Supervisory Physician Assistant

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and directly supports the White House Medical Unit. The incumbent serves as a senior Physician Assistant providing advanced clinical, supervisory, operational, and medical-readiness expertise in support of the WHMU mission. The incumbent may be required to work outside normal duty hours and must remain capable of responding to short-notice mission requirements. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• Independently evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and manages acute and chronic medical conditions within established clinical privileges and scope of practice.
• Delivers advanced medical care in fixed facilities and during designated missions, travel, contingency operations, emergency responses, and sensitive activities.
• Establishes priorities and expectations for employees; allocates resources; evaluates performance; provides formal counseling, mentorship, and professional development; and resolves complex performance, conduct, workforce, and operational issues.
• Leads the development, review, standardization, implementation, and continuous improvement of guidelines, orders, standard operating procedures, emergency-response protocols, clinical pathways, readiness directives, and related operational policies.
• Directs comprehensive clinical, logistical, facility, and operational-readiness assessments to anticipate and identify systemic vulnerabilities and capability gaps before they impact patient care or mission execution.
• Represents the White House Medical Unit (WHMU), as designated, in multidisciplinary and interagency coordination involving military, federal, academic, and civilian healthcare organizations.
• Maintains active clinical privileges and advanced clinical competency through sustained direct patient care, operational missions, readiness exercises, and mandatory continuing professional education.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirements for a Supervisory Physician Assistant: Education: Graduation 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. Certification: Successful completion of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) examination; must maintain status as a certified physician assistant, including completion of all requirements for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and re-certification. Licensure: Applicants must possess 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. Exemption: You are exempt from the license requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0603 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status. In addition to meeting the basic requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Experience: A minimum of one full year of work experience as a certified physician assistant which includes independently evaluating, diagnosing, and managing complex conditions without on-site physician oversight in variable operational environments; directing multidisciplinary clinical operations and synchronizing medical capabilities across variable environments (military, federal, academic, and civilian); exercising supervisory responsibilities, including establishing priorities and expectations, allocating resources, and evaluating performance; and directing audits designed to identify and mitigate threats to mission readiness, evaluating findings for corrective action. This definition of experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. How You Will Be Evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. Other Information

The position functions in a highly dynamic, high-reliability environment requiring exceptional clinical judgment, discretion, adaptability, leadership, and the ability to make consequential medical and operational decisions under compressed timelines and changing conditions. The incumbent supports fixed clinical operations as well as domestic and international travel, contingency operations, executive medical support, emergency response, and other designated missions. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. Recruitment or relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.