Physician Assistant II

Overview

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 30 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Physcian Assistant II to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Los Alamos National Lab in Los Alamos, NM.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people.  Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too.  We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists Laboratory occupational physicians in areas including, but not necessarily limited to: carrying out treatments, determining and arranging proper patient dispositions, identifying and correcting workplace medical issues, and counseling and educating employees on health-related issues.
• A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of specialized area plus working knowledge of other related fields.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented level position.
• Provides resolutions to a diverse range of complex problems where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Contributes to the development of organization's goals and objectives. Failure to obtain results or erroneous judgments/recommendations would normally have serious results and may require substantial expenditure of resources to correct and/or achieve project goals.
• Incumbent networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
• Requires limited responsibility for making routine contacts on general matters outside of the immediate organization.
• Works under limited direction; receives general instructions on new assignments.
• Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives have been met. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Determines approach to solutions, plans schedule and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.

Education and Licensure

• Board certified PA-C through the NCCPA.
• Licensed to practice medicine by the New Mexico Board of Medical Examiners.
• Current New Mexico pharmacy and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 2 - 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Working knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency in occupational medicine of recent clinical experience in occupational medicine.
• Working knowledge of and demonstrated proficiency in a clinically related field (family medicine, emergency/urgent care medicine, internal medicine, or sports medicine)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship. (required)
• Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance. (required)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & LOCATION DETAILS:

Please note that federal contractors are required to maintain a drug-free workplace. Regardless of state laws permitting medical or recreational marijuana use, employees working under federal contracts may be subject to federal requirements that prohibit marijuana use.