Physician Assistant/Primary Care Service

This Physician Assistant (PA) position is located in Primary Care Service, VA St. Louis Health Care System (V ASTLHCS), St. Louis, Missouri. The PA is a professional who executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex client care. The PA must demonstrate performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Physician Assistant Basic Requirements

• Master's degree in any discipline or a bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a Physician Assistant ~AND~
• Successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) (or are you in the process to taking the exam) ~AND~
• Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Preferred Experience: Experience providing Primary Care Services.

Grade Determinations : Grade determination will be made based upon the qualifications of each individual and the alignment with VA Handbook 5005.

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The full performance level of this vacancy is 03. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of 01 to 03.

Physical Requirements: Requirements and recommendations can be found in the VA Handbook 5019. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: . If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: .