Physician Assistant/Supervisory Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant/ Supervisory Physician Assistant

Fort Cavazos is located in the beautiful 'hill and lake' country of Central Texas between Killeen and Copperas Cove and is approximately 60 miles north of the capital city of Austin, 50 miles south of Waco, 160 miles south of Dallas, and 150 miles north of San Antonio.

Founded in 1942, this 340-sq.-mile military base is the Army's premier installation to train and deploy heavy forces. A 214,968 acre installation, Fort Cavazos is now the largest active duty armored post in the U.S. Armed Forces and the only post in the United States capable of stationing and training two Armored Divisions.

The rolling, semi-arid terrain is ideal for multifaceted training and testing of military units and individuals. Additionally, the Killeen community is a model of support for Army families. There are lots of resources and networks available to assist you.

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 a retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions.

Job Description

• Independently performs a variety of professional direct health care clinical duties within the field of general family medicine for pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Makes independent decisions regarding the medical care required and interprets and evaluates processes resulting from continuing changes in the medical field due to new technological developments or conflicting requirements.
• Performs a variety of duties involving the full range of complex medical care that involve isolating and defining unknown medical conditions.
• Secures a comprehensive and detailed health and medical history from the patient or a family member, records findings, and other ancillary materials.
• Makes independent clinical evaluations and recommendations in an effort to prevent complications by preventing disease occurrence or modifying its course.
• Examines patients and performs initial patient work-up and assessment of patients' care and treatment; determines the need for and orders laboratory tests, X-rays, and other procedures necessary to complete assessment of the patient.
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
• Provides surveillance of adherence to medical and primary care practices and procedures to stabilize chronically ill patients; adjusts regimens within established protocols recognizing when to refer the patient to the physician or other primary care members.
• Works collaboratively with the physician team in patient evaluation, management, and revision of therapeutic plans; refers extremely or selected complex medical problems to appropriate next level of specialty care or medical management.
• Performs outpatient surgical and non-surgical procedures as designated by credentials committee.
• Prescribes for and treats a variety of diseases, disorders, and injuries.
• Provides a full range of emergency services or crisis intervention, including lifesaving emergency procedures, in order to stabilize a patient within the scope of practice and approved protocols.
• Writes prescriptions, orders the administration of medications, dispenses medication, and prescribes controlled substances in accordance with scope of practice for Physician Assistants.
• Performs a variety of physical examinations such as school, employment, sports, annual, retirement, discharge, reenlistment, disability separation or retirement, and other special physicals.
• Records entries into patients' records to include history and exam findings, results of laboratory tests, X-rays, and other special studies, diagnoses, and treatment plans to include any treatment rendered during visit.
• Provides consultation, teaching, and coordination with patients and their family members regarding treatment and medical care.
• Evaluates the primary care aspects of patient care recognizing the impact of the care of other healthcare professionals and ancillary staff when reassessment by a physician or other staff professionals is required.
• Provides primary care and preventive services to healthy individuals, including guidance in common illnesses, accidents, child growth and development, alternative drug usage, etc.
• Participates with the attending physician and other medical staff in interpreting and evaluating continuing changes in direct patient care.

Medical Education Duties

• Provides consultation, teaching, and coordination with patients and their family members regarding treatment and medical care.
• Coordinates with patients regarding physicians' findings and diagnoses, laboratory results, follow-up treatment plan or the effect of medications prescribed in accordance with approved protocols.
• Provides educational management to patients and their families regarding disease processes and diagnostic tests; the therapeutic regimen including medication, diet, and follow-up care; methods of adapting medication and treatment to current lifestyles.
• Provides counseling to patients and their families for prevention of illness and maintenance of health in order to assist patients in attaining physical, mental, and social well-being.
• Oversees compliance with the preventive healthcare needs of adult patients visiting the clinic.
• Refers high-risk, unstable, or extremely complex patients to the physicians and emergency medicine.

Benefits

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