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Physician Assistant-Hospitalist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Physician Assistant (PA) routinely provides inpatient general medicine care, both upon initial admission and for, follow-up issues. PAs function in inter-disciplinary teams (including Pharmacists, Social Workers, Nutrition support) to coordinate care for inpatients.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →Major duties: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES: The incumbent is assigned as a clinician with responsibilities to the Inpatient Medicine Service under the guidance and direction of the Section Chief, Hospital medicine.
- →The incumbent participates in, oversees and collaborates to ensure that all applicable clinical functions (which may include inpatient care and utilization of other consultative services) are performed.
- →PAs are tasked with providing timely and courteous service to all veterans seeking care.
- →Collaborates with other health care professionals and health care systems to ensure continuity of care of patients.
- →Provides patient education.
- →Perform bedside procedures as indicated by training/credentials as applicable.
- →Participates in strategic planning for the service.
- →Attends and provides input, as appropriate, to the inpatient management and other committees and councils, as needed.
- →Attends regularly scheduled Hospitalist section staff meetings and other clinical and administrative staff meetings Actively promotes performance improvement measures within the Hospitalist Section.
- →Supports VHA and all Medicine Service directives, policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
- →Work Schedule: Varies Telework: Not Available 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
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