Physician Assistant (Primary Care)

Summary
This Physician Assistant (Primary Care) position serves the Central Texas VA Health Care System and Ambulatory Care Service at the Brownwood VA Clinic located at 2600 Memorial Park Drive, Brownwood, TX 76801.

Summary
This Physician Assistant (Primary Care) position serves the Central Texas VA Health Care System and Ambulatory Care Service at the Brownwood VA Clinic located at 2600 Memorial Park Drive, Brownwood, TX 76801.

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Accepting applications

Open & closing dates
10/15/2025 to 10/14/2026
This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more

Benefits & Compensation

$114,291 to - $180,592 per year

Benefits & Compensation

scale & grade
VN 00

Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Brownwood, TX

Remote job
No

Telework eligible
No

Travel Required
Not required

Relocation expenses reimbursed
No

Appointment type
Permanent

Work Schedule

Full-time

Service
Excepted

Promotion potential
None

Job family (Series)
0603 Physician Assistant

Supervisory status
No

Security clearance
Other

Drug test
Yes

Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determination process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure
No

Bargaining unit status
No

Announcement number
CAZM-12815904-25-JG
Control number
848168200

This job is open to
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The public
U. S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U. S.
Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U. S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and

Benefits & Compensation

scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules,

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scales and evaluation criteria.
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.
Clarification from the agency
All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to Current VA employees, current Federal employees and US Citizens. but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. NOTE: The 2-page Resume

Requirements

does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

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Duties
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The Primary Care Physician Assistant must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the Central Texas Veterans Health Care Center. The individual must demonstrate the knowledge of the changes associated with aging and possess the ability to provide care based upon physical, psycho/social, cultural, safety and other age-related factors as noted in the competencies described in departmental and/or unit specific policies and procedures.

The Physician Assistant practices general medicine with a focus on community-based outpatient clinical care. The Physician Assistant independently follows his/her own panel of general medicine patients, functioning as their primary care provider. The primary care Physician Assistant provides total care of the patient's medical needs by performing history and physical exams, ordering appropriate lab tests, evaluating those tests, to ensure quality care of the patient. This will include providing preventative medicine services, managing chronic disease problems, and providing outpatient follow-up as needed.

The Primary Care Physician Assistant will ensure that the care is coordinated and communicated to the outpatient. The primary care Physician Assistant will provide services as directed to meet the needs of the patient population being served by the medical center. The Physician Assistant must be flexible in the work assignments based upo