Physician Assistant - Chronic Pain

This Provider will evaluate and treat patients with pain and assist with our institution's effect towards comprehensive, effective and safe pain management for our veterans. The Physician Assistant serving in this role will also assist our Primary Care clinics to manage pain related difficult cases, as well as coordinating services with our other pain management team members. This position may be filled as a Physician Assistant, or a Nurse Practitioner. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : The Physician Assistant is responsible for planning, administering, and directing pain care to adult and geriatric patients in the pain clinic. The occupant must be poised and articulate in communicating with people of varied educational levels and varied ethnic backgrounds. The incumbent is responsible to ensure that the highest possible quality of care is achieved and that a safe therapeutic environment is provided. He/she is administratively responsible to the Associate Chief of Staff for Medicine Service. The incumbent follows directives according to the standards of VHA. Specific duties and responsibilities: Ensures smooth functioning of the Pain Service Clinic. Assists with review and triage of consults coming into the Pain Clinic. Assists in Care Coordination for all chronic pain Veterans to include those receiving care in the community. Provide pre and post procedure education. Comprehensive assessment of chronic pain patients. Orders appropriate labs and studies and follows up on results as appropriate. Assists, PACT team and multi-disciplinary team with risk mitigating data collection (UDS, OSI, etc.). Builds collaborations amongst service lines to ensure safe pain practices. Collaborate with members of both PACT and multi-disciplinary team to ensure smooth care transition. Provide staff and Veteran and/or their family education consistent with a multidisciplinary Whole Health approach. Administers medication per established policies and guidelines. Participates in the Interdisciplinary Pain Team meetings. Utilizes a patient-centered approach to care. Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) 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 Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : 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. 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: Pain Management experience and office based procedure experience (e.g. joint aspiration/injections) is highly desirable Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above, the following qualification criteria must be met in determining the appropriate grade assignment of candidates: Exceptions for Graduate PAs. PAs who otherwise meet the basic requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed, pending licensure, as a graduate PA on a temporary full-time appointment not-to-exceed two years under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405(c)(2)(B). Gr

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? VAMC Tomah (http://www.tomah.va.gov/) has been improving the health for those who have so proudly served our nation. Services are available to Veterans living in a Western/Central area of Wisconsin. In addition to our main facility in Tomah, we offer services in four community-based outpatient clinics. These clinics are located in La Crosse, Clark County, Wausau, and Wisconsin Rapids.