Physician Assistant - Primary Care Services

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Jefferson Barracks (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Physician Assistant (PA) position is located in Primary Care Service, VA St. Louis Health Care System at the Women’s Clinic and Manchester Avenue CBOC, St. Louis, Missouri.

The PA will demonstrate leadership and apply creative approaches to managing complex patient care, with responsibilities that may prepare for higher levels within VA Handbook 5005. Licensure and PANCE must be current or in process. Preferred experience includes primary care delivery and Women’s Health exposure.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in any discipline or a bachelor's degree with 1 year of PA experience.
• PANCE must be passed or in process to take the exam.
• Currently hold, or will hold, full and unrestricted license to practice in the United States or DC.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and demonstrates experience and creative approaches to managing complex patient care.
• Performs duties as a Physician Assistant in Primary Care, Women's Health-focused setting.
• Grade determinations based on qualifications and VA Handbook 5005.

Education

Master's degree in any discipline

Bachelor's degree with 1 year of experience as a Physician Assistant

Job description

This Physician Assistant (PA) position is located in Primary Care Service, VA St. Louis Health Care System (V ASTLHCS) at our Women's Clinic & Manchester Avenue CBOC, St. Louis, Missouri. The PA is a professional who executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex client care. The PA must demonstrate performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Physician Assistant Basic Requirements

• Master's degree in any discipline or a bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a Physician Assistant ~AND~
• Successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) (or are you in the process to taking the exam) ~AND~
• Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Preferred Experience:

Experience providing Primary Care Services. Women's Health experience preferred as well.

Grade Determinations

Grade determination will be made based upon the qualifications of each individual and the alignment with VA Handbook 5005.

Reference:

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is 03. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of 01 to 03.

Physical Requirements:

Requirements and recommendations can be found in the VA Handbook 5019.