About this opportunity
U.S. Navy lists this Physician Assistant Officer Careers NJ PA DE MD opportunity in glassboro, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Servicemen and women deserve the highest quality health care available, and as a Navy Physician Assistant you can ensure all medical needs are managed. Work hand-in-hand with the best Navy physicians and surgeons while you handle everything from primary care issues to specialty and emergency trauma situations. Serve globally in hospital settings, aboard aircraft carriers and bring the best in U.S. health care on humanitarian relief missions. Your skills in medicine are needed to keep our Sailors healthy so they can continue to carry on operations every day.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As a PA in the Navy Medical Service Corps, you will help care for Sailors, Marines and their families. You may also have the chance to assist in Navy medical relief missions worldwide. Responsibilities may include:
Working together with supervising physicians and surgeons
Providing services that civilian physicians provide
Handling primary-care issues or pursue a specific surgical subspecialty
Overseeing other members of the medical team
Training in emerging need areas, such as emergency medicine, rural medicine and family practice
Obtaining medical histories
Performing comprehensive exams
Treating minor injuries
Interpreting lab tests and X-rays
Counseling patients, providing detailed instructions for home-care procedures
Prescribing medications
Carrying out treatment plans
PAY AND BENEFITS
From the day you start, you’ll receive:
Competitive salary
Free health insurance
Free housing
A retirement plan
30 days paid vacation per year
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
The Navy offers generous scholarships, financial assistance and continuing education programs. You can finish your education with little or no debt, and learn to lead others, further distinguishing your career, enhancing your credentials and expanding the boundaries of your expertise. Plus, if you’re a student or resident, you can concentrate on your education or training, with no military/training obligation until after your program is completed.
Graduate Students
Through the Navy Health Professions Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP), you may be eligible to receive financial assistance to pay down the cost of your graduate education. This includes:
A monthly military salary in excess of $2,200 for up to 24 months
100% tuition assistance
A generous housing allowance*
A comprehensive health-care benefits package
*Navy HSCP housing allowance based on graduate school location. Increased offer amounts available in areas with a higher cost of living.
Qualifications:
U.S. citizen between the ages of 18 and 41
Completion of a Physician Assistant education program approved by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA)
Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Navy Physician Assistants may serve among aviation, shipboard and U.S. Marine Corps communities stationed throughout the globe, or at any one of more than 250 Navy and medical facilities from Hawaii to Japan, Germany to Guam, and Washington, D.C., to Washington state.
As a Physician Assistant, you could also work at one of the highly acclaimed national medical centers in Bethesda, MD, Portsmouth, VA or San Diego, CA. You could provide support to pilots and air crews aboard one of two dedicated hospital ships: the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy.
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Worksite address
glassboro, NJ, 08028, US
Who can apply
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