Physician Assistant

**Summary** View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement.

Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Services Corp. (IHSC), in Batavia, New York; Eloy, Arizona.

These are non-bargaining unit positions.

Duties As a Physician Assistant, you will perform the following duties:

• Provide direct patient urgent care, emergent and chronic care services to agency detainees, with significant independence and at times only regional oversight by Medical Doctors (MD).
• Perform comprehensive, age specific and/or focused history and physical examinations, which may include gynecological and pediatric exams/procedures.
• Screen for and treatment of contagious diseases that may be epidemic in other countries ( e.g. TB including multi- drug resistant TB, Ebola, Zika, HIV, measles, varicella).
• Maintain patient/medical record confidentiality and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) regulations.

**Requirements** Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Probationary Period: This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• You must be able to work shifts on days, evening, nights, weekends, holidays, and serve on-call as needed to meet operational needs of the facility with flexibility and adaptability to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements.
• You may be required to do frequent travel. As a clinician, the position is placed on a rotational internal TDY schedule to assist with clinical operations in the field and obtain clinical hours.
• BLS Certification: You are required to possess and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification with either the American Red Cross or American Heart Association, all times while performing services.
• Must be able to understand, speak, read, and write English fluently.

**Qualifications** Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Applicants must meet the following Basic, Selective Placement Factor, and Specialized Experience requirements as noted below: BASIC REQUIREMENTS (A, B, AND C): Applicants must meet all three (A, B, and C) requirements listed below:

• A. Education: Applicants must have graduated 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.
• B. Licensure: Applicants must have 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.
• C. Certification: Applicant must have successfully completed a National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) examination. ( Note: You must maintain status as a certified physician assistant, including completion of all requirements for continuing medical education (CME) and re-certification).

YOU MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS, CERTIFICATION, AND LICENSURE.

IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE ABOVE BASIC EDUCATIONAL AND LICENSURE REQUIREMENT, YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You must possess an unrestricted license with a state of licen…