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Physician Assistant Primary Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 35 days ago
About the Role
Join the Hampton VAMC as a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner where you will promote and maintain patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician. While Assessing patient health by interviewing patients and performing physical examination including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories. This job posting my be used to fill more than one position within the Hampton VAMC Primary Care department.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.PA responsibilities: Responsible for comprehensive care to patients with acute or chronic medical conditions.
- →Clinical expertise in dealing with patients with acute or chronic health illnesses or acute injuries.
- →Utilizes critical thinking to synthesize and analyze collected data.
- →Provides care that is patient and family centered, compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health and treatment of disease across the lifespan.
- →Utilizes clinical assessments to develop patient centered plans of care which reflect therapeutic, educational, preventative and rehabilitative.
- →Performs a comprehensive patient assessment including health history, physical examination, evaluations of deviations from the norm and age specific disease screening, immunizations and health counseling.
- →Formulates differential diagnosis and initiates appropriate intervention based on physical findings.
- →Determines the need for consultation and referral of patients to specialty services when medically indicated.
- →Orders and evaluates results of screening and diagnostic tests pertinent to patient complaints and physical findings.
- →Prescribes non-pharmacological therapies and treatments which include but not limited to prosthetics, colostomy supplies, dressings, diets, etc.
- →Advises, teaches and counsels individuals, families, caregivers and groups identified health care needs and providers information for prevention of illness and injury.
- →Receives and addresses telephone calls from patients, family and caregivers relating to clinical indications and patient condition.
- →Provides and documents; assessments, treatments and patient/family education.
- →Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓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.
- ✓English Language Proficiency.
- ✓In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/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.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 425006fa-6b77-46bb-bf07-8be3834e10de
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