Physician Assistant - Plastic Surgery

Job Title

Physician Assistant

Duties

The physician assistant serves as a plastic surgery assistant at the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS). Responsibilities include:

• Obtaining medical histories and performing physical examinations (H&Ps).
• Providing and coordinating medical care for assigned patients, in any care setting, including establishing diagnoses, formulating and implementing care plans, and providing follow-up care.
• Screening and evaluating outpatients to determine the need for further health care.
• Ordering diagnostic studies, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized Tomography (CT) and other specialized tests.
• Carrying out health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education activities.
• Ordering, prescribing and administering medications enterally and parenterally.
• Ordering and administering vaccines.
• Ordering ancillary services, including pharmacy, social services, physical medicine and rehabilitation therapies, prosthetic services, etc.
• Ordering VA specialty consults and initiating requests for non-VA (fee basis or community care) consults, in accordance with VHA and local facility policy and procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 07:30 am to 4:00pm, Schedule will be coordinated by your Supervisor. Telework: Ad-hoc only. This is not a virtual position.