Physician Assistant (Dermatology)

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Major duties, but not limited to:

• Maintain medical record entries which reflect the patient's healthcare.
• 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 patient.
• Provide services as directed to meet the needs of the patient population being served by the medical center.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the Madison VA Hospital.
• 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 until specific policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate expertise in all elements of the patient's health care process
• Perform history and physical examinations to industry standard.
• Perform duties within scope of practice to the standards set forth by the supervising Physician.
• Use effective decision-making and leadership in the application of the care of the patient.
• Maintain clinic schedule and informs proper parties of same.
• Maintain lines of communication between referring hospitals so that referrals are made without problems.
• Attend learning sessions, which will foster better care.
• Guide patients and families in obtaining the best service and information from Internal/external sources.
• Carry out health promotion and disease prevention activities;
• Initiate and expediting requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies;
• Provide education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs;
• Act within the guidelines established by their scope of practice

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am- 4:00pm