Job Details
Responsibilities
Provide a full range of Physician Assistant services in primary and specialty medical care
within the limits of their training and privileges granted by the MTF (e.g., supervise and provide
general screening and medical care and examinations of patients for routine, acute and chronic
conditions involving any and all organ systems; provide immunizations; diagnose, treat, and
counsel patients as indicated).
Technically direct and provide care for a variety of diseases and types of injuries (i.e., acute,
chronic and minor trauma), and the skills to recognize emergency conditions in order to
diagnose, prescribe for and treat diseases, disorders and injuries, and refer the more complex
cases and serious conditions to qualified medical personnel and perform designated treatment.
Technically direct and teach other staff, provide educational lectures and participate in in-
service training to staff members.
Promote preventive care and health maintenance including annual physicals, positive health
behaviors and self-care through both formal and individual education and counseling.
Prescribe in accordance with approved treatment protocols and the Pharmacy and
Therapeutics Committee approved medications and immunizations.
Identify a medical problem and determine appropriate action to meet the problem, including
referral to a physician.
Perform specific diagnostic and therapeutic practices and procedures in accordance with
scope of practice.
Establish collaborative rapport with physician, nursing and others in order to promote and
facilitate primary care services.
Teach patients and family members healthy regimen and responsibility for achieving wellness.
Attend staff meetings to provide case discussion, continuing education, and continuous quality
improvement.
Qualifications
Degree/Education: Masters degree /Education: Graduate from an accredited college or university certified
by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
Licensure/Registration: Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants
(NCCPA). Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant as required in the
TO.
Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS). Possess and
maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification. Physicians not currently certified in NRP, will
still be eligible, but shall obtain certification within three (3) months of start date. Possess and maintain
Advance Life Support Obstetrics (ALSO) certification. Physicians not currently certified in ALSO, will still
be eligible, but shall obtain certification.