Physician Assistant

6 days ago


Brockton, United States Veterans Health Administration Part time

This position is for a 3 day/week (24 hours/wk), outpatient Palliative Care PA. The PA will independently evaluate and manage patients with serious illness on all three VA Boston Campuses, with the majority of clinics based at the Brockton Campus.

The PA Hospice and Palliative care position is accountable for the management and evaluation of patients under her/his care. She/he holds a scope of practice in collaboration with a physician. This position reports to the Section Chief of Palliative Care in Medical Service. . The PA sees patients independently and is supported by a full time clinical palliative care RN and MD clinical director as well as a part time social worker and pharmacist.

VA Boston Healthcare System serves as a tertiary care center for New England Veterans and hosts nursing, pharmacy, medical, psychology and other learners from all the Boston area teaching hospitals and universities. The Section of Palliative Care includes an active inpatient consultation service with MD fellow learners, a 15-bed hospice and palliative care unit with MD, psychology, pharmacy and NP learners, and a growing outpatient team with daily clinic availability through a combination of free standing and embedded clinic models. We are a collaborative, flexible, patient and staff-centered, interdisciplinary team and work closely with all hospital specialties and disciplines.

The incumbent is prepared by advanced practice in adult health care across the health continuum with specialty focus hospice and palliative care. The practice includes independent and interdependent decision making, and direct accountability for clinical judgment. Graduate preparation expands the comprehensiveness of the PAs role, which includes: participating in and use of research, and development and implementation of health policy, leadership, education, case management, and consultation.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:
Work closely with the Director of Outpatient Palliative Care and the Outpatient Palliative Care RN Clinic Coordinator to provide access to outpatient palliative care for all eligible and enrolled veterans.
Ensure high quality practices in the treatment of symptoms at the end of life through the coordination and integration of various nursing, medical and complementary interventions.
Coordinate of the efforts of the multiple disciplines involved in caring for patients at the of life in the Palliative Care Unit, the Acute Palliative Care Consult Team, and the Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic.
Serve as a consultant and resource person.
Serve as a liaison to community hospice.

Work Schedule: Part-time, 3 days per week
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Notifications:

This position is a Bargaining Unit position.
Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
This position is in the Excepted Service.
The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.
VA offers a comprehensive
total rewards package
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