Physician Assistant (Administrative)

Veterans Health Administration; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 160,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Albuquerque, NM seeks an experienced Lead Physician Assistant to oversee PA clinical operations during a full-time schedule. The role emphasizes leadership, workflow optimization, and ensuring compliance with policies and scope of practice.

The position involves coordinating coverage, onboarding, and ongoing professional development for PAs, while monitoring quality metrics and patient satisfaction within the NMVAHCS. Telework is not available.

Qualifications

• Experience leading PA clinical operations and coordinating daily PA workflows.
• Ability to assign schedules, clinic coverage, and consults.
• Promote compliance with scope of practice and documentation standards.
• Direct patient care within privileges and scope of practice when required.
• Notable leadership or mentorship responsibilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily PA clinical operations and workflow.
• Assign schedules, clinic coverage, consults, and other duties.
• Support onboarding, orientation, mentoring, and competency assessment of PAs.
• Promote compliance with clinical policies, documentation standards, and regulations.
• Monitor quality, safety, access, productivity, patient outcomes, and satisfaction.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS) is seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Physician Assistant (PA) to join our team. *Current New Mexico VA Health Care System Internal Facility employees only!

Key Responsibilities

Lead Physician Assistant. Typical duties include: Coordinate daily PA clinical operations and workflow. Serve as a clinical and administrative resource for PAs and other team members. Assign schedules, clinic coverage, consults, and other duties. Support onboarding, orientation, mentoring, and competency assessment of PAs. Promote compliance with scope of practice, clinical policies, documentation standards, and applicable regulations.

Monitor quality, safety, access, productivity, patient outcomes, and patient satisfaction. Review clinical processes and help implement performance-improvement initiatives. Facilitate communication between PAs, physicians, nursing, leadership, and other services. Participate in hiring, performance evaluations, counseling, and professional development, as delegated. Help manage staffing issues, leave coverage, workload distribution, and operational barriers.

Participate in committees, policy development, audits, and accreditation activities. Maintain an appropriate clinical workload and provide direct patient care within privileges and scope of practice. Escalate patient-safety, staffing, or operational concerns to the appropriate supervisor or service chief. The exact responsibilities depend on the facility's position description, delegation of authority, clinical privileges, and organizational policies.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Not AvailableVirtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $159691 – $212381/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-08.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

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