Physician Assistant – Primary Care

Summary

The Hampton VA Medical Center is a 1-C, teaching facility serving Eastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. The main campus is located in Hampton, VA with 4 community-based outpatient clinics in Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, VA; and Elizabeth City, NC. Hampton VAMC provides comprehensive health care which includes primary care, acute inpatient, acute psychiatric, chronic spinal cord injury, a 169-bed domiciliary, and long term Community Living Center/hospice care unit.

Accepting applications

Open & closing dates: 10/24/2025 to 11/03/2025

Salary: $116,565 to – $204,615 per year

Pay scale & grade: VN 00

Location:

Hampton, VA

Vacancy: 1 vacancy

Remote job:
Yes

Telework eligible:
No

Travel required:

No

Relocation expenses reimbursed:
No

Appointment type:
Permanent

Work schedule:

Full-time

Service:
Competitive

Promotion potential: 3

Job family (Series)

Supervisory status:
No

Security clearance:
No

Drug test:
Yes

Position sensitivity and risk:
Trust determination process

Financial disclosure:
Yes

Bargaining unit status:
Yes

Announcement number: CBTA-RCD

Control number:

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.

NOTE:

The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

• Responsible for comprehensive care to patients with acute or chronic medical conditions.
• Clinical expertise in dealing with patients with acute or chronic health illnesses or acute injuries.
• Utilizes critical thinking to synthesize and analyze collected data.
• Provides care that is patient and family centered, compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health and treatment of disease across the lifespan.
• Utilizes clinical assessments to develop patient centered plans of care which reflect therapeutic, educational, preventative and rehabilitative.
• Performs a comprehensive patient assessment including health history, physical examination, evaluations of deviations from the norm and age specific disease screening, immunizations and health counseling.
• Formulates differential diagnosis and initiates appropriate intervention based on physical findings.
• Determines the need for consultation and referral of patients to specialty services when medically indicated.
• Orders and evaluates results of screening and diagnostic tests pertinent to patient complaints and physical findings.
• Prescribes non-pharmacological therapies and treatments which include but not limited to prosthetics, colostomy supplies, dressings, diets, etc.

VA offers a comprehensive .Pay:
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday 0800 – 1630
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding…