Physician Assisant

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 alongside the best Navy physicians and surgeons, handling 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

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Navy Physician Assistants may serve among aviation, shipboard and U.S. Marine Corps communities stationed across 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 may work at one of the highly acclaimed national medical centers in Bethesda, MD, Portsmouth, VA or San Diego, CA. You might provide support to pilots and air crews aboard one of two dedicated hospital ships: the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy.

EDUCATION BENEFITS

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.

For 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.

For Practicing Physician Assistants:

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.

PAY & BENEFITS

Depending on your job, Navy pay and benefits will flex to fit your role. You can rely on regular promotions, pay increases and world-class benefits that rival any civilian employer. Many Sailors can even qualify for sign-on bonuses depending on their field. Sailors in the Medical Corps can enjoy:

• $93,689 – $114,392 starting salary
• Competitive experience/global networking
• 30 days paid time off annually
• Medical and dental benefits – 100% coverage
• Housing allowance
• Further educational opportunities – fully paid
• And much more!

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• U.S. Citizen between the ages of 18 and 57
• Currently licensed and practicing in the U.S.
• In good standing (as a student or graduate) with an accredited U.S. education program

All offers have many variables. To get details and find out which offer would benefit you most, contact:

TJ BIELKE, HM1
Navy Scholarship Specialist & Talent Acquisition Lead
Work Cell: (319) 823-1467
Email: timothy.j.bielke.mil@us.navy.mil

America’s Navy is approximately 450,000 Sailors, 300 ships and submarines, and 3,700 aircraft strong. Water and salt flow through our veins in the same proportion as the sea. That mighty force is the lifeblood of the greatest Navy ever to sail unstoppably upon it, slip stealthily beneath it or fly unchallenged above it. And we defend with honor, courage, and commitment every hour of every day. We are America’s Navy. We are forged by the sea.