Orthopedic Surgeon Job at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Lebanon in New Hampshire

Orthopaedic Surgery Advanced Practice Provider

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH

• As part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, performs as needed assessments of Orthopedic patients
• Collaboratively creates daily treatment plans and executes these plans on a variety of medical-surgical, telemetry, step-down, and ISCU patients
• Coordinates consultation with multiple specialty teams
• Independently assesses unstable patients on inpatient units and evaluates for alternative levels of care, stabilizing as needed
• Identify and help manage post-operative issues including DVT, PE, anemia, infection, cardiac and respiratory issues, substance withdrawal and delirium
• Assesses patient medications including pain management in peri-operative period
• Work closely with rehab services teams including occupational and physical therapy to facilitate progress forward in rehabilitation post injury or surgery
• Assess post-operative wounds, remove drains, perform complex wound care including wound VAC changes
• Perform occasional procedures including sutures, injections, reductions, splinting, and casting if credentialed
• Coordinates complex discharges and creates safe and durable post-discharge plans of care including rehabilitation plans and follow-up appointments

• Up to $15,000 in relocation assistance (amount based on the distance of the move)
• Generous retirement programs with up to 6% employer match
• PSLF eligibility and up to $10,000 in tuition repayment program
• Inclusive and collegial team environment