experience with spine

****Strongly prefers someone with academic medical center experience

· Credentialing Timeframe: 60-90 days

Keeya Milner
Recruiting Consultant
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• 4-6 month ongoing
• No call
• Travel and malpractice included