Summary

The Eastern Colorado Department of Veteran Affairs is looking for highly qualified Physician Assistants to serve in Primary Care Service Line. This is an open continuous announcement until September 30 - 2025. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available.

Duties

• Duties Include but are not limited to: Primary Care Providers (PCPs) function in a shared workflow with a multidisciplinary Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT - a medical home model)
• The PACT team model consists of an MD (or PA/NP) - RN - LPN - and Medical Support Assistant
• The PCP assesses - plans - implements - collaborates - and evaluates the needs and care of patients in Primary Care as a PACT Provider
• Providing leadership to the team including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members
• You will be assigned to provide comprehensive - collaborative same-day and continuity care to an assigned panel of Veterans via face-to-face or telehealth modalities utilizing all available tools - such as registries - to enable effective population health management
• PACT Providers are expected to demonstrate excellence in customer service via compassionate and informed interpersonal relationships with Veterans - family members - and staff
• The Primary Care Providers experience should include: comfort with chronic disease management and geriatric patients comfort in providing pain management comfort with addiction treatment comfort in delivering mental health treatment to our Veteran population comfort in providing women's health care Other duties: Participating in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery to patients
• Providing health education and health coaching on wellness - disease prevention - chronic care management - and self-management skills to patients and personal support persons - commensurate with the documented expertise or professional training of the PACT member
• Reviewing available clinical and performance data with the team - focusing on continuous improvement of critical team processes
• Ensuring the patient has same-day access for face-to-face and telephone care visits during regular clinic hours
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Work Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized for identified Rural clinics