Recruiting for one (1) Physician Assistant, for the Primary Care Clinic at the Tomah VA Medical. The primary care clinic hours of operation at the Tomah Facility are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Federal holidays are excluded from normal clinic hours of operation.
This position may be filled as a Physician Assistant, or a Nurse Practitioner.
Recruiting for one (1) Physician Assistant, for the Primary Care Clinic at the Tomah VA Medical. The primary care clinic hours of operation at the Tomah Facility are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Federal holidays are excluded from normal clinic hours of operation.
This position may be filled as a Physician Assistant, or a Nurse Practitioner.
Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine final compensable salary
The primary care Physician Assistant (PA) assists with the total care of the patient's medical needs by performing history and physical exams, ordering appropriate lab tests, evaluating those tests, and acting within the guidelines laid down by the supervising physician to ensure quality care of the patient. This will include providing preventative medicine services, managing chronic disease problems and providing outpatient follow-up as needed. The primary care PA assists in the preparation of the patient to include, but not be limited to, teaching, accumulating data and medical problems, and as needed, presenting patient-centered discussion of the medical problems with his/her supervising physician.
The primary care PA will act as the focal point of the designated outpatient clinic by being the contact person for all other consultant-specialty services regarding patient care. The primary care PA will ensure that the care is coordinated and communicated to the outpatient. The primary care PA will provide services as directed to meet the needs of the patient population being served by the medical center. These duties may include backup coverage to areas under the supervision of the Clinical Lead, Ambulatory Care. The Physician Assistant must be flexible in the work assignments based upon the immediate needs of the service line.
The primary care PA must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the Tomah VA Medical Center. The individual must demonstrate the knowledge of the changes associated with aging and possess the ability to provide care based upon physical, psycho/social, cultural, safety and other age related factors as noted in the competencies described in departmental and/or unit specific policies and procedures.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
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.
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
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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To apply for this position, you must submit a C.V. and/or resume. Other documents may be requested later in the process if needed.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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