Physician Assistant - Primary Care

Physician Assistant

Under the direction of a physician, the Physician Assistant will perform the major duties and responsibilities noted below. The Physician Assistant reviews consults, completes patient history, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and education for new and follow up patient visits. The Physician Assistant documents in SOAP format, responds to clinical reminders, and orders appropriate lab tests and studies by provider order entry. The Physician Assistant is responsible for interpreting as appropriate and the implementation of results & recommendations from studies ordered. Physician Assistant initiates and adjusts medications as medically necessary, practices & maintains skills in EKG, and recommends appropriate follow up. Physician Assistant completes electronic encounter for each visit and conducts telephone clinics and responds to patient phone calls as appropriate. Physician Assistant respects time commitments, provides customer service appropriate to VA standards, and provides patient care through face-to-face visits and other modalities (group clinics, telephone clinics, secure messaging, etc). The Physician Assistant under the direction of the medical doctor, performs oversight of primary care clinical studies to include appropriate scheduling of patients, patient flow, safety, quality management, capacity, backlogs, results reporting, wait times, and consults. The Physician Assistant utilizes PACT and ACA principles, assists in meeting performance measures for primary care outpatient clinics, and coordinates care for patients as appropriate between specialty medicine, mental health, surgical/surgical sub-specialty, extended care and rehabilitation, community, and other ancillary services. The Physician Assistant maintains awareness of costs incurred for fee basis, contracting, and VA care. The Physician Assistant balances costs and productivity with quality patient care and customer service. The Physician Assistant participates in peer review and works as a team with medical doctor, nursing, technicians, administration, lab, pharmacy, dieticians, and ancillary staff. The Physician Assistant completes CME, TMS, HIPAA, security training, and other training as mandated by VA. The Physician Assistant serves on committees, teams, workgroups, and chart reviews as requested/approved by administration. The Physician Assistant meets standards of physician assistant licensing and certification. This position is not eligible for tele-work. The Physician Assistant will function as an advocate for veterans and direct them to indicated points of contact for clinical and follow-up care when needed. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.