Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant Opportunity at Fort Belvoir

Fort Belvoir, VA

Fort Belvoir is an Army post on the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia. It's a large post that's divided into three main areas: the main post, Davidson Army Airfield, and Fort Belvoir North. Settled on land that was once a plantation, and founded during World War I, Fort Belvoir originally served as a training school for the U.S. Army Engineers. Now, nineteen agencies and numerous divisions, battalions, and commands use Fort Belvoir as their operating headquarters.

Regional Health Command – Atlantic (RHC-Atlantic) is the nation's premier military system for health. It is the main focus for the facility of the patients' health and wellness, which means dedication to preventing illness and injury as they are to healing. A system for health enables ready and resilient Soldiers, families and communities. They maintain the readiness of America's fighting men and women through care that maintains, restores, and improves their ability to deploy on a moment's notice anywhere in the world. And when Soldiers deploy, RHC-Atlantic ensures that a ready medical force is ready to deploy with them, professionally trained and ready to provide world class casualty care. The Regional Health Command – Atlantic is working to build a healthier Army and a healthier nation.

Facility Address: 9625 Middleton Road, Building 1189, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060.

Responsibilities

• The PA shall perform and provide medical examination and treatment as required at each location.
• Perform the services, which a military PA with similar training and experience would be called upon to perform while in a similar duty assignment.
• Responsible for a regularly appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition, provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur.
• Required to manage their own patient care schedules and clinic operations in its entirety, in addition to being the primary provider of health care services, including satellite aid stations.
• Practice independently without direct physician oversight.
• Collect and record, in proper format, medical and social historical data appropriate to the patient's condition.
• Perform a general physical examination. Record the findings in proper format and determine medical qualification for various purposes. Maintain outpatient medical records.
• Select the most appropriate diagnosis and treat in cases of uncomplicated common illnesses and injuries.
• Identify and report those situations and individual cases which have public health significance and carry out effective control measures.
• Plan and initiate proper treatment within the PA's defined privileges and the scope of practice.
• Recognize those more complicated cases, initiate treatment (if appropriate), and refer to a higher level of medical expertise for diagnosis and/or treatment.
• Stabilize and manage a patient in a medical or surgical emergency and/or transfer to physician care.
• Clearly communicate to other health personnel either orally or in writing the findings, diagnosis, and planned treatment regimen.
• Determine appropriate means of evacuation of emergency patients, prepare patients for evacuation, and arrange for evacuation support.
• Use knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.
• Will be knowledgeable in administrative requirements for the documentation of patient's condition, progress, and acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
• Adheres to peri-operative, infection control and safety policies and procedures used.
• Schedules referral appointments, arranges for procedures, and performs telephone follow-up, as appropriate.
• Recognize, diagnose, and appropriately treat or refer patient with common musculoskeletal injuries and adhere to post-operative protocols.
• Provide after hour and weekend primary care and/or telephone consultation periodically, as scheduled.
• Instruct orthopedic injury management or other medical classes that fall within expertise as required.
• Ensure compliance with standard of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the medical treatment.
• Provide relevant and timely information and assist with decision-making and process improvement.
• Will report to the Command Surgeon for clinical related issues.
• When required, participate in the orientation, training, and evaluation of duty performance of newly assigned personnel, as appropriate.
• As required, participate in customer service initiatives and medical readiness activities, designed to enhance health services.

Requirements

• Requires Top Secret Clearance.
• Graduate of a Physician Assistant Training Program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or its predecessors as long as the license has been maintained uninterrupted. Master's Degree preferred.
• Board Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Committee on Certification Physician Assistants (NCCPA); Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) as required by position or facility requirements.
• 5-years' experience as a physician assistant working in an outpatient clinical setting; 2-years of this experience working in an orthopedic, family practice, or emergency services clinical setting; 5-years' experience working in a military or government setting.
• Licensure: Valid, unrestricted, PA license at least one state, territory, or commonwealth of the US.

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