Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Spine Surgery

Physician Assistant for Spine Surgery Team

The Neurosciences Service Line at Spectrum Health is seeking a Physician Assistant to join our growing Spine Surgery APP team. As West Michigan's leading spine referral center, the spine surgery department functions within our multidisciplinary team to provide quality spine care. The Spine Center located at Blodgett professional building houses outpatient PMR, interventional pain management, and our complex spine surgery teams.

This position, in partnership with our outpatient APP providers, APP trauma consult service, orthopedic residents, and neurosurgery residents, will take call and work in OR, inpatient and outpatient settings. New APP's can expect a 4-6 month training process. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work independently after appropriate training & demonstrate excellent clinical acumen. This position plays an integral role in the spine team and works collaboratively & cohesively with our spine surgeons. We are excited to expand this team to 9 dedicated spine surgery APP's to provide optimal coverage to our growing surgical practice.

Responsibilities/Expectations

• 4-day work week; (40-50 hours per week)
• Teams of 3 APPs: 2 surgeons
• Currently 7 days of call/ 4 weeks; plan for 4- 8 days of call /6 weeks once fully staffed
• Weekend coverage at most 1 in 3 weekends, currently 1 in 4 weekends (subject to change as team expands)
• Holiday coverage current expectation is 1 system holidays per year.
• Management of primary spine surgery ICU & floor patients
• Completing spine surgery consults
• OR case coverage providing first assist
• Spine trauma pager coverage
• Collaboration with other providers & members of our health care team to deliver quality & safe patient care

Qualifications:

Nurse Practitioner:

• Required Master's Degree Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a master's, post-master's or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
• 3 years of relevant experience current, relevant clinical experience
• Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role as a Nurse Practitioner
• LIC-Nurse Practitioner (NP) - State of Michigan
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)
• RNFA preferred

Physician Assistant:

• Required Master's Degree Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program
• LIC-Physician Assistant - State of Michigan
• CRT-Physician Asst Certified (PA-C) - NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)

Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital

Set within a quiet, beautifully maintained property of mature trees and healing gardens, Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals) in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, has a history of providing high quality, compassionate and personalized medical care. Since 1846, Blodgett Hospital has earned a reputation for excellence as a community and teaching hospital. We provide patient-focused inpatient care in 248 private patient rooms and outpatient services for medical, surgical and specialty care, achieving high rates of patient satisfaction.

About Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community, Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks, and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people, Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute, and education. In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.

Corewell Health

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy, and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 65,000+ dedicated peopleincluding more than 12,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilitiesand Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members. Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness.