The Eastern Market PA will work as a member of the health care team that will promote and maintain health by providing the following medical services:

• Assisting in the Operating Room
• Obtaining medical histories through chart review, telephone histories, and virtual visits.
• Providing and coordinating medical care for assigned patients in any care setting, including establishing diagnoses, formulating, and implementing care plans, and providing follow-up care.
• Provide both virtual and face-to-face care as directed.
• Carrying out various procedures that fall under the PA's scope of practice as directed by the specialty service line and in alignment with PA Directive 1063.
• Evaluating diagnostic tests to determine the need for further health care or specialty care needs.
• Ordering diagnostic studies and other special tests as appropriate for the specialty care service.
• Carrying out health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education activities.
• Ordering or obtaining laboratory specimens.
• Ordering ancillary services such as, pharmacy, social services, physical medicine and rehabilitation therapies, prosthetic services, etc.
• Ordering VA specialty service consults and initiating requests for non-VA medical care and consults in accordance with VHA and local facility policy and procedures.
• Ordering patient care supplies.
• Writing orders for or prescribing medications.
• Admitting and discharging patients in consultation with specialty services for observation and diagnostic testing needs. Writing patient orders on assigned patients being admitted to an observational unit for diagnostic testing or hydration needs.
• Other patient record entries by PAs, including medical histories, physical examinations, progress notes, service consults, Compensation and Pension evaluations, and patient orders do not require physician co-signature unless specifically required by Federal law, VA policy, or the standards of applicable external accrediting bodies.
• Obtaining and documenting informed consent for treatments and procedures for which the PA is responsible.
• Work within the PA's scope of practice and abide by the supervisory agreement.
• Providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Reviewing pertinent medical information with the patient including explanation of disease processes, explanation of diagnostic studies, and preventative medicine.

Physician Assistant Basic Requirements

• Master's degree in any discipline or a bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a Physician Assistant ~AND~
• Successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) (or are you in the process to taking the exam) ~AND~
• Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Preferred Experience: Preferred Experience: At least 2-3 years General Orthopedics experience preferred. The ideal candidate will have experience in Orthopedic Surgery and understand the processes involved with coordinating perioperative requirements (e.g. prehab, rehab, surgical candidacy, transportation, lodging, wound care). Prior experience with telehealth is helpful but not required.

Grade Determinations:

To be determined based on employee's experience and education:

Physician Assistant-II (PA-II)

• (a) Experience and Education: The PA at this grade is at the intermediate grade level and has had progressively increasing responsibility and experiences as indicated in the KSAs listed below. Individuals will have demonstrated the ability to analyze and solve more complex medical problems than at the entry level grade and can utilize their training in the successful practice of patient care and participate in team problem solving. Individuals demonstrate the KSAs of PA-II intermediate level by:
  • i. Two years of successful practice as a PA. OR
  • ii. Successful completion of a PA post-graduate residency program sponsored by VHA Office of Academic Affiliations or other postgraduate residency programs accredited by VA, ARC-PA, U.S. Armed Forces, or another accrediting agency. OR
  • iii. A doctoral degree in a health-related field from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

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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