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Job Description
Compass Government Solutions is currently hiring Physician Assistants to provide services in the Trauma Level II Emergency Room of William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX to provide coverage shifts, including Federal Holidays.
Responsibilities of the Emergency Room Physician Assistant include:
Conserve health of patients by application of diversified knowledge of preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic medical procedures
Provide medical examination, care, and treatment to eligible military healthcare system beneficiaries and other patients on an emergent basis
Obtain adequate history, physical assessment and develop plan in a timely and appropriate manner on each patient and develop a treatment plan
Utilize paraprofessional staff and seek advice of consultants as appropriate
Prescribe medications, as appropriate, in accordance with the privileges and hospital rules
Initiate requests for tests, x-rays, and admissions to the medical treatment facility
Initiate requests for tests, x-rays, and admissions to the medical treatment facility
Follow up on abnormal reports, such as x-rays and lab reports
Responsible for a regularly appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition, provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur.