About this opportunity
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs lists this Physician Assistant - Primary Care Services opportunity in st. louis, Missouri. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Summary
This Physician Assistant (PA) position is located in Primary Care Service - VA St. Louis Health Care System (V ASTLHCS) at our Women's Clinic & Manchester Avenue CBOC - St. Louis - Missouri. The PA is a professional who executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership - experience - and creative approaches to the management of complex client care. The PA must demonstrate performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.
Duties
The PA has advanced clinical knowledge and competency and is able to function in a variety of roles
The PA has a scope of clinical practice in collaboration with a physician
The PA functions as the professional leader of a PACT team or an interdisciplinary health care team with broad-based - clinical expertise in caring for patients with chronic and complex disease
The PA possesses the administrative leadership necessary to promote interdisciplinary cooperation among the various disciplines
The PA demonstrates ability to assess the patient clinically - analyzes needs and coordinates care in an effective and cost-efficient manner to assure total management of the patient's identified needs VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
The purpose of the work is to provide the full range of assessment of needs - planning for care - teaching - and performance of routine and emergency procedures for primary care patients
The work product directly impacts the successful completion of the clinic's mission by increasing the well-being of substantial numbers of eligible beneficiaries
Routine duties include: Performing initial histories and physical examinations on outpatients
The supervising physician will review and countersign all admitting inpatient history and physical exams
Providing ongoing outpatient for assigned patients
Performing periodic physical examination on nursing home and domiciliary residents Screening outpatients to determine need for further care
Prescribing medications within defined scope of practice
Ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests - x-rays - electrocardiograms
Carrying out health promotion and disease prevention activities
Drawing blood specimens for testing and performing other comparable lab procedures
Initiating and expediting requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies
Providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care - medical conditions - and use of prescribed treatments and drugs
The work is performed under the general supervision of a staff physician
The superv1smg physician will ensure that the practice of the PA remains within limits of designated privileges and/or recognized medical standards - evaluates quality of treatment - referral - and flow-up care - and is responsible for the P A's action and quality of care
Work is reviewed for quality control compliance with established medical standards and limits of credentialing privileges
Incumbent is evaluated on a regular basis for adequacy of performance - quality of care provided - adherence to professional medical standards and ethics - protocols and requirements - and ability to accomplish work within deadlines and regulatory constraints
The incumbent functions with substantial independence in the examination - diagnosis - and treatment of the patients
A physician is readily available (in person or telephonically) for consultation or referral in a difficult case
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Telework: May be approved for ADHOC
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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Worksite address
st. louis, MO, 63146, US
Who can apply
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