Physician Assistant

Summit Federal Services/Merito Group – Immediate need for Temporary Staff For the MD State Police in various cities. SFS/Merito Group is seeking Physician Assistant applicants. Nature of Work: A Physician Assistant is the intermediate level of work performing delegated medical acts under the direction of a licensed physician and in compliance with controlling statutes and regulations. Employees in this classification do not supervise other positions. Employees in this classification receive moderate supervision from a licensed Physician. Positions in this classification are evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work Sections of the class specification. The Physician Assistant performs the full range of duties and responsibilities under general supervision. Examples Of Work: (Examples are illustrative only) Provide “urgent care,” “sick call,” and physicals on civilian, sworn, applicant and allied personnel. Provide direct medical support and oversight during critical incidents, extended or homeland security operations, activities with an increased risk of injury; Facilitate safe and effective return to duty of sick or injured personnel consistent with policy and Medical Director guidance; Utilize MSU equipment—autoclave, Cepheid testing instrument, cardiac treadmill and electrocardiogram, hearing screening test device, and as requested by the Medical Director; Assist the Medical Director with certain administrative duties when requested. Provide instruction (Academy, In-service, other) as requested; Travel may be required to cover sick call or other trainings at locations such as Sykesville/Academy, Liberty Range, Harford-CSD Range, WarWic CC, etc.—(civilian use of state vehicle training would be needed) Other duties as requested related to the health and welfare of the members of the Maryland State Police, allied agencies and interconnected persons Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and bacteriology;
• Skill in taking complete, detailed and accurate patient histories;
• Skill in reviewing patient records to develop comprehensive medical status reports;
• Skill in performing physical examinations and recording all pertinent data;
• Skill in interpreting and evaluating patient data as authorized by the supervising Physician for the purpose of determining management and treatment of patients;
• Skill in initiating requests for or performing diagnostic procedures as indicated by pertinent data and as authorized by the supervising Physician;