The Brooke Army Medical Center is looking for a Physician Extender to join its staff. The duties of the position are but not limited to:

• Provide a full range of Physician Assistant services in primary and specialty medical care within the limits of their training and privileges granted by the MTF
• Technically direct and provide care for a variety of diseases and types of injuries (i.e., acute, chronic and minor trauma), and the skills to recognize emergency conditions in order to diagnose, prescribe for and treat diseases, disorders and injuries, and refer the more complex cases and serious conditions to qualified medical personnel and perform designated treatment
• Technically direct and teach other staff, provide educational lectures and participate in in-service training to staff members
• Promote preventive care and health maintenance including annual physicals, positive health behaviors and self-care through both formal and individual education and counseling
• Prescribe in accordance with approved treatment protocols and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee approved medications and immunizations
• Identify a medical problem and determine appropriate action to meet the problem, including referral to a physician
• Perform specific diagnostic and therapeutic practices and procedures in accordance with scope of practice.

• Hold a master' s, post- master' s, or doctorate from a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARPC-PA)
• Active Basic Life Support (BLS) and certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician' s Assistants (NCCPA)
• Must be registered on the Internet based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)
• Must have or obtain a current, valid Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number
• Have a minimum of one years' experience in general medicine setting.
• Possess and maintain current certification as Physician Assistant
• Have and maintain a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine from one of the 50 states