Physician-Assistant
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Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
📍 Martinsburg, WV, United States
Job Description
Summary The Physician Assistant will have admitting privileges to the inpatient psychiatric unit or the Mental Health Residential rehabilitation Treatment Program at the Domiciliary. Incumbent will the responsible for the medical work up of the patient, including work-up, diagnostic assessment, and provision of treatment; assessments on patients using a comprehensive medical assessment and formulating diagnoses using current DSM and ICD. Responsibilities Major Duties: Manage a full range of medication management; manage medical symptoms in geriatric patients; manage patients with addictive disorders; evaluation, admission, and detoxification of alcohol/opiate dependence. Diagnostic assessment, evaluation and treatment of patients with multiple medical conditions, including but not limited to skin, ear, nose, throat, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urologic, reproductive, nervous, endocrine, musculoskeletal and hematology. Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, phy...