The Fredericksburg VA is seeking to hire a Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner to join our Dynamic Urology Team!

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Function as a provider in Urology Surgery Clinics
• Triage new consults, secure messages, and clinical questions
• Initiate and follow pre-clinic and pre-operative workup including labs, imaging, biopsies or other procedures indicated.
• Perform pre-operative History & Physicals
• Preforms routine clinic procedures including but not limited to dressing changes, drain removal, suture removal, etc.
• Follow-up on results of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures ordered by the PA/NP, attending surgeon or surgical resident in a timely fashion, interpretation of diagnostic tests, communicate results with the Attending Surgeon, then relay results and plan to the patient.
• Discuss proposed surgical procedures with the patient and obtain Informed Consent
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care for complex patients including expediting necessary VA and Non-VA/Community Care studies, as well as any necessary follow up.
• Coordinate and expedite VA diagnostic studies, labs, etc. and any necessary surgical clearances.
• Assist in the operating room.
• Serve as a bedside assist for robotic surgery. Will attend necessary training and certification courses if needed, not at the expense of the PA/NP.
• Follow patients post operatively, including rounds, orders, discharge summaries and prescribing/adjusting medications.
• Attend surgical meetings including Morbidity & Mortality conference.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Benefits

• Competitive Salaries
• ty professional practice & favorable work-life-family balance.
• Paid Time Off in the form of 26 Days paid annual leave, 13 Days paid sick leave per year, 11 Federal holidays with pay, and 5-Day paid absence to attend approved CME 
• Insurance to include Health-Dental-Vision care insurance programs to choose from with premiums partially paid by VA; Flexible Spending Accounts; Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government; and Long-term care insurance available as an option
• Federal Retirement Plans thru the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) - A three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan, with up to five percent government matching.

For more information send CV to Jason.tafoya@va.gov and to schedule a time to speak with me, copy and paste the URL.

https://outlook.office365.com/book/JasonTafoyaVA@DVAGOV.onmicrosoft.com/

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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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