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Physician Assistant - Hospitalist (Internal Medicine)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This Physician Assistant position is in the General Internal Medicine Service Line at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center, MA. This position is full time 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →VA Boston Healthcare System Medicine program has two services which are supported by Advanced Practice Practitioners (APPs).
- →This includes five Inpatient Teaching Teams staffed by medical residents, a supervising attending and an embedded GIM APP.
- →Our medical service also runs one non-resident team (the Direct Care team) staffed by APPs and an Attending Physician.
- →Clinical responsibilities will be comprised of time on our Direct Care team providing first call for medicine inpatients in collaboration with an attending physician as well as rotations on our traditional resident-led teams.
- →All incumbents will work on both teams, with time split equally between the two teams in a ratio of approximately 50/50 Direct Care/Teaching.
- →The Teaching Team is a Monday through Friday Schedule, and the Direct Care Team has a shift-based tour of duty (weekday shifts will range between 8 and 12 hours / day, not to exceed 80 hours / two-week pay period; weekend and holiday shifts will be 12-hour shifts).
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to the following: Provides comprehensive inpatient medical care to adult veterans, including evaluation and management of acute, episodic, and chronic conditions Practices with appropriate clinical autonomy within granted privileges in collaboration with and supported by supervising internal medicine physician faculty.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
- →Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
Requirements
- ✓All qualified candidates encouraged to apply.
- ✓Open to U.S.
- ✓Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 94c76e15-c9ed-4363-b085-f823a0a8a3d1
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