Uw Health

Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient Podiatry

Uw Health$95K — $115K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of relevant clinical experience as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree from an accredited PA Program for PA applicants
  • Master's or Doctorate's degree from an accredited Nursing Program for NP applicants
  • Active State of Wisconsin PA licensure or NP licensure as applicable
  • Active PA board certification or NP board certification in area of clinical practice
  • DEA license or ability to apply for one prior to hire

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive care to patients in an outpatient podiatry clinic
  • Collaborate with physicians, medical assistants, and RNs on patient care
  • Perform medical history and physical exams along with pre and post-operative evaluations
  • Develop and modify patient treatment plans as needed
  • Care for conditions like pathologic bunions, hammer toes, and heel pain
  • Conduct procedures such as wound debridement, cortisone injections, and suture removal
  • Manage routine follow-up care and complications after surgery

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Paid time off and sick leave
  • Continuing education stipends
  • Supportive and collaborative work environment
Full Job Description
Job Description

Work Schedule:

100% FTE, Monday - Friday, between the hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

As an Advanced Practice Provider, you'll play an integral role in our care teams by providing high-quality, cost-effective care to patients.

We are seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to:
  • Provide comprehensive care to both well and ill patients in an outpatient podiatry clinic
  • Work collaboratively within a team consisting of physicians, medical assistants, and RNs
  • Perform history and physical, pre and post-operative evaluations, develop, manage and modify treatment plans.
  • Serve patient populations of pathologic bunions, hammer toes, ingrown nails, heel pain, surgical patients and work collaboratively with Vascular Surgery and the Wound Care Team in caring for wound patients.
  • Perform procedures such as; wound debridement, TCC placement, suture removal, cortisone injections, splint removal.
  • See patients in follow-up for routine post-op care and manage complications related to surgery.

Education:
If Physician Assistant: Bachelor's or Master's degree from accredited PA Program.

If Nurse Practitioner: Master's or Doctorate's degree from accredited Nursing Program

Licenses and Certifications:
Minimum - State of Wisconsin PA licensure

Minimum - State of Wisconsin NP or PA licensure

If Physician Assistant*:
  • Active PA license, including prescriptive authority, in state(s) of practice AND
  • Active PA board certification

If Nurse Practitioner*:
  • Active RN and APRN certifications and licenses, including prescriptive authority, in state(s) of practice AND
  • Active board certification as a NP in area of clinical practice. These may include the following: Family, Acute or Primary Care NP


All Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant applicants must have*: Active DEA license or ability to apply for such license prior to or upon hire

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About Uw Health

UW Health University Hospital is a 515-bed academic regional referral center with 127 outpatient clinics, located on the western edge of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's campus in Madison, Wisconsin. It is an American College of Surgeons designated Level I adult and pediatric trauma center, one of only two in Wisconsin. UW Health University Hospital has seven intensive care units, pediatric, neonatal, cardiac, cardiothoracic, burn, neurosurgery). UW Health University Hospital was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the 16th best hospital in the United States and the #1 hospital in Wisconsin in the publication's 2021-2022 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, earning national rankings in 10 adult and 6 pediatric specialties. Additionally, UW Health University Hospital was ranked as the 22nd best hospital in the United States and #84th Best Hospitals in the world by Newsweek in 2022. UW Health describes itself as "the integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin–Madison." It is the primary teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It is also the primary teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy, and is a teaching affiliate of Edgewood College's Henry Predolin School of Nursing. UW Health University Hospital is home to the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, one of 40 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. UW Health also operates the American Family Children's Hospital, a 110-bed pediatric hospital located adjacent to University Hospital, as well as UW Health at the American Center, a 59-bed hospital and emergency room located on the Northeast Side of Madison. Additionally, UW Health operates a network of outpatient clinics at over 80 sites throughout southern and central Wisconsin and northern Illinois, and has partnerships with UnityPoint Meriter Hospital in Madison, Beloit Hospital in Beloit, Wisconsin, and Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Illinois. UW Health also has an affiliated insurance company, Quartz Health Solutions, Inc., operated in partnership with UnityPoint Health and Gundersen Health System.
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