Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

CIA • Mclean, VA

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About The Position

As a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner for CIA, you will work with highly motivated individuals to deliver quality healthcare in challenging and austere environments with limited resources. Your duties will include treating illness, injuries, and medical emergencies to include trauma stabilization, establishing and operating remote independent duty clinics including performing logistical and administrative functions, conducting physical examinations and interpretation of diagnostic testing, and providing didactic and practical instruction in various levels of medical care to include field medicine, and Tactical Combat Casualty care. You will be required to carry medical equipment from one location to another on foot in austere foreign environments and may work with host-country personnel, often as the sole provider. You should be comfortable operating independently with a minimal amount of key medical supplies and without direct physician oversight. While the initial assignment is located in the Washington, DC area, candidates will become part of a deploying team serving abroad in various locations for the beginning of their career. All candidates will be required to serve a one-year unaccompanied assignment at some point, but will also have the opportunity to relocate with immediate family to an assorted choice of locations abroad to serve in a more clinical setting.

Requirements

• Must be a licensed Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
• Ability to work in challenging and austere environments
• Comfortable operating independently with limited resources
• Ability to carry medical equipment on foot in difficult terrains

Nice To Haves

• Experience in field medicine or Tactical Combat Casualty care
• Previous experience working in remote or austere environments
• Ability to provide training and instruction in medical care

Responsibilities

• Treating illness, injuries, and medical emergencies to include trauma stabilization
• Establishing and operating remote independent duty clinics including performing logistical and administrative functions
• Conducting physical examinations and interpretation of diagnostic testing
• Providing didactic and practical instruction in various levels of medical care to include field medicine, and Tactical Combat Casualty care
• Carrying medical equipment from one location to another on foot in austere foreign environments
• Working with host-country personnel, often as the sole provider
• Operating independently with a minimal amount of key medical supplies and without direct physician oversight

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package
• Annual retention bonus of 10% of base pay after completing 12 months of qualifying service
• Additional incentive pay based on assignment and duties
• Variety of medical and non-medical training provided

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: National Security and International Affairs
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees