Physician Assistant- Primary Care

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Muskogee (OK); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a clinician to provide and coordinate medical care for assigned patients in any care setting, including establishing diagnoses and formulating care plans.

The role includes follow-up care and health promotion in line with VA protocols. Primary duties include taking medical histories, performing physical exams, evaluating patient needs, ordering tests and laboratory work, and arranging VA or non-VA specialty services as required.

Job description

Summary

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.

Duties

• Please watch to learn more about the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System- Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System Duties: Obtaining medical histories and performing physical examinations
• 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
• Evaluating patients to determine the need for further health care
• Ordering diagnostic studies and other special tests - such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Computerized Tomography (CT) scans - etc
• Carrying out health promotion - disease prevention - and patient education activities
• Ordering or obtaining laboratory specimens
• Ordering ancillary services - such as - pharmacy - social services - physical medicine and rehabilitation therapies - prosthetic services - etc
• Ordering VA specialty service consults and initiating requests for non-VA medical care and consults in accordance with VHA and local facility policy and procedures
• Ordering patient care supplies
• Writing orders for and/or prescribing medications
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm