Physician Assistant - Family Medicine
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Last updated: 3/18/25
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
SITE OF SERVICE:
Fayetteville VA Medical Center, 7300 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304.
Job Responsibilities
· Direct Patient Care:. Contractors shall be responsible for clinic appointments and follow-up of labs/imaging/procedures ordered during these appointments, interpretation, phone call consultation from hospitalists and intensivists on inpatients, and availability for case review with nurse practitioners on service.
· Scope of Care: Contract personnel shall be responsible for providing Family Practice and interventional Family Practice consultative services for: assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting; outpatient include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans. Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and/or referral.
· Record/document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decisions, plan of care,
ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic test and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter.
Qualifications
· Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Physician Assistant Study.
· Accreditation: Degree must be from an accredited college or university certified by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of the Physician Assistant (ARCPA).
· Licensure(s):
o Possess a current and unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Island.
o Possess a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
o Registration certificate National Provider Identifier (NPI).
· Certifications: Board Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
· Cardiac Certifications: Must have the following hands-on certification through the American Heart Association
o Basic Life Support (BLS)
· Experience: Examine, diagnose, and treat patients under the supervision of a physician.
· U.S. Citizenship: Shall be a U.S. citizen.
· English Language Requirement: Shall be able to read, write, speak and understand English well enough to effectively communicate with all patients and other health care providers.
· Physical Capability: Shall be physically capable of standing and/or sitting for extended periods of time and physically capable of performing all services required under the contract.
Working Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
This is NOT a telehealth position.
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