Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW
- Profession: Nurse Practitioner
- Specialty: NP - Orthopedic Surgery
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Mason City, Iowa
- Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: Aug 2026 - Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: Mon - Fri, 8a - 5p
- Call Schedule: Nights & Weekends
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered
- Patient Demographics: Hub Hospital, 16 surrounding counties, Population 200,000+
- Hospital Volume: 160
- Rounding: Yes
- Lab, Medical Imaging, & Pharmacy onsite
- No. of Rooms: 2 exams rooms, 3 cast rooms
- EMR System: GE Centricity (clinic), Epic (hospital)
- Physicians in Practice: 4
- Support Staff Available: 1 nurse/provider, 3 cast techs/7 providers
- Total hip, knee, and shoulder replacement
- Hand, wrist, knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, and foot surgical procedures
- Trauma injuries, fracture care, sports medicine, and other disorders
- Board: BC/BE
- Licenses: Active Iowa license or compact license
- Experience: New graduates accepted
- Clean record
- Provide clinical orthopedic care in outpatient clinic setting
- Perform surgical first assist and participate in orthopedic surgeries
- Round on post-operative inpatients and provide inpatient consults
- Respond to emergency department consults for orthopedic conditions
- Take weeknight and weekend call coverage for orthopedic trauma and emergencies
