Plan, organizes, perform and supervise troop medical care.
Plans, organizes, performs and supervises troop medical care at Levels I and II; directs services, teaches and trains enlisted medics and performs as medical platoon leader or officer in charge in designated units; manage subordinate personnel, facilities and equipment required to operate troop clinics or other medical activities and organizations; function as special staff officer to the commander, advising on medically related matters pertinent to unit readiness and unit mission; participate in the delivery of health care to all categories of patients and to all eligible beneficiaries; prescribe courses of treatment and medication when required and consistent with his capabilities and credentials; interprets information in health records for application to current conditions and makes entries into the health record as a primary care provider; orders diagnostic X-ray and laboratory procedures and writes consultations to specialty clinics and for ancillary services as appropriate; in the absence of a physician, the physician assistant will be the primary source of advice to determine the medical necessity, priority, and requirements for patient evacuation and initial emergency care and stabilization; supervise preparation of reports pertaining to medical activities; functions as medical staff officer at battalion, brigade, division, Corps, major command (MACOM) and at DA level activities, advising the surgeon of the respective command and the Commander on medical matters; function as primary instructor and staff officer at the Academy of Health Sciences; after formal military and/or civilian schooling perform duties under the supervision of a physician in selected specialties; function as the primary medical officer reviewing and supervising the medical examinations of individuals in the personnel reliability program.
Plans, organizes, performs and supervises troop medical care at Levels I and II; directs services, teaches and trains enlisted medics and performs as medical platoon leader or officer in charge in designated units; manage subordinate personnel, facilities and equipment required to operate troop clinics or other medical activities and organizations; function as special staff officer to the commander, advising on medically related matters pertinent to unit readiness and unit mission; participate in the delivery of health care to all categories of patients and to all eligible beneficiaries; prescribe courses of treatment and medication when required and consistent with his capabilities and credentials; interprets information in health records for application to current conditions and makes entries into the health record as a primary care provider; orders diagnostic X-ray and laboratory procedures and writes consultations to specialty clinics and for ancillary services as appropriate; in the absence of a physician, the physician assistant will be the primary source of advice to determine the medical necessity, priority, and requirements for patient evacuation and initial emergency care and stabilization; supervise preparation of reports pertaining to medical activities; functions as medical staff officer at battalion, brigade, division, Corps, major command (MACOM) and at DA level activities, advising the surgeon of the respective command and the Commander on medical matters; function as primary instructor and staff officer at the Academy of Health Sciences; after formal military and/or civilian schooling perform duties under the supervision of a physician in selected specialties; function as the primary medical officer reviewing and supervising the medical examinations of individuals in the personnel reliability program.
Plans, organizes, performs and supervises troop medical care at Levels I and II; directs services, teaches and trains enlisted medics and performs as medical platoon leader or officer in charge in designated units; manage subordinate personnel, facilities and equipment required to operate troop clinics or other medical activities and organizations; function as special staff officer to the commander, advising on medically related matters pertinent to unit readiness and unit mission; participate in the delivery of health care to all categories of patients and to all eligible beneficiaries; prescribe courses of treatment and medication when required and consistent with his capabilities and credentials; interprets information in health records for application to current conditions and makes entries into the health record as a primary care provider; orders diagnostic X-ray and laboratory procedures and writes consultations to specialty clinics and for ancillary services as appropriate; in the absence of a physician, the physician assistant will be the primary source of advice to determine the medical necessity, priority, and requirements for patient evacuation and initial emergency care and stabilization; supervise preparation of reports pertaining to medical activities; functions as medical staff officer at battalion, brigade, division, Corps, major command (MACOM) and at DA level activities, advising the surgeon of the respective command and the Commander on medical matters; function as primary instructor and staff officer at the Academy of Health Sciences; after formal military and/or civilian schooling perform duties under the supervision of a physician in selected specialties; function as the primary medical officer reviewing and supervising the medical examinations of individuals in the personnel reliability program.