Nurse Practitioner, Ortho Trauma- North Liberty Campus
The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025. This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care’s nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services. The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships. UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly-skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.
The department of Orthopedics is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for the Trauma Team. The Advance Practice Provider (APP) will work collaboratively with other APPs, residents, and faculty surgeons within the department. The APP will be expected to provide outstanding care to Trauma team patients, working in an outpatient clinic setting. Patients span the life spectrum so the APP will see infants through geriatric patients. This role requires someone who is organized, motivated, and very efficient. No weekends and no call with this position. This is primarily a clinic position. Most APPs have eight to nine half day clinics per week with one to two half days for administrative work. This is a five day per week position.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent care to patients who have broken bones and/or wounds. This includes review of Xray, possible splinting or casting, and fracture decision making.
- Perform/order medical diagnostic, therapeutic procedures, and prescribe, dispense or deliver medications under a collaborative practice agreement. Consult/collaborate with other care team members. Use judgment to apply/adopt information within total clinical picture to address health issues. Influence others to adopt best practices.
- Complete patient medical records, reports, and forms to record treatment for treatment record and billing purposes. Improve quality of care by performing chart reviews and participating on performance improvement committees.
- Provide health education to patients and medical education to health professions students and residents. Participate in ongoing research and professional development of self and other staff.
- Establish and maintain procedures and systems to assure staff compliance with policies and standards of care. Serve on committees to enhance patient care and operations. Assure team provides effective collaboration/communications. May provide feedback and coaching to other team members to assure quality of specialized care.
- Assist with identification and implementation of process improvement projects and service line advancements in order to improve patient outcomes and decrease complications.
- Assist with implementation of methods to capture appropriate billing/coding documentation in the EMR.
No weekends or call is expected for this role.
Education Requirements:
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A Master's degree is required. A Master's degree or DNP in Nursing is preferred. If Master's degree is in a related field, a Baccalaureate degree in nursing is required. Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required. Current certification in specialty area and licensure as ARNP in state of Iowa is required.
Experience Requirements:
- 3 years of patient care experience gained through education, job experience, or rotations is required.
- Demonstrated experience and/or knowledge of orthopedic patient care is required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Timely completion of documentation
Desired Qualifications:
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Experience working in medical-surgical inpatient, surgical inpatient, orthopedic outpatient, or orthopedic surgical setting is highly desired.
Please attach a resume/CV as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
The department intends to hire for one position from either Physician Assistant, requisition 24004294, or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, requisition 24004293, based on the qualifications of the successful candidate. Please apply to the specific position for which you wish to be considered or both.
For questions or additional information, please contact Amanda Petersen at amanda-petersen@uiowa.edu.
Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or fsds@uiowa.edu. For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.
