Physician Assistant; Pain Clinic

Summary

This Physician Assistant (PA) position is in the Pain Clinic within the Specialty Care Services as the Bedford VA Healthcare System in Bedford - Massachusetts. This is a permanent - full time position with 40 hours per week.

• This Physician Assistant (PA) position is in the Pain Clinic within the Specialty Care Services as the Bedford VA Healthcare System in Bedford - Massachusetts
• This is a permanent - full time position with 40 hours per week
• Duties include - but are not limited to:
  Manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with Primary Care Team and other interdisciplinary team members
• Orders and interprets diagnostic studies
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions
• Initiates referrals/consults to specialty services
• Provides education to patients and their families
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values
• and Performs other duties as required
• Clinical Responsibilities:
  Acts as a primary provider for chronic pain management
• Coordinates care for complex patients with chronic pain in their own designated clinic (ex
• multiple co-morbidities including mental health diagnoses - polypharmacy - pain that is difficult to manage - on multi-modal therapy and have failed Step 1 of Stepped Care Model of Pain - etc)
• Manages patients with chronic pain - Opioid Use Disorder and dual diagnosis - prescribing of buprenorphine
• Coordinates pain management for patients referred to the interdisciplinary pain team
• and Serves as leader of interdisciplinary team for patients seen with dual diagnosis to coordinate care - provide close monitoring of patient compliance - triage any concerns and provide comprehensive care to this high risk population of patients
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Work Schedule:
  
  Monday-Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework:
  Not available
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
  
  Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not authorized.