Physician Assistant
- Job ID
- 2025-8584
- # Positions
- 1
- Category
- Medical
- Salary Range
- GS-12
- Recruitment Bonus
- Negotiable
- Relocation Assistance
- Negotiable
- Student Loan Repayment
- No
Overview
Physician Assistant
About the Position: This position is located at Naval Branch Health Clinic Bangor, Directorate of Medicine, Family Medicine.
- A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized
- Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service
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Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/
Responsibilities
Primary Duties:
- Perform a variety of professional direct health care clinical duties within the field of general emergency and family medicine.
- Perform medical screening examinations.
- Gather health and medical history from the patient or family member to record findings
- Provide a full range of emergency services or crises interventions in the absence of the physician.
- Write prescriptions, orders the administration of medications, dispenses medications and prescribed controlled substance in accordance with approved treatment protocols.
- Provide consultation, teaching, and coordination with patients and their family members of treatment and medical care.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirements for Physician Assistant:
Education: Graduation from a physician assistant educational program, accredited by the Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors, at a college, university, or educational institution that is accredited by an accrediting body or organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
Certification: Successful completion of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) examination; must maintain status as a certified physician assistant, including completion of all requirements for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and re-certification.
Licensure: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician Assistant from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Exemption: You are exempt from the license requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0603 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.
In addition to meeting the basic requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Experience: A minimum of one full year of work experience as a certified physician assistant which includes obtaining medical history, performing examinations, and prescribing medications.This definition of experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
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