PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER (T5)

Basic Requirements: All applicants must meet the following basic requirements for all grade levels: 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. 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: For all grade levels and positions, 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. Basic Requirements for the GS-12 (or equivalent) and above Grade Level: A minimum of one full year of work experience as a certified physician assistant equivalent to the next lower grade level and completion of an accredited physician assistant educational program is required. Knowledge Required by the Position: -Knowledge of a wide variety of diseases and types of injuries. Supplementary skills to recognize emergency conditions in order to diagnose, prescribe for and treat diseases, disorders and injuries, and refer the more complex cases and acute conditions to qualified medical personnel and perform designated treatment. -Knowledge of practices for outpatient care in order to write routine orders.-Knowledge of the medical, biological and physical sciences related to the primary health care specialty area. -Skill in the identification, decontamination, management, and treatment of chemical /nuclear / biological injuries. -Skills in performing medical histories and physical examinations. -Ability to establish collaborative rapport with physician, nursing and other staff professionals in order to promote and facilitate primary care services. -Ability to assess, diagnose, treat, and prescribe medication for specified illnesses in accordance with current modalities within scopes of practice and to recognize conditions requiring physical attention and intervention. -Ability to identify a medical problem and determine appropriate action to meet the problem, including referring to an attending physician. -Ability to perform specific diagnostic and therapeutic practices and procedures. -Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and to establish and maintain rapport with patients and their family members in order to facilitate health care counseling guidance and health maintenance instructions. -Ability to teach patients and family members healthy regimen and responsibility required to achieve wellness.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER (T5), Position Description Number T6002P01 and is part of the AL 117TH Air Refueling Wing, National Guard. ORGANIZATION: 117TH ARW, BIRMINGHAM, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL: CPT R. SHARP