Army Physician Assistant Duties and QualificationsDescription of Duties. Army PAs plan, organize, perform, and supervise troop medical care at Levels I and II (unit and division level); they direct services, teach and train enlisted medics, perform as medical platoon leader or officer-in-charge in designated units. They function as a special staff officers to commanders, providing professional advice on medically-related matters pertinent to unit readiness and unit mission. Army PAs participate in the delivery of health care to all categories of eligible beneficiaries; prescribe courses of treatment and medication when required, consistent with their capabilities and privileges. Specialty trained Army PAs provide care in orthopedics, emergency medicine, occupational health, cardiac perfusion, and aviation medicine. In the absence of a physician, the PA is the primary source of advice to determine the medical necessity, priority, and requirements for patient evacuation, and initial emergency care and stabilization. Army PAs function as medical staff officer at battalion, brigade, division, corps, and higher headquarters, and in joint commands, advising the surgeon and the commander of the respective command on medical matters relative to PA practice. Description of Duty Positions. Key leadership positions for Army PAs include: Chief, Physician Assistant Section, AMSC; Physician Assistant Consultant, MACOM/MEDCOM; Director, Interservice Physician Assistant Training Program, AMEDDC&S; Physician Assistant Staff Officer, Joint Activities Operations; Physician Assistant Consultant/ Level I/II Care Consultant, Directorate of Combat Doctrine & Developments, AMEDDC&S; Program Director, Physician Assistant Specialty Training Programs, USAMEDCOM; Physician Assistant Career Planning Officer, PERSCOM; Corps/Division Senior Physician Assistant. Current Qualifications for Army Physician Assistants.
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