Physician Assistant - Hip Preservation

Seeking a Physician Assistant with a strong interest in hip preservation to join our orthopedic team. This role works closely with an orthopedic surgeon providing comprehensive care to patients from infancy through young adulthood. Responsibilities include inpatient management, outpatient clinic support, and participation in operative care.

This PA will work directly with Dr. Allison Dittmer to further the work of the Hip Preservation Subspeciality. The provider will have independent clinics, inpatient rounding as well as be a first assist in the OR with Dr. Dittmer.

Purpose of Position:

The Hip Preservation PAC provides family centered care for patients with acute and chronic hip conditions, offering health maintenance guidance, disease prevention support, and assistance navigating the care system. This role is well suited for a clinician interested in musculoskeletal medicine, athletics, and caring for adolescents and young adults with hip pathology.

Working closely with the attending hip preservation surgeon and multidisciplinary team, the PAC supports a high volume practice serving patients from infancy through adulthood, with emphasis on teenage athletes. Responsibilities include assessing and managing hip injuries and conditions; performing procedures; ordering and interpreting diagnostics; prescribing treatments; and developing care plans across inpatient, outpatient, and surgical settings.

The position offers a balanced mix of operating room assistance, independent clinical practice, and coordination of care pathways. The PAC collaborates with Gillette physicians and multidisciplinary team to strengthen hip preservation services and deliver high quality, mission aligned patient care.

Compensation and Benefits:

The annual salary range for this opportunity is $113,880 to $170,830, with a median salary of $142,355. Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience and internal equity. Salary is just one component of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package, including a retirement saving match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for .5 FTE and above.

Core Responsibilities and Duties:

Clinical Care – Outpatient

• Independently evaluate new patients presenting with hip pain, including history-taking, physical examination, ordering and interpreting imaging, and formulating preliminary assessments and treatment plans.
• Conduct postoperative follow-up visits and monitor patient recovery, including wound checks, rehabilitation guidance, and reassessment of symptoms.
• Participate in multidisciplinary care for adolescent athletes, including coordination with physical therapy, athletic trainers, radiology, and sports medicine colleagues.
• Manage ongoing clinical needs such as medication renewals, bracing needs, durable medical equipment, and patient communication through the electronic medical record.

Surgical Assistance – Operating Room

• Assist the attending surgeon in the operating room for hip arthroscopy, periacetabular osteotomy (PAO), open hip procedures, and related hip preservation surgeries.
• Provide perioperative patient care including preop evaluation, postop rounding, pain management, and discharge planning.

Inpatient Care & Care Coordination

• Co-manage postoperative inpatients following major hip preservation procedures, which may include rounding with orthopedic surgeon, progress notes, coordination with nursing/therapy, and patient/family education.
• Facilitate smooth transitions of care between inpatient and outpatient settings.

Practice Management & Workflow Support

• Support efficient daily flow of a busy hip preservation practice, including triaging patient messages, reviewing imaging, coordinating care plans, and optimizing clinic throughput.
• Collaborate with schedulers and clinical staff to manage high-volume clinic and surgical schedules.
• Participate in quality improvement, clinical protocols, and education initiatives within the practice.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Current PA certification and state licensure (or eligibility).
• BLS/ACLS certification.
• Strong clinical assessment and decision making skills.
• Excellent communication abilities, particularly with adolescents and families.
• Successfully pass the written generalist examination every 10 years per NCCPA guidelines.

Preferred

• Experience in orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, or musculoskeletal care.
• PA Fellowship
• Interest or background in athletics, adolescent sports injury, or hip biomechanics.
• Experience interpreting radiographs, CT, and MRI related to hip pathology, or interest in
• Comfort working in a fast paced, high-volume clinical environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates skill in interpersonal communication, organizational and leadership skills
• Demonstrates competence in working with infants, children, and adolescents, young adults and their families
• Ability to function independently
• Ability to drive to multiple locations

At Gillette Children’s, we foster a culture where every team member feels a sense of belonging and purpose. We are dedicated to building an environment where all feel welcomed, respected, and supported. Our values are embedded at the heart of our culture. We act first from love, embrace the bigger picture, and work side-by-side with our patients, families, and colleagues to help every child create their own story. Together, we work to ensure patients of all backgrounds and abilities reach their full potential.

Gillette Children's is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation or gender identity, military status or any other class protected by federal, state or local laws.

Gillette Children’s is a global beacon of care for patients with brain, bone and movement conditions that start in childhood. Our research, treatment and supportive technologies enable every child to lead a full life defined by their dreams, not their diagnoses.

To learn more about working at Gillette Children's, please visit https://www.gillettechildrens.org/careers.

Gillette Children's participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) E-Verify program which is an internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Gillette will give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS or the Social Security Administration (SSA) to resolve the issue before Gillette takes any further action. Please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/ for further details regarding e-verify.