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Physician Assistant- Urology
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
Urology Physician Assistant provides patient care and administrative support in surgical Urology section. Provides direct patient care and completes administrative issues. Provides recommendations and medical support to primary care clinics, inpatient wards, CLC, outlying clinics and emergency department.
What You'll Do
- →This vacancy will be filled with either a Physician Assistant or a Nurse Practitioner.
- →Duties are and not limited to: The Urology Physician Assistant (PA) works closely with attending urologists to provide comprehensive urologic care in the urology clinic, hospital, and emergency department.
- →Care includes but is not limited to evaluating and diagnosing urological conditions, prescribing medications, offering patient education, assisting in procedures, managing perioperative patients, and coordinating care.
- →Perioperative care for surgical patients includes but is not limited to surgery scheduling, initiating/receiving consults, interpreting lab results and imaging studies; patient admissions/discharges/dispositions, ward care orders, and rounding.
- →Provide on-call urology coverage with oversight from attending Urologists to respond to calls and consults from primary care clinics, inpatient wards, CLC, and emergency department.
- →Functions include addressing secure messages and alerts, placing VA and community care consults, reviewing records, and managing acute patient care issues.
- →Urologic procedures include but are not limited to placing and managing simple/complex urethral and suprapubic catheters, instilling intravesical chemotherapy/immunotherapy, evacuating intravesical blood clots, performing intracavernosal therapies and posterior tibial nerve stimulation treatments.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time, 0700-1530.
- →Tour subject to change depending on the needs of facility.
- →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 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 45a87c52-6423-43ef-b882-551ad77fe584
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