Physician Assistant - Primary Care Services

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Louis, MO seeks a Physician Assistant (PA) for Primary Care within the Women’s Clinic & Manchester Avenue CBOC.

The PA will lead a PACT/interdisciplinary team and provide comprehensive primary care to Veterans with chronic and complex conditions. The role requires advanced clinical knowledge, collaboration with physicians, and the ability to promote interdisciplinary cooperation, delivering preventive care, diagnostic

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical knowledge and competency in primary care.
• Ability to lead a PACT or interdisciplinary health care team.
• Collaborates with a supervising physician within scope of practice.
• Promotes preventive care and patient education.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial histories and physical examinations for outpatients.
• Prescribe medications within defined scope of practice.
• Order diagnostic studies such as labs and imaging.
• Provide education and counseling to patients and families.
• Coordinate care and promote interdisciplinary cooperation.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Chronic disease management

PA autonomy

Job description

Summary

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.

Duties

• The PA has advanced clinical knowledge and competency and is able to function in a variety of roles
• The PA has a scope of clinical practice in collaboration with a physician
• The PA functions as the professional leader of a PACT team or an interdisciplinary health care team with broad-based - clinical expertise in caring for patients with chronic and complex disease
• The PA possesses the administrative leadership necessary to promote interdisciplinary cooperation among the various disciplines
• The PA demonstrates ability to assess the patient clinically - analyzes needs and coordinates care in an effective and cost-efficient manner to assure total management of the patient's identified needs VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• The purpose of the work is to provide the full range of assessment of needs - planning for care - teaching - and performance of routine and emergency procedures for primary care patients
• The work product directly impacts the successful completion of the clinic's mission by increasing the well-being of substantial numbers of eligible beneficiaries
• Routine duties include: Performing initial histories and physical examinations on outpatients
• The supervising physician will review and countersign all admitting inpatient history and physical exams
• Providing ongoing outpatient for assigned patients
• Performing periodic physical examination on nursing home and domiciliary residents Screening outpatients to determine need for further care
• Prescribing medications within defined scope of practice
• Ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests - x-rays - electrocardiograms
• Carrying out health promotion and disease prevention activities
• Drawing blood specimens for testing and performing other comparable lab procedures
• Initiating and expediting requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies
• Providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care - medical conditions - and use of prescribed treatments and drugs
• The work is performed under the general supervision of a staff physician
• The superv1smg physician will ensure that the practice of the PA remains within limits of designated privileges and/or recognized medical standards - evaluates quality of treatment - referral - and flow-up care - and is responsible for the P A's action and quality of care
• Work is reviewed for quality control compliance with established medical standards and limits of credentialing privileges
• Incumbent is evaluated on a regular basis for adequacy of performance - quality of care provided - adherence to professional medical standards and ethics - protocols and requirements - and ability to accomplish work within deadlines and regulatory constraints
• The incumbent functions with substantial independence in the examination - diagnosis - and treatment of the patients
• A physician is readily available (in person or telephonically) for consultation or referral in a difficult case
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
• Telework: May be approved for ADHOC
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.