Physician Assistant-Spinal Cord Injury-Open Continuous Announcement

Summary

The Physician Assistant will be selected to provide daily support for the activities of an established outpatient clinic in SCI/D center - the emerging Telehealth Program - expanding Home Health program and potentially to support on-going research projects for a major SCI/D treatment center. Based on interest and skillset of incumbent and service needs - cross coverage for SCI/D inpatient unit may also be a part of the responsibilities. Ongoing collaboration with physicians - and nursing staff.

Duties

• This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30 - 2026
• The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be October 21 - 2025
• Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled
• The Physician Assistant duties include: Providing support to SCI/D patients across the spectrum of care
• Assessment and treatment of veterans with SCI/D in the SCI/D outpatient clinic and potentially inpatients admitted to the hospital
• Collaboration with tele-health and home-care nursing team to provide high level specialized care in the outpatient setting Working with the attending staff and interdisciplinary rehab team to provide coordinated high-quality care
• Provides admission histories and physicals - admission orders - aftercare plans and discharge summaries
• Communicating with patients in person and by phone to address their concerns and questions
• Instructing patients and families in self-care and treatment
• Documenting assessments - diagnosis and plans of care in the clinical records In collaboration with current physician assistants - provides on-call coverage on Monday through Thursdays (holidays excluded) from home
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Work Schedule: 0730-1600 Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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