Wakefield, RI30+ days ago
Highlights: • Serves as first surgical assistant for orthopedic procedures • Handles hospital admissions and consultations • Performs inpatient rounds • Conducts comprehensive evaluation and treatment of a full range of orthopedic injuries and conditions • Orders and interprets test/lab studies including X-ray, MRI, CT scan, EMG/NCS bone scan, blood tests, urinalysis, wound cultures, and synovial fluid analysis • Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's scope of work. • Provides therapeutic treatments including oral medications, corticosteroid injections, applications of casts, splints, braces and prescribes physical and occupational therapies • Performs minor office/emergency room procedures including fracture closed reduction, laceration repair, and I&D of abscess • Provides patient and family education and instructions.