Nurse Practitioner-Physician Assistant-General Surgery, Bedford

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Consider joining our established team of general surgeons for our Indiana University Health Medical Group in Bedford, Indiana
. We are hiring an Advanced Practice Provider to join our General Surgery team in Bedford, IN
. This role involves comprehensive care for surgery patients across outpatient, inpatient, ED, OR and discharge settings. The Advanced Practice Provider will work closely with board‑certified surgeons to impact care continuum.

• Full Time – 40 hours/week
• Monday – Friday
• Day shift rotation
• Call Schedule – No after‑hour call is required, although call is required during business day (further discussed during interview)
• Approximately 70% inpatient and 30% outpatient (schedule may change as need arises)

• Comfortable or desire to learn OP procedures such as wound closures, incision & drainage, biopsies, feeding tube removal, debridement, etc.
• First assist in the OR.

• Perform initial assessments, exams, diagnostics, and formulate care plans for trauma/acute care.
• Provide consults in the ED and inpatient units, collaborating with ED physicians, hospitalists and surgeons.

• Manage trauma/post‑surgery patients, triage surgical patients and recognize deterioration while escalating appropriately, connect rounds, adjust treatments, monitor recovery, and coordinate discharges and follow‑ups.
• Deliver direct care to surgical patients.

• Procedures as needed.
• Surgical follow‑up.
• New patient visits with workup for surgical complaints.

• Strong clinical judgment and communication skills.
• Ability to triage surgical patient, recognize deterioration, and escape appropriately.
• Detail oriented and able to manage fast‑paced surgical services.
• Reliable, adaptable, punctual.
• Values patient‑centered care and safety.
• Works well in multidisciplinary environments.
• Maintains calm under pressure and within rapidly changing OR schedules.
• Motivated by procedural work and high‑acuity care.

• FNP, ACNP or PA certification (board eligible/certified required).
• Minimum 5 years acute/trauma/critical/emergency nursing; robust surgical rotations required for PA's; critical care rotations preferred.
• Surgical APP experience in an inpatient, OR, or peri‑operative setting is highly preferred.

Known as the Limestone Capitol of the world, Bedford, Indiana is a beautiful small town nestled in the hills of Southern Indiana. Residents enjoy abundant recreational activities, attractions of nearby big cities, and a low cost of living paired with excellent schooling. It’s minutes from Bloomington, the home of Indiana University, and just over an hour to Indianapolis and Louisville.

IU Health Bedford Hospital employs the physician group practice, which is a multi‑specialty practice providing medical services in internal medicine, family practice, general surgery, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. Nurse practitioners in adult and pediatric primary care have been added to expand medical care.