Chenega Corporation

Physician Assistant

Chenega Corporation • $80K — $100K *
Columbus, OH 43230In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant studies from an accredited program
  • At least 2 years of direct patient care experience within the past 3 years
  • Current Basic Life Support certification including hands-on defibrillator training
  • Completion of 100 Continuing Medical Education Credits in a 2-year span
  • Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in relevant jurisdictions

Responsibilities

  • Conduct thorough medical histories and physical examinations
  • Review medical tests and application documents for consultations
  • Secure and document comprehensive health histories from applicants
  • Assess and render opinions on applicants' medical fitness for military service
  • Apply accession medical standards for determining applicant qualifications
  • Ensure dignity and respect for all applicants
  • Participate in medical peer reviews at MEPS

Benefits

  • Participation in a supportive and respectful healthcare environment
  • Opportunity for continued learning through required continuing education credits
  • Involvement in meaningful assessments for military service applicants
  • Exposure to varied medical disciplines including mental health and orthopedics
  • Compliance with privacy and healthcare regulations, ensuring professionalism
Full Job Description
Overview

ADVANCED CHENEGA SERVICES, LLC

  • The Physician Assistant shall perform medical histories, physical examinations, and reviews of required medical tests and documentation pertaining to consultations and medical histories on applicants for the Armed Forces in accordance with USMEPCOM Regulation 40-1 and other applicable regulations.


Responsibilities

  • Conduct medical histories and physical examinations
  • Review of required medical tests and documents pertaining to consultations and medical histories
  • Secure a thorough health history from the applicant and record findings
  • Assess applicant medical documentation and render their medical opinion on an applicant's medical fitness for programs applying for
  • Apply accession medical standards to determine applicant medical qualifications
  • Become proficient in the application of accession medical standards to determine suitability of applicants for military service
  • Provide highest regard to applicant dignity
  • Abide by and follow IAW, Privacy Act, and HIPPA
  • Participate in MEPS local, medical peer reviews
  • Use Philosophy Known as "Red Carpet Treatment"
  • Comply with all installation policies and procedures
  • Access and update electronic medical documentation,
  • Access and respond to e-mail communications, and use internet sites as required to obtain information on medical issues
  • Effectively communicate with all parties and other providers
  • Other duties as assigned


Qualifications

  • Graduation from an accredited or provisionally accredited by the American Academy of Physician Assistants, granting a Master's or Bachelor's degree for Physician Assistants.
  • Minimum of two (2) years of direct patient care experience within the last three (3) years
  • Possess and maintain a current certification of Basic Life Support Training from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross training for Healthcare Providers. This course must include the use of an Automated Electronic Defibrillator, a "hands-on" portion
  • Must complete 100 Continuing Medical Education Credits during any two-year period, therefore, the requirement for PA supervision by a physician is waived when working at the MEPS.
  • Possess and maintain current unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
  • All current and past state licenses shall be unencumbered.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Successfully pass background and drug screening


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Ability to become privileged by the USMEPCOM Command Surgeon.
  • Possess computer skills necessary to access and update electronic medical documentation, access and respond to e-mail communications, and use internet sites as required to obtain information on medical issues. This includes keyboard data entry of all medical record entries, consults, and applicant medical processing
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English to effectively communicate with all parties and other providers
  • Ability to effectively plan and utilize time while administering judgment and demonstrating sound decision-making skills
  • Possess sufficient initiative, interpersonal relationship skills, and social sensitivity
  • Ability to complete Genesis training requirements for medical documentation
  • Experience in collecting, organizing, recording, and communicating, while taking health histories and administering mental health screening questionnaires
  • Knowledgeable diagnostic procedures related to a variety of medical and health care fields to include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, pediatric, orthopedic, internal medicine, and mental health


Physical Demands:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
  • While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

About Chenega Corporation

Chenega Corporation is a government services holding company based in Anchorage, Alaska. It was founded in 1974 by Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) shareholders. Chenega Corporation has over 5,000 employees across the United States and worldwide. The company provides security, environmental, IT, healthcare, construction, and education services to government and commercial customers. Chenega Corporation is one of the largest ANC-owned corporations in the United States. The company has received numerous awards for its services, including the 2019 Nunn-Perry Award for its mentor-protégé program.
Learn more about Chenega Corporation
Size
8,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
1974
* Ladders Estimates

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