The incumbent will serve as an Emergency Room Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center located in Phoenix, Arizona. The incumbent will provide comprehensive medical care to individuals across the life span. This position will report to the Supervisor on-site.

Duties

Serves as a Staff Physician Assistant in Emergency services provides professional direct health care clinical duties within emergency and urgent care medicine. Assess, evaluate, diagnose and initially treat patients to provide emergency care on a regular and recurring basis. Orders, conducts, and interprets screening studies, tests, and diagnostic procedures to assess and diagnose problems and establish management/treatment plans. Maintains records and reports on patients, personal activities and other required information for use in program operations, quality assurance and other purposes. Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):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. In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-12: A minimum of one full year of work experience as a certified physician assistant equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) and completion of an accredited physician assistant educational program is required. Such work experience includes: Provide a variety of professional direct health care clinical duties within the field of general emergency and urgent care medicine; provide a wide range of activities including assessing, planning, evaluating and modifying the plan of acute and chronically ill patients; assess, evaluate, diagnose and initially treat adult and pediatric patients who present with symptoms, illness, injury or conditions and provide services to ameliorate minor illnesses to secure illnesses, injuries and emergency cases; stabilize and transfer patients with severe major illnesses or injuries; provide a range of duties associated with providing emergency care for patients seen in the Emergency Department. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Phoenix Service Unit 1616 E Indian School Rd Suite 360 Phoenix, AZ 85016 US
• Name: Chelsea Banteah
• Email: chelsea.banteah@ihs.gov