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.

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.

All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.