Physician Assistant - Chronic Pain

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Town of Tomah (WI); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to evaluate and treat veterans with pain, coordinating with primary care clinics to manage difficult pain cases.

The role supports comprehensive, effective, and safe pain management and fosters multidisciplinary collaboration with the pain team. Responsibilities include proactive patient assessment, administering care per policies, and contributing to care transitions across PACT and other disciplines.

Formación

• Comprehensive assessment of chronic pain patients.
• Ability to communicate with patients from diverse backgrounds and education levels.

Responsabilidades

• Plan, administer, and direct pain care for adults and geriatrics.
• Coordinate with PACT and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe pain practices.
• Provide pre/post procedure education and care coordination for veterans receiving care in the community.

Conocimientos

Pain management

Geriatric care

Team collaboration

Patient education

Policy compliance

Educación

PA license

NP license

Herramientas

EHR systems

Descripción del empleo

Summary

This Provider will evaluate and treat patients with pain and assist with our institution's effect towards comprehensive - effective and safe pain management for our veterans. The Physician Assistant serving in this role will also assist our Primary Care clinics to manage pain related difficult cases - as well as coordinating services with our other pain management team members. This position may be filled as a Physician Assistant - or a Nurse Practitioner.

Duties

• The Physician Assistant is responsible for planning - administering - and directing pain care to adult and geriatric patients in the pain clinic
• The occupant must be poised and articulate in communicating with people of varied educational levels and varied ethnic backgrounds
• The incumbent is responsible to ensure that the highest possible quality of care is achieved and that a safe therapeutic environment is provided
• He/she is administratively responsible to the Associate Chief of Staff for Medicine Service
• The incumbent follows directives according to the standards of VHA
• Specific duties and responsibilities: Ensures smooth functioning of the Pain Service Clinic
• Assists with review and triage of consults coming into the Pain Clinic
• Assists in Care Coordination for all chronic pain Veterans to include those receiving care in the community
• Provide pre and post procedure education
• Comprehensive assessment of chronic pain patients
• Orders appropriate labs and studies and follows up on results as appropriate
• Assists - PACT team and multi-disciplinary team with risk mitigating data collection (UDS - OSI - etc.)
• Builds collaborations amongst service lines to ensure safe pain practices
• Collaborate with members of both PACT and multi-disciplinary team to ensure smooth care transition
• Provide staff and Veteran and/or their family education consistent with a multidisciplinary Whole Health approach
• Administers medication per established policies and guidelines
• Participates in the Interdisciplinary Pain Team meetings
• Utilizes a patient-centered approach to care
• Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• Work Schedule: Full Time - Monday - Friday - 8am - 4:30pm
• Telework: Not available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.