Physician Assistant

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at the 66th Medical Group, Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to federal service. Student Loan repayment may be authorized. Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.

Duties

• Perform comprehensive outpatient health assessments, formulate diagnoses, and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments in direct management of acute and chronic illness and disease for patients of all ages.
• Perform ambulatory surgical procedures including but not limited to: casting/splinting, suturing, excisional and shave skin biopsies, joint aspirations and injections, and colposcopies.
• Interpret diagnostic and testing procedures to include laboratory and radiological examinations.
• Coordinate with physician and community resources to formulate multi-disciplinary patient treatment and management regimens.
• Advise other non-physician providers, nursing, and para-professional staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical problems.
• Serve as member of the professional medical staff, and comply with hospital plans and policies to meet accrediting agencies’ requirements.
• Participate in local disaster training exercises as directed by the Chief of the Medical Staff to maintain preparedness levels.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.