Physician Assistant - Primary Care Float

Department of Veterans Affairs • Tomah, WI

68d • Onsite

About The Position

Recruiting for one (1) Physician Assistant, for the Primary Care Clinic at the Tomah VAMC. The primary care clinic hours of operation 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Federal holidays are excluded from normal clinic hours of operation. This position may be filled as a Physician Assistant, Physician, or a Nurse Practitioner. The primary care Physician Assistant (PA) assists with the total care of the patient's medical needs by performing history and physical exams, ordering appropriate lab tests, evaluating those tests, and acting within the guidelines laid down by the supervising physician to ensure quality care of the patient. This will include providing preventative medicine services, managing chronic disease problems and providing outpatient follow-up as needed. The primary care PA assists in the preparation of the patient to include, but not be limited to, teaching, accumulating data and medical problems, and as needed, presenting patient-centered discussion of the medical problems with his/her supervising physician. The primary care PA will act as the focal point of the designated outpatient clinic by being the contact person for all other consultant-specialty services regarding patient care. The primary care PA will ensure that the care is coordinated and communicated to the outpatient. The primary care PA will provide services as directed to meet the needs of the patient population being served by the medical center. These duties may include backup coverage to areas under the supervision of the Clinical Lead, Ambulatory Care. The Physician Assistant must be flexible in the work assignments based upon the immediate needs of the service line. The primary care PA must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the Tomah VA Medical Center. The individual must demonstrate the knowledge of the changes associated with aging and possess the ability to provide care based upon physical, psycho/social, cultural, safety and other age related factors as noted in the competencies described in departmental and/or unit specific policies and procedures. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Requirements

• must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the Tomah VA Medical Center
• must demonstrate the knowledge of the changes associated with aging and possess the ability to provide care based upon physical, psycho/social, cultural, safety and other age related factors as noted in the competencies described in departmental and/or unit specific policies and procedures

Responsibilities

• assists with the total care of the patient's medical needs by performing history and physical exams
• ordering appropriate lab tests, evaluating those tests
• acting within the guidelines laid down by the supervising physician to ensure quality care of the patient
• providing preventative medicine services
• managing chronic disease problems
• providing outpatient follow-up as needed
• assists in the preparation of the patient to include, but not be limited to, teaching, accumulating data and medical problems, and as needed, presenting patient-centered discussion of the medical problems with his/her supervising physician
• act as the focal point of the designated outpatient clinic by being the contact person for all other consultant-specialty services regarding patient care
• ensure that the care is coordinated and communicated to the outpatient
• provide services as directed to meet the needs of the patient population being served by the medical center
• backup coverage to areas under the supervision of the Clinical Lead, Ambulatory Care
• flexible in the work assignments based upon the immediate needs of the service line

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees