What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Assistant - Primary Care position at Fadona?
Summary
This Physician Assistant position is within the Primary Care Service line and is located at the Presque Isle - Maine VA Clinic. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week, Monday thru Friday, 8 : 00am - 4 : 30pm.
Duties
The duties of the Physician Assistant include, but are not limited to :
Obtaining medical histories and performing physical examinations on inpatients and outpatients.
Admitting and discharging patients in consultation with, and on behalf of, the collaborating physician.
Carrying out health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education activities.
Dictating discharge summaries; the collaborating physician must countersign the discharge summary.
Making daily rounds to observe and record each patient's medical progress, updating and summarizing medical records, changing orders when appropriate, and notifying the responsible physician of significant changes in the patient's condition.
Administrative duties such as Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) Teamlet Leaders, clinic or program managers, or other administrative or management duties.
Education of health profession trainees and students.
Participate in clinical research and Preventive Medicine programs and related duties.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) in accordance with ACLS protocols, to include defibrillation and cardioversion, if the PA has current documentation of successful ACLS course completion.
Incentives
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) : Authorized for new to VHA highly competitive applicants.
Relocation Incentive : Authorized for current VHA employees.
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment) : This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.
You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.
Program 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 review of the EDRP application.
Paid Time Off : 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year, and possible 5-day paid absence for CME).
Retirement : Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Insurance : Federal health / vision / dental / term life / long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
Licensure : 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.
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