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Physicians Assistant - Primary Care - Outpatient located in Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician Assistant
Specialty
Family Practice/Primary Care
Degree Required
Other
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
5500 Armstrong Rd, Battle Creek, Michigan, 49037, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
2/01/21
The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is recruiting for two Physician Assistants- Primary Care. The Physician Assistant will function in Medical Service. Note: This vacancy will be filled by a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Diagnose, treat and manage a panel of patients.
- Provider comprehensive patient-centered primary medical care.
- Identify acute/non-acute, chronic health problems.
- Use principles of risk management to identify system issues which impact patient care.
- Order and evaluate appropriate diagnostic tests.
- Adhere to clinical practice guidelines for patient chronic diseases.
- Conduct appropriate preventative screens and diagnostic tests.
- Provide appropriate disposition of identified health care problems.
- Participate in Primary Care multidisciplinary activities.
- Inform Veterans to accomplish shared decision making in medical treatment/regimes.
- Demonstrate medical expertise in diagnosing and treating multi-symptomatic patients.
- Adhere to local policies, procedures and directives related to timeliness of documentation and encounters for verification of patient visits, findings and medical recommendations in the electronic medical record.
- Use Computerized Patient Record System to review and update patient's electronic medical record.
- Maintain view alerts.
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.
Basic Requirements:
Preferred Experience: Primary Care Experience.
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Education. [Graduate of a training program which is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of PA (ARC-PA) or one of its predecessor organizations. Additionally, candidates must meet one of the following:(1) Master's degree in any discipline; OR(2) Bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a PA.
- Certification. Must have successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE).NOTE: Current and continuous certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is no longer required for employment in VHA. (See paragraph 3a in this standard for additional information regarding the certification requirement for employees grandfathered into the occupation.)
- Licensure. PAs must possess an active, current, full, and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. PAs must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active and current licensure in that State.