Physician Assistant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement•Eloy, AZ

About The Position

The Physician Assistant position is with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, ICE Health Services Corps. Positions are located in Batavia, New York, and Eloy, Arizona. This is a full-time, permanent, non-bargaining-unit position at the GS-13 level and full performance level. The Physician Assistant provides direct urgent, emergency, and chronic care to agency detainees, working with significant independence and sometimes with only regional oversight from physicians. The role includes conducting comprehensive, age-specific, or focused histories and physical examinations, which may include gynecological and pediatric examinations or procedures. The position also involves screening for and treating contagious diseases that may be epidemic in other countries, and maintaining patient-record confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA requirements. The position requires a physician assistant education from an appropriately accredited program, an active and unrestricted PA license, successful completion of the NCCPA examination, and an unrestricted state and DEA license to prescribe controlled medications. The employee must maintain PA certification and CPR/BLS certification. Work may involve shifts across days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, on-call duties, frequent travel, and rotational internal temporary duty assignments to support field clinical operations and obtain clinical hours.

Requirements

Graduate from a physician assistant educational program accredited by ARC-PA or its predecessors, at an institution accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Hold a current, active, full, and unrestricted physician assistant license or registration from a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory.
Successfully complete the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants examination and maintain certified physician assistant status, including continuing medical education and recertification requirements.
Hold an unrestricted state license and Drug Enforcement Agency license to prescribe controlled medication.
Possess spoken and written English proficiency sufficient to communicate with patients and health-care personnel and carry out clinical responsibilities satisfactorily.
Hold and maintain CPR and Basic Life Support certification through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association while performing services.
Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to GS-12, including direct patient care with significant independence and physician oversight that may be regional, implementing health care policies, and treating acute minor illnesses/injuries while providing continuity of care for chronic illnesses with physician colleagues.
Be a U.S. citizen.
Successfully pass a background investigation and drug screening.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must certify registration with Selective Service.
Be able to work day, evening, and night shifts; weekends and holidays; and on-call as needed, with flexibility for schedule and work-requirement changes.
Be able to travel frequently as required.
Submit a resume limited to two pages and provide required transcripts, certification, and licensure documentation.

Responsibilities

Provide direct urgent, emergency, and chronic care services to agency detainees.
Deliver care with significant independence, at times with only regional oversight by physicians.
Conduct comprehensive, age-specific, and/or focused patient histories and physical examinations, which may include gynecological and pediatric examinations or procedures.
Screen for and treat contagious diseases that may be epidemic in other countries, including tuberculosis, Ebola, Zika, HIV, measles, and varicella.
Maintain patient and medical record confidentiality and comply with HIPAA regulations.
Implement health care policies at the local, state, or national level.
Treat acute minor illnesses and injuries and provide continuity of care for chronic illnesses in collaboration with physician colleagues.
Participate in rotational internal temporary duty assignments to support clinical operations in the field and obtain clinical hours.
Maintain required CPR/BLS certification and physician assistant certification, including continuing medical education and recertification requirements.