Boston Children's Hospital

Physician Assistant, Orthopedics

Boston Children's Hospital • $90K — $120K *
Boston, MA 02115In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program
  • Preferred experience in pediatrics, orthopedics, or a related field
  • Desire to work specifically in pediatric orthopedics
  • Strong collaborative skills with healthcare teams
  • Analytical skills for complex problem-solving
  • Effective communication and writing skills
  • Current Massachusetts Physician Assistant license

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive care to orthopedic patients across subspecialties
  • Treat and manage new and established patients
  • Interpret diagnostic imaging and coordinate care
  • Manage acute and chronic orthopedic conditions from infancy to young adulthood
  • Cover clinics at various BCH locations including Boston, Waltham, and more
  • Work four 10-hour shifts weekly with administrative time included

Benefits

  • Sign-on bonus of $5,000
  • Opportunity to work in a multi-location healthcare system
  • Built-in administrative time within shifts
  • Exposure to diverse orthopedic subspecialties
  • Collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary/ Department Summary:
Physician Assistant, Orthopedics

Brief Overview
Please note this role will possibly include coverage of several subspecialities of orthopedics.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Comprehensive care of subspecialty team patients as well as orthopedic trauma/fracture patients.
  • Treating new and established patients, interpretation of diagnostic imaging, pre-op and post-op appointments, and coordination of care.
  • Managing acute and chronic orthopedic conditions that span infant to young adult age groups.
  • Clinic coverage could be across all BCH locations including: Boston, Waltham, Weymouth, Peabody and Needham
  • Working four 10-hour shifts per week with built in administrative time
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
  • Master's Degree from a Physician Assistant program
Experience:
  • Previous experience as an PA in pediatrics, orthopedics or other related area is strongly preferred
  • A strong desire to work in the pediatric orthopedic setting.
  • Ability to work in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons, nurses, Advanced Practice Clinicians (APC) and ambulatory staff is essential.
  • Analytical skills to resolve highly complex problems requiring the application of clinical, scientific or technical principles, theories and concepts and in-depth, cross-functional experience-based knowledge.
  • Communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions, and well-developed writing skills.
Licensure/ Certifications:
  • A current license from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to practice as a Physician Assistant

**This role offers a sign on bonus of $5,000**

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Learn more about Boston Children's Hospital
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1869
* Ladders Estimates

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