Physician Assistant

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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 bargaining unit positions.

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:

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: Selective placement factors are applied in the same manner as minimum qualification requirements. Relevant selective placement factor experience must be well documented in your resume. Failure to meet a selective placement factor will result in your removal from consideration: You must possess a current Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare provider certification. This certification shall be maintained in a current status at all times while performing services,

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You must possess an unrestricted license with a state of licensure and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to prescribe controlled medication,

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You must possess such basic proficiency in spoken and written English that will permit communication with patients and other health-care personnel that will enable you to carry out a person's health-care responsibilities satisfactorily.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13: Applicants must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Experience includes duties such as:

• Providing direct patient care with significant independence and at times only regional oversight by physicians;
• Implementing health care policies at the local, state, or national level; AND
• Treating acute minor illness/injuries to provide continuity of care of chronic illnesses in collaboration with physician colleagues.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Responsibilities:

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.

Salary : $106,437