Physician Assistant

Quick Facts

• Role: Physician Assistant
• Setting: Munson Army Health Clinic (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas)
• Hiring: Direct Hire; relocation incentive, student loan repayment, and salary negotiation may be available

Description

Provide comprehensive, evidence-based medical care to an assigned patient panel and across multiple clinical settings within your scope of practice. Diagnose and manage patient conditions in collaboration with physicians, including lifesaving emergency procedures when needed. Serve in specialty clinics and support quality assurance and performance improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform medical screening exams and collect health/medical history
• Interpret diagnostic findings and develop treatment plans
• Collaborate with physicians to evaluate and revise therapeutic plans
• Provide specialty clinic care (e.g., dermatology, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, surgery, orthopedics, pain management, women’s health)
• Deliver emergency clinical procedures within scope (e.g., suturing, incision and drainage, joint injections, splinting) when physician is unavailable
• Participate in quality assurance, quality improvement, and performance improvement initiatives

Requirements

• US citizen
• Graduation from an ARC-PA accredited PA program
• NCCPA certification and maintenance via CME and re-certification
• Active, full, unrestricted PA license/registration
• Minimum 1 year experience as a certified Physician Assistant (GS-11 equivalent); no education substitution for this job
• Credentialing and clinical privileges eligibility
• Maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (ALS does not replace BLS)
• Suitability/fitness determination, background investigation, and periodic re-verification due to recurring interaction with children/youth
• Consent to influenza vaccination (or provide a recognized exemption)
• Pre-employment screening and random drug testing consent
• Pre-placement medical exam
• Immunization requirements: TB testing for direct patient contact and Hepatitis B immunization required

Benefits

• Recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized
• Salary negotiation may be available for candidates new to Federal service
• Student loan repayment may be authorized
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