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Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant)– Orthopaedic Access Clinic
The Cooper Bone & Joint Institute is seeking a Physician Assistant to join our Orthopaedic Access team. This role serves as the entry point for patients with new musculoskeletal concerns, providing timely evaluation and treatment while ensuring patients receive the right care from the right specialist.
The Access APP functions similarly to orthopaedic urgent care, evaluating patients with acute injuries as well as urgent exacerbations of chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary orthopaedic team, the APP will perform comprehensive assessments, order and interpret diagnostic testing, develop treatment plans, provide procedures within scope of practice, and coordinate referrals to the appropriate subspecialty service when indicated.
Responsibilities include:
This position offers a fast-paced clinical environment with exposure to the full spectrum of orthopaedic subspecialties while playing a key role in improving patient access and ensuring timely, high-quality musculoskeletal care.
Orthopedic experience is highly preferred.
Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Program or a Master's in Nursing.
New Jersey Physician Assistant; Physician Assistant - NCCPA & Assistant; American Heart Association BLS
Scheduled Days / Hours: Full time
USD $52.00
USD $86.00
Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in South Jersey and provides access to primary, specialty, tertiary, and urgent care, all within one complete health system. Cooper has nearly 14,000 team members including 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 600 advanced practice professionals. Hospitals throughout the region send their most complex and critically ill and injured to Cooper for treatment by our highly skilled experts.
Ranked year after year by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the Philadelphia Metro area, Cooper is consistently recognized for its quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.
Cooper has three hospitals: South Jersey’s only Level I trauma center, Cooper University Hospital in Camden, which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region; Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, and Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, which is the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley. Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), six urgent care centers, and more than 130 outpatient offices from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore, including large regional hubs in Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Voorhees, Willingboro, and Sewell.
Cooper University Health Care is affiliated with – and its physicians make up the faculty of – Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which is located on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus in Camden, New Jersey. Cooper has a long history in the City of Camden and is playing a leading role in its revitalization.
