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Nemours Children's Health, Pensacola is looking for a full time Orthopedic Physician Assistant to join our team. This position functions in collaboration with a multidisciplinary patient care team and is responsible for performing direct patient care services in collaboration with an attending physician and assisting with the overall care of the children receiving services in the outpatient setting.

Essential Functions:

• Comprehensive patient assessments including history and physical examinations.
• Formulating assessment and treatment plans of pediatric patients.
• Ordering diagnostic tests, performing procedures such as pin removal, suturing and suture removal; splinting and cast application and removal; joint injection or aspiration; manipulative fracture reduction.
• Communicating with physicians about changes in patient's clinical condition and results of diagnostic studies.
• Educating parents/caregivers on patient condition and plan of care.
• Triaging and responding to phone calls from patient families, physical therapists, insurance companies, and others regarding patient care; accurately recording patient information in the electronic medical record.

Requirements:

• Current Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
• Clear and active license as a Physician Assistant in the State of Florida
• Current BLS certification