Physician Assistant -Primary Care Grand Island, NE

Full Time Physician Assistant

The VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (VANWIHCS) seeks a full time physician assistant to provide primary care services at the Grand Island, NE VA Medical Center.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for providing primary care to patients at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, managing both scheduled and unscheduled outpatient visits.
• Obtain pertinent medical and psycho-social history including patient profile, chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, social history, and review of body systems.
• Perform a physical examination as pertinent, modifying the examination for the nature of the complaint or problem, age/sex of patient and physical condition of patient.
• Determine patient's mental status (i.e., level of consciousness, orientation, mood, etc.).
• Order and interpret laboratory, x-ray, diagnostic and/or treatment studies appropriate for complaint, age, race, sex, and physical condition of the patient.
• Obtain the following specimens for laboratory evaluation.
• Integral member of the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), coordinating care with nursing, clerical, pharmacy, social work, dietetics, and more.
• Participation in daily team huddles and systems redesign projects is required.
• May manage a patient panel per the Primary Care Management Model (PCMM) guidelines, with panel size determined by PCP FTE, support staff, and room availability, specific to each provider.
• Responsible for supervising or collaborating with licensed independent practitioners (e.g., APRN, PA).
• Expected to provide clinical oversight and participate in peer reviews through periodic chart reviews, as mandated by Medical Staff Bylaws.
• Act as a surrogate for absent Primary Care Providers, including the review of CPRS view alerts.
• Regularly attend primary care staff, departmental, and medical staff meetings.
• Ensure timely documentation of notes and encounter forms per facility policy; complete administrative work promptly.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday -Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, no weekends no holidays

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

US Department of Veterans Affairs