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Physician Assistant - Mental Health BHIP
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 15 days ago
On-site Chesapeake County, VA $118K – $207K Apply by Sep 8, 2026 Physician Assistant ESFJISFJ Healthcare
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This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (HVAMC), under the Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service Line (MHBS). This position is aligned with the BHIP/Outpatient Program and is located at the Western Branch VA Clinic.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Conduct initial psychiatric evaluations, including initial assessment interviews, history and physical exams; lab, imaging, medication and psychotherapy consultation orders, aftercare plans and follow up visits.
- →Following the initial evaluation, the PA will provide appropriate follow up care including reassessments of diagnoses and conditions, medication adjustments, and any further tests or consults indicated.
- →Provide mental health education /counseling and brief therapy of patients and their families.
- →Primary responsibility for care of patients when the clinic medical director is absent.
- →Conduct ongoing follow up appointments for stable patients, including regular refills of medications, required lab and other tests and documenting progress.
- →Perform examinations and screening scales (such as AIMS, MoCA, HAM-D) and similar non-invasive examinations specific to the ongoing care of psychiatric patients.
- →Ordering appropriate laboratory tests, imaging studies, EKGs (electrocardiograms), and similar noninvasive tests.
- →Initiating and expediting consultation requests and scheduling special tests and studies.
- →Drawing blood specimens for testing and obtaining other body fluid samples requiring comparably low levels of invasiveness.
- →Making rounds for inpatients, holding scheduled appointments for outpatients to observe and record patients' medical progress, and notifying the collaborating physician of significant changes in patients' condition.
- →Mixing and starting IV (intravenous) solutions and administering IV medications.
- →Dispensing medications (including injections).
- →Providing education and counseling of the patient and the patient's family in preventive care, medical conditions, and the use of prescribed treatments and medications.
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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0dd11c99-f065-4c72-bd00-6a9bab082504
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