APP - Neurosurgery: Brain & Spine - Oakland

# APP - Neurosurgery:
Brain & Spine - Oakland Apply Now## Opportunity Criteria Profession Nurse  Practitioner, Physician Assistant Specialty Neurological  Surgery Loan Repayment Not Specified Salary Range Negotiable Employment  Type Not Specified Bonuses Offered Negotiable Not -for-profit
501(c)(3)
Trinity Health IHA Medical Group is seeking a Contingent licensed and certified Physician Assistant to join the team at Trinity Health IHA Brain & Spine Surgery located in Oakland, Michigan.

Trinity Health IHA Brain & Spine Surgery is comprised of a team of Neurosurgeons, Orthopedic Spine Surgeons, and specialized APPs with decades of collective experience. By using the most advanced operative techniques and equipment, our providers can treat a simple back sprain to the most complex spine and brain surgeries. We focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of conditions that affect the nervous system, primarily involving the brain and spine.

The selected candidate will provide quality health care to patients in the clinic and OR, in addition to an on-call rotation.

Responsibilities include:

* Evaluate new patients, revisits, H&P’s, post op, patients in a clinic setting.
* Included in after hour calls & OR Assist Call rotation.
* Dictation with every patient seen for that day. Review and sign the dictations.
* Review all of our ordered imaging and make calls to follow up with the patients with the results and next steps.
* Daily monitor and respond to the “PA mailbox” in EPIC.  Review all imaging reports sent to the office for content. Forward and/or approve as appropriate. If there are any concerns, take care of them immediately.
* Sign all operative orders including review of allergies and current medications.  If the patient on a high level of narcotics, bring to the Physician’s attention.
* When a Physician requests, call back patients.
* Respond to the PAs patients via call backs, log all conversations in Epic.
* If a Physician is running late, add the patient to your schedule.
* Throughout the day respond to secretary and staff questions.
* Be available for RNs when they are presented with issues, they are unsure of.
* Attend weekly Spine conference and monthly D&C conference.
* Compile data, monthly and quarterly stats for the D&C conference.
* Assist in any trials and completion of the required paperwork.
* Lead PA is responsible for providing a 6 month to 1 year schedule for the practice.
* Complete the yearly prescriptive authority and supervisory letters signed each year by the Physicians.

Interested candidates will be certified and hold an active State of Michigan license. One to two years of clinical experience in an office or hospital setting is preferred.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right Physician Assistant to be part of a large multi-specialty group.## About Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Established in 1994,
** Trinity Health IHA Medical Group
** is one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in Michigan delivering more than one million patient visits each year, practicing based on the guiding principle: our family caring for yours. Led by physicians, Trinity Health IHA Medical Group is committed to providing the best care, with the best outcomes for every patient, and exceptional work experience for every provider and employee.

Recognized as Metro Detroit’s Top Physician Group by Consumer Reports magazine, Trinity Health IHA Medical Group offers patients from infancy through senior years, access to convenient, quality health care with extended office hours and urgent care services, online patient diagnosis, treatment, and appointment access tools. Trinity Health IHA Medical Group is based in Ann Arbor and employs more than 3,000 staff, including nearly 1,000 providers consisting of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, care managers, and midwives in more than 150 practice locations across Southeast Michigan.

Here are a few facts about Trinity Health IHA Medical Group to help you understand our impact on the communities we serve in Washtenaw, Livingston, Lenawee, Oakland, and western Wayne Counties:
* Office Locations:
More than 190
* Active Patients: 500,000+
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