Orthopedic Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

About the role

Most APP roles in orthopedics look the same: follow a surgeon around, fill out notes, operate inside a box someone else drew. You're credentialed, experienced, and capable of more — and the system keeps finding new ways to remind you that doesn't matter.

Genesis is built differently.

We don't hire Advanced Practice Providers to assist. We hire them to practice at the top of their license — running independent clinics, making real clinical decisions, and delivering care to a patient population that has almost no one else in their corner. If you've been waiting for a role that actually respects what you can do, this is it.

The Work

This is a full-scope orthopedic APP role. That means you're not shadowing — you're doing.

• Running independent clinics — your patients, your assessments, your treatment plans
• Comprehensive MSK care across a wide range of injuries and conditions: fractures, dislocations, joint pathology, soft tissue repair, post-op management, and more
• Procedures — aspirations and injections, closed reductions, compartment pressure measurements, digital blocks, regional anesthesia, minor outpatient surgery (tendon repair, wound closure, I&D, percutaneous pinning, hardware removal)
• OR assist — first assist, wound closure, internal device application, and procedures delegated by the supervising surgeon
• Hospital-side coverage — rounds, orders, ED consults, and floor evaluations
• Diagnostic interpretation — labs, EMG, EKG, X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, bone scan, arthrogram
• Casting, splinting, bracing — applied correctly, the first time

The breadth here is real. So is the autonomy.

Who We're Looking For

• You have orthopedic APP experience — clinical, surgical, or both.
• You're not looking for a job where you're managed into mediocrity.
• You want to be trusted with hard cases, complex patients, and real responsibility.

• You practice like an owner.
• You don't wait to be told what to do next.
• You assess, you decide, you act — and you know when to loop in the surgeon.

• You're mission-aligned.
• Our patients are on Medicaid, on Medicare, or uninsured entirely.
• They're not easy cases with clean paperwork.
• They're people who need someone who actually shows up for them.
• That has to mean something to you.

• You're built for volume and variety.
• Genesis treats the full MSK spectrum across 16 Chicagoland clinics.
• No two days are the same.
• That's a feature, not a bug.

The Stack

• Full-time and part-time schedules available
• Locations: Chicago, Oak Brook, and St. Charles
• EMR: EPIC
• Competitive compensation
• PTO, healthcare, 401K
• Real clinical support — you won't be doing this alone