Job opening: Physician Assistant - Primary Care - PACT - Patient Aligned Care Team
Salary: $104 100 - 164 491 per year
Published at: Oct 12 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Duties
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Telework: Not Authorized.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Caronda Slocum,
[email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Clinical:
1. Responsible for delivery of primary care to patients at the Morehead City VA Clinic; part of the Durham VA Healthcare System. The provider will manage scheduled and unscheduled patients in the outpatient clinic setting.
2. Primary focus of practice is the independent clinical evaluation of Veterans including prevention and patient self-management. Comprehensive primary care will be provided to male and female Veterans.
3. Care may be provided in many modalities including direct face to face care and virtual care (including telephonic, video, secure messaging, and others)
4. Promotes, directs, evaluates, and manages clinical concerns that are found during these evaluations and is responsible for requesting referrals, if consult services are needed.
5. Functions as a member or in support of a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), collaborating with clinical and administrative support to provide timely, quality, coordinated care for Veterans.
6. Utilizes and promotes approved standards of care, procedures, methods and techniques, to the out patient setting.
7. Primary providers in the outpatient setting are typically assigned a panel of patients to manage. Panel size at this time is determined by utilizing VHA software.
8. May need to assist in coverage for and care of the patients of colleagues and/or provide coverage in GAP clinic as needed as assigned.
9. Alternative or collateral duties may include management of a subsection of primary care patients, the subsection may be defined either by a disease status (e.g. agent orange patients), or demographic status (women veterans, OIF/OEF veterans, etc).
10. May be assigned other clinical duties based on needs of Health Care System.
Non-clinical; Interpersonal Effectiveness:
1. Sustain collaborative working relationships with other staff and contribute to the accomplishment of VISN and HCS strategic goals and performance measures.
2. Works effectively within a team environment contributing to the effectiveness of the team to deliver safe, cost effective, quality, timely, and patient-focused care.
3. Actively demonstrates the ability to understand the complexity of an integrated medical care delivery system and how change affects the system as a whole.
4. Demonstrates ability to manage multiple tasks/priorities, and productively contributes to the health care delivery team.
5. Assures self-development responsibilities and maintains current knowledge of updates in clinical care and evidenced base care.
6. Participates in clinical research and education programs when appropriate.
Supervisory Controls:
The incumbent is directly responsible to the Primary Care Section Medical Director-Morehead City. In the clinic, assignments evolve from the flow of work and the Physician Assistant provides care without detailed instructions. Administrative assignments may be assigned by supervisor, service, or senior HCS leadership. Work is reviewed for timely delivery of health care services and high-quality exams consistent with standardized practices.
Qualifications
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Physician Assistant Basic Requirements
Master's degree in any discipline or a bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a Physician Assistant ~AND~
Successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) (or are you in the process to taking the exam) ~AND~
Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
References: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-8 Physician Assistant Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
Preferred Experience: Outpatient Primary Care Experience
Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires mostly periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients/residents who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on stakeholder needs.
Contacts
- Address Durham VA Medical Center
508 Fulton Street
Durham, NC 27705
US
- Name: KARI LEPINE
- Phone: 906-396-9895
- Email: [email protected]
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