Advanced Practice Provider – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Advanced Practice Provider - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Senior Medical Director, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery and Physiatry

St. Charles Orthopedics & Neurosurgery

February 4, 2025

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The Orthopedic, Neurosurgery & Physiatry Service Line rles Health System provides ambulatory, procedural, and inpatient care for the health system as well as within ambulatory surgery centers. This service line includes approximately 60 providers representing the full spectrum of neuromusculoskeletal care across inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory surgery centers and clinics. The team will collaborate extensively with the Bend-hospital based acute surgery and trauma team in the development, refinement and collaboration of a robust trauma program designed to meet the growing needs of the Central Oregon community.

Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) works in the Physiatry department mainly in clinic seeing patients independently.

Work schedule:

Provider will work a minimum of 40 hours per week with a minimum of 36 hours patient contact time. Duties include seeing an independent panel of patients during clinic visits to provide physiatry care. This includes clinical documentation and all other necessary duties. In addition, some patient appointments may include screening, assessment and management of patients with concussions as part of the overall concussion management clinic.

• Independent clinical schedule to provide a robust suite of physiatry care.
• Provide exceptional patient care.
• Maintain patient medical records including reports of all examinations, procedures, and other services performed.
• Works closely with the orthopedic and physiatry departments to discuss care pathways for patients needing specialized care.
• Exercises judgment on conditions requiring consultation, referral or evaluation by an orthopedic or neurosurgeon surgeon or other health care professionals.
• Orders appropriate diagnostic testing when needed.

• Documents all patient care within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes all necessary tasks in compliance with health system policies and regulatory agencies to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Familiar with the SCHS organization structure.
• Participate in team meetings and assist in policy and clinical practice guidelines.
• Keep medical knowledge and skills current through regular CME activity.
• Must attest to having adequate (CME) to meet maintenance of board certification and compliance with MSO rules and continuing privileges without restriction.
• Keep all licenses and appropriate certifications current and unrestricted.
• Maintain active privileges at a St. Charles Health System hospital sufficient to permit performance of job duties.

• Participates in creating a healing environment that supports all aspects of the care environment and the wholeness of each individual, patient and caregiver.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Delivers first-rate customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, and is timely, efficient and accurate, and courteous.
• Educates, counsels, and assists patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.
• Provide a therapeutic presence in service…