Physician Assistant

Titile:Physician Assistant

Location: Fayetteville, NC

Duration: 1 year

Board Certified/Board Eligible Primary Care Physician Assistant (PA-C)

No of Contractors required: 3

Work site: Department of Veterans Affairs Fayetteville VA Medical Canter 7300 Raeford Rd Fayetteville, NC 28304

One (1) FTE is defined by VA as a minimum of eighty (80) hours every two (2) weeks or 2080 hours per year.

Period Of Performance: Base Year plus four (4) one (1) Year options needed Beginning 7-1-2024.

On-Site Board Certified /Board Eligible Primary Care Physician Services. (8 FTE x 2,080 Hours = 16,640 Hours)

Service Contract Act: No

Requested Bill Rates for Supplier: Max of $120/hour per Physician Assistant

License:

1.1 The Contractor's Board Certified / Board Eligible Physician Assistant, assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia when services are performed onsite on VA property. All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor's Board Certified / Board Eligible Nurse Practitioner, who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.

1.2. Board Certification: All Contractor's Physician Assistants, shall be Board Certified/Board Eligible Physician Services by the American Board of Family Practice and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.

VA Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Clinic or Operating Room (OR) Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with a 30-minute lunch

Personnel Qualification/Staffing: Primary Care Physician Assistant

• Technical Capability/Management Approach- Contractor's Physician Assistant shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government's requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently. Contractor shall provide documents upon request of the CO/COR to verify current and ongoing competency, skills, certification and/or licensure related to the provision of care, treatment and/or services performed. Contractor shall provide verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences including any gaps in educational history for all contractor's Physician Assistant and contractor's Physician Assistant shall be responsible for abiding by the Facility's Medical Staff By-Laws, rules, and regulations (referenced herein) that govern medical staff behavior.

• All candidates must have a current unencumbered license in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.

• All candidates must be Citizen of the United States.

• All candidates must be currently certified in VHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or equivalency and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certifications from the American Heart Association.

•Candidate is a Primary Care Physician Assistants, experienced in the specialty required and has an active certification in the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and have a minimum of 5 years of experience within the last five years. VA experience is preferred but not mandatory.