Orthopedic APP Clinical Fellowship; Non-Accredited

Most new graduate PAs and NPs who want to go into orthopedics face the same impossible catch-22: you need experience to get the job, but you need the job to get the experience.

The specialty you actually want keeps telling you to come back when you've already done it somewhere else.

We built the program that fixes that.

The Genesis Orthopedic APP Clinical Fellowship is a12-month, full-time, paid training year designed from scratch for new graduates who are serious about orthopedics and ready to do the work to get there. No prior ortho experience required. What we need is the aptitude, the drive, and the willingness to be coached hard by people who know this specialty inside and out.

By the end,you'llbe ready to practice independently. Andyou'llalready have the job.

Thisisn'tan observation year.

It'snot shadowing with a stipend.

From day one,you'reembedded across the full continuum of orthopedic care — clinic, hospital, and OR — with responsibility that grows as your competency does.

You'llhave structured mentorship from Genesis surgeons and senior APPs, progressive autonomy as you earn it, and a clear runway to a permanent role within the practice when the year is done.

Twelve months. Real patients. Real procedures. Real orthopedics.

Clinic

• Independent orthopedic evaluations and treatment planning

• Fracture and acute injury management

• Post-op visits and wound care

• Injections, splinting, casting, and in-office procedures

• Imaging review and clinical decision-making

Hospital

• Daily inpatient rounding

• ED and floor consults

• Orders, documentation, and discharge planning

• Serving as the liaison between surgeons and hospital teams

Operating Room

• Surgical first assist

• Pre- and post-operative care coordination

• Progressive OR responsibility as skills develop

This is the full spectrum. Most APPs take years to accumulate this exposure.

You'llget it in one.

You just graduated — oryou'reabout to.

You'reBC orboard-eligible.

You'relicensed in Illinois or getting there. Andyou'veknown for a while that orthopedics is where you want to be.

You'recoachable.

Thisyearwill move fast and push hard. The APPs who get the most out of it are the ones who stay hungry, ask good questions, anddon'tconfuse confidence with competence.

You'recomfortable with complexity.

Clinic to hospital toOR, sometimesinthe same day. Multiple sites, rotating schedules, real call coverage. If that sounds like a lot — it is. If itsounds like exactly whatyou'vebeen waiting for — keep reading.

You care about whoyou'retreating.

Genesis serves Medicaid patients, underinsured patients, and patients who had no real options before they found us.

The clinical training here is exceptional.

Sois the reason it matters.

• Duration:12 months, full-time

• Schedule:
  
  Monday–Friday with rotating weekend call coverage (mentorship support on call)

• Rotations:
  
  Clinic, hospital, and OR days across multiple sites

• Locations:
  
  Chicago/Near West (Oak Park, Humboldt Park) or Western Suburbs (St. Charles, Aurora, Glen Ellyn)

• Completion:
  
  Permanent Orthopedic APP role + salary increase upon successful graduation

• Competitive salary during the training year

• Healthcare plan

• Paid time off

• CME allowance

• Malpractice coverage

• Structured mentorship and skills development curriculum

• Guaranteed permanent APP role and salary increase upon completion

Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is a full-spectrum MSK platform — surgery, physical therapy, and everything in between —operating across 16 clinics throughout Chicagoland. We run clinical trials, serve Medicaid patients at scale, and have built a care delivery model that delivers the kind of orthopedic care that the most demanding patients want — and the most underserved patients can finally access.

We'regrowing fast. We need APPs who aretrainedthe Genesis way from day one.

This fellowship is how we do that.

Ifyou'rea new graduate PA-C or NPwho'sready to do the work — and you want to come out the other side as a full-scope orthopedic APP with a place to practice it — apply now.

• Competitive salary package with potential for pay escalation via performance/productivity bonus

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Continuing education funds

• Disability insurance

• Flexible schedule

• Health insurance

• License reimbursement

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Professional development opportunities