The posting
Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – Total Joint & Adult Reconstruction
Overview & Highlights
- Location: Sun City West, Arizona
- Schedule: Full-Time; Normal Business Hours
- Compensation: $140,000–$180,000 annually, depending on experience
- Bonus: Monthly productivity-based bonus
- Benefits: Competitive health and welfare benefits; HSA with qualifying HDHP plans and company match; 401(k) with company match; Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 access
Location & Logistics
- Work Environment: Combination of inpatient, outpatient clinic, and operating room settings
- Coverage Model: Independent clinic schedule with approximately 1.5 days per week assisting in the OR
- Travel: Minimal local travel between clinic and hospital locations
- On-Call: Yes; participation in a shared inpatient and outpatient call rotation
About the Opportunity / A Day in the Life
Join a highly respected, fellowship-trained Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction Surgeon in a collaborative orthopedic practice focused on delivering exceptional musculoskeletal care. This position offers a meaningful combination of clinic autonomy, surgical involvement, and inpatient care, giving you the opportunity to support patients throughout their orthopedic journey.
You will maintain an independent clinic schedule while working closely with the surgeon and broader care team to evaluate new and established patients, manage acute and chronic orthopedic concerns, provide pre- and postoperative care, and support continuity of care. You will also participate in hospital rounding and a shared inpatient and outpatient call rotation.
Approximately 1.5 days each week are spent in the operating room, providing direct surgical support and first-assist coverage. For Nurse Practitioners, completion of an RN First Assist program meeting AORN Standards is required to perform first-assist responsibilities.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced surgical APP who enjoys combining hands-on procedural exposure with independent patient management and wants to deepen their expertise in Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction.
Why This Role Stands Out
- Work directly alongside a fellowship-trained Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction Surgeon
- Maintain your own clinic schedule with meaningful autonomy in patient management
- Spend approximately 1.5 days per week in the OR with direct surgical involvement
- Manage patients across clinic, hospital, surgical, and postoperative settings
- Build specialized expertise in Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction
- Join a collaborative team within a comprehensive musculoskeletal care model
What We’re Looking For
- At least 1 year of surgical experience as an NP or PA
- Clinical confidence in a surgical and orthopedic care environment
- Ability to manage patients independently while collaborating closely with a surgeon
- Strong patient education, communication, and continuity-of-care skills
- Comfort moving between clinic, hospital, and operating room responsibilities
- A team-oriented, adaptable approach to patient care
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Evaluate patients through comprehensive histories, physical examinations, and assessment of health status and treatment progress
- Diagnose and manage acute and chronic orthopedic conditions within the APP scope of practice
- Order, review, and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies and develop treatment plans in collaboration with the supervising surgeon
- Maintain an independent outpatient clinic schedule and manage new, established, preoperative, and postoperative patients
- Administer injections and medications and perform appropriate office-based procedures, including wound care and suturing
- Assist the surgeon in the operating room, including first-assist responsibilities as appropriately credentialed
- Perform hospital rounds and coordinate inpatient and postoperative care
- Triage patient calls and address clinical concerns in person and by phone
- Participate in the shared inpatient and outpatient call rotation, including scheduled after-hours and weekend coverage
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, procedures, recovery, treatment plans, and ongoing care
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members to promote coordinated patient care
- Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation and strict patient confidentiality
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 1 year of surgical experience
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program
- PA: Current Arizona Physician Assistant license and NCCPA certification
- NP: Current Arizona RN license and Arizona Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license
- National NP certification as required by the Arizona APRN Board
- NP candidates must have completed an RN First Assist program meeting AORN Standards to perform required first-assist responsibilities
- Current CPR and ACLS certification
- Ability to participate in inpatient and outpatient call coverage
Preferred Background
- Previous orthopedic or musculoskeletal experience
- Total Joint or Adult Reconstruction experience
- Experience managing preoperative and postoperative surgical patients
- Experience with hospital rounding and inpatient orthopedic care
- Master's degree for Physician Assistant candidates
This Role Is Likely a Fit If You…
- Enjoy a role that combines independent clinic responsibilities with hands-on surgical involvement
- Want to work closely with a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon and develop deeper specialty expertise
- Are comfortable managing patients across outpatient, inpatient, and perioperative settings
- Thrive in a busy surgical environment where priorities can shift throughout the day
- Value autonomy while still being part of a collaborative clinical team
- Enjoy building continuity with patients from evaluation through surgery and recovery
This Role May Not Be a Fit If You…
- Have less than one year of surgical experience
- Prefer a clinic-only position without operating room responsibilities
- Are not comfortable participating in an inpatient and outpatient call rotation
- Prefer a role with little autonomy or independent patient management
- Are an NP without the required first-assist training and credentials
- Do not enjoy working across multiple care settings, including clinic, hospital, and OR environments
Why Join Us
This role offers the opportunity to become an integral part of a specialized orthopedic team while building expertise across the full continuum of Total Joint and Adult Reconstruction care. You will have meaningful clinical autonomy, consistent surgical exposure, and the opportunity to work directly with a fellowship-trained surgeon while making a visible impact on patient outcomes.
If you have at least one year of surgical experience and are ready to take the next step in your orthopedic career, we encourage you to apply with your most updated resume or CV. A cover letter and references are preferred but optional. We look forward to learning more about you.
Requirements
- Minimum 1 year of surgical experience
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program
- NP candidates must have completed an RN First Assist program meeting AORN Standards to perform required first-assist responsibilities
- Current CPR and ACLS certification
