Physician Assistant (PA) job in Dover, Delaware.

The job is a civilian position within the extensive military medical system. Civilian and military personnel work together in hospitals and clinics providing a full range of services to the active duty military service members, military retirees, and their families.

Our employees are our best assets! Come join our team of healthcare professionals where you are valued.

• Monday-Friday days
• Holidays off
• Full-time hours
• PTO - fantastic accrual rate
• Paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation
• Benefit Package (health, dental, and vision plans)

Physician Assistant (PA) Job Overview:

• Provides primary or specialty medical care with the cognizance or supervision of a physician.
• Responsible for a regularly appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition, provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur.
• Collect and record in proper format, medical and social historical data appropriate to the patient's condition.
• Perform a general physical examination.
• May become the primary care manager for a panel of patients. As a PCM, will be the primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of assigned patients. Duties include:
• Examination of patients, formulation differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders required diagnostic testing Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment plans.
• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.
• Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals
• Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.
• Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.
• Admit inpatients as per the local MTF instructions.
• Recognize those more complicated cases, initiate treatment (if appropriate), and refer to a higher level of medical expertise for diagnosis and/or treatment.
• Plan and initiate proper treatment within defined privileges and the scope of practice of the facility.
• Identify and report those situations and individual cases which have public health significance and carry out effective control measures
• Clearly communicate to other health personnel either orally or in writing the findings, diagnosis and planned treatment regimen.
• Stabilize and manage a patient in a medical or surgical emergency and/or transfer to physician care
• Determine appropriate means of evacuation of emergency patients, prepare patients for evacuation and arrange for evacuation support.
• Perform the following blocks: Digital, Local Infiltration, and lntercostal
• Perform urological procedures.
• Maintain inpatient and outpatient medical records in accordance with MTF procedures
• Competently performs direct patient care for patient's ages; maintains standards of patient care as outlined in respective guidelines.
• Accomplishes all updates to Aeromedical Services Information Management System (ASIMS)
• Complete paraprofessional requirements and paperwork for Deployment Health Assessments, civilian pre-employment physicals, incentive flight examinations, and Initial Flight Class (IFC) physicals with Flight Surgeon's aeromedical disposition/co-signature.
• Incorporates the factors of the environment of care into the work section to include; safety, security, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, line safety, medical equipment, and utility systems.
• Participates in Medical Group emergency situations (e.g .. tire and disaster drills). Knows action to be taken in case of fire or natural disaster. Demonstrates ability to direct clinic activities in the event of a tire or patient evacuation.
• Maintains patient confidentiality, follows Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines and assures patient privacy at all times.

Physician Assistant (PA) Job Qualifications:

• DEA
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Computer competency (Microsoft Office, computer operations, et al)
• Graduate Physician Assistant qualified by academic and practical education to provide patient services as a physician extender under supervision of a physician.
• Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Committee on Certification Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• At least 24 months of experience as a Physician Assistant within the last 36 months.
• Graduate of a Physician Assistant Training Program accredited by the Accreditation

• Board Certification: Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or its predecessors and acceptable to the Surgeon General, USAF, is mandatory.
  Accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) at the time the degree was obtained
  

Position contingent on contract award. Incumbents HIGHLY encourage to contact us! Come join our team of healthcare professionals!