Physician Assistant for Fredericksburg VA
Job Description
The Physician Assistant is an essential member of the Orthopedic Team providing direct patient care to our Veterans. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
Responsibilities to include:
- Participate in clinics seeing postoperative and other patients as needed.
- Complete patient assessment, including history and physical exams as indicated and order appropriate diagnostic tests, as specified in clinical privileges.
- Support the advanced clinic access (ACA) principles to improve clinic flow, reduce number of visits per unique; improve patient wait time in clinic.
- Provide continuity of patient care between the outpatient and inpatient venues.
- Perform initial evaluation of consults in the ER, ICU, and inpatient units when residents are in the operating room or at a conference.
- Assist in the daily management on the inpatient floors when residents are not available and work collaboratively with the floor nurses.
- Provide specialty care to patients with acute and chronic problems, managed by the orthopedic subspecialty.
- Prescribe medications, diet, supplies, prosthetic devices, and home health aids according to clinical privileges.
- Coordinate special order items and off station testing as needed.
- Teach and counsel patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, plan of care and intervene with optimal treatment for patients and families; evaluate outcomes and modify treatment plans as indicated.
- Participate on interdisciplinary councils, task forces, and committees as assigned.
- Participate in selection and development of patient education materials.
- Advance clinical knowledge of self and others by presenting relevant information and continuing education programs for nursing and medical staff.
- Participate in clinical research relevant to the Orthopedic patient population. Assist in the collection of data and implementing system changes.
- Perform limited number of orthopedic procedures commensurate with experience and privileging when onboarded or at a later date, as appropriate.
- Assist in the operating room for selected procedures aligned with clinic needs, experience, and privileging when onboarded or at a later date.
- Perform assigned administrative duties including quality assurance, peer review, serving on various committees as directed by administration, and as deemed appropriate by the managing physician. Other non-clinical tasks may also be assigned.
Benefits
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.
- The VA offers Physicians and all employees industry leading full benefits and features package to support high quality professional practice & favorable work-life-family balance.
- Paid Time Off in the form of 26 Days paid annual leave, 13 Days paid sick leave per year, 11 Federal holidays with pay, and 5-Day paid absence to attend approved CME
- Insurance to include Health-Dental-Vision care insurance programs to choose from with premiums partially paid by VA; Flexible Spending Accounts; Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government; and Long-term care insurance available as an option
- Federal Retirement Plans thru the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) - A three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan, with up to five percent government matching.
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01/25/2025
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