Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Spine Center UMass Memorial

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Spine Center-UMass Worcester, MA

Advanced Practice Provider (APP) opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team in the ambulatory setting caring for patients with spinal problems in collaboration with the department of neurosurgery, orthopedic spine surgery, physiatry, and pain management at UMass Memorial Health. This is a full-time position, consisting of 40 hours per week. Shifts are 10 hours each, scheduled over a 4-day workweek, with no call duty or weekend shifts.

Major Responsibilities:

• Providing diagnostic and assessment services within our Spine Center clinic located at the Memorial Campus.
• Evaluate new, follow-up, and post-operative patients, order appropriate diagnostic tests and treatments, and coordinate any subsequent follow-up care
• Analyzing data collected to determine health status and identify differential diagnoses based on history, physical examination, and clinical findings.
• Managing therapeutic regimens as outlined by established protocols for patients with acute illnesses. (Protocols are guidelines concerning patient care established between the physician and APP. These guidelines outline subjective and objective findings, treatment plans, and follow-up procedures.) The APP will reassess and modify the plan as necessary to achieve medical and health goals.
• Incorporating clinical practice management responsibilities built into the daily schedule, including returning clinical patient phone calls, triaging incoming referrals, responding to patient portal messages, and addressing other clinical-administrative tasks as needed.
• Collaborating with physicians regarding proposed plans of care.
• Documenting patient care outcomes to determine the effectiveness of the plan of care.

Position Qualifications:

• Master or Doctoral degree from an NP or PA accredited program and board certification is required
• Massachusetts license
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Experience/Skills:

• Prefer 1-3 years of clinical experience.
• Prefer prior experience in neurosurgery, orthopedics, physiatry, or pain management. Open to motivated candidates with other types of experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with members of the healthcare team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Our Benefit Highlights:

• Tuition & Loan Reimbursement
• Loan Forgiveness
• Matching 401k and Pension Plan
• Generous paid time off
• CME Time and Practice Allowance
• Top Tier Medical Insurance (Health/Dental/Vision)

UMass Memorial Health is the health and wellness partner of the people of Central Massachusetts.

Through pain and pandemics, our commitment to our communities never wanes. We use knowledge and innovation to create breakthrough medicine. To create jobs. To make life better for those we serve. We are leaders in the training of physicians and those who work in every facet of health care. We make outstanding care accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We stand for quality, compassion, dignity, opportunity and fairness. And we are relentless in our pursuit of healing.

UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials.

Our health system includes four hospitals and behavioral health services:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
• UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Fitchburg, Clinton and Leominster)
• UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough)
• UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital (Southbridge)
• Community Healthlink (Worcester)

Our hospitals are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our health system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices.

We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.

We are committed to using our breadth of connected health resources to ensure you receive the best, most appropriate care you need to heal.

UMass Memorial Medical Center leads the region in providing cutting edge medical technology, including innovative diagnostic and treatment options. Our experienced staff includes specialists who are experts in their field. No matter where you receive health care within our network of hospitals, you have access to the knowledge, innovation and expertise of UMass Memorial Medical Center:

• The only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults in Central Massachusetts
• Home to the Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center and Life Flight, New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance
• The region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing expert care for ill or premature newborns
• Ranked sixth in Massachusetts by US News & World Report as best regional hospital
• Recognized by US News & World Report as high performing in diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke
• Named one of America’s Top 50 Teaching Hospitals by The Washington Monthly 
• Ranked 24^th in the nation’s top hospitals by the Lown Institute
• Recognized by Healthgrades with the following awards and designations: Critical Care Excellence Award, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award