Posterity Group - Physician Assistant

We are seeking a Physician Assistant for Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota -Travel Required

NONE Level/Salary Range: Commensurate with experience

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Physician Assistant shall perform and provide medical examination and treatment as required by the MTF, Chief, Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine (DPCCM), or Counterpart, at each location. The Physician Assistant shall perform the services, which a military Physician with similar training and experience would be called upon to perform while in a similar duty assignment. The Physician Assistant shall be responsible for a regular appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition, provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur. All PA’s shall have the capability to:
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 qualifications for various purposes.
Select the most appropriate diagnosis and treat in cases of uncomplicated common illness and injuries (refer when necessary)
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 the PA’s 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 effect 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 intercostal
Emergency procedures: Cricothyriodotomy External cardiac compression; set-up chest tube bottles attach Heimlich valve; needle thoracentesis debride wound, superficial; cosmetic closure, facial wound closure, scalp wound closure
Orthopedic procedures
Podiatry procedures
Instruct patient in prevention
General surgical procedures
Urological procedures
Maintain inpatient and outpatient medical records in accordance with MTF procedures
The above is not an exhaustive list of role and responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
The Physician Assistant shall be a graduate of a Physician Assistant program qualified by academic and practical education to provide patient services as a physician extender under supervision of a physician. Be a graduate of a Physician Assistant Training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARCPA) or its predecessors, and acceptable to the Surgeon, USAF is mandatory. Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Committee on Certification Physician Assistants

Please send resume to samuel.sanders@pgllc.us  with job title in the subject line
www.posterityg.com