Physician Assistant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Eloy (AZ)

On-site

USD 107,000 - 145,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and long

Retirement plan

Thrift Savings Plan

Flexible Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

Personal leave days

Paid federal holidays

Flexible work schedules

Telework

Tuition reimbursement

Transportation subsidies

Uniform allowance

Health and wellness programs

Fitness centers

Job summary

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeks a Physician Assistant to provide direct urgent, emergent and chronic care to detainees in Eloy, AZ. You will perform age-specific histories, exams, and discretionary care with regional MD oversight.

Requirements include official transcripts and documentation showing coursework; foreign credentials must be evaluated for equivalence. DHS offers comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision, retirement, and flexible work options.

Qualifications

Official transcript or unofficial transcript required to meet basic education requirements.
Foreign education must be evaluated for equivalence.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient urgent care, emergent and chronic care to detainees with independence and regional MD oversight.
Perform comprehensive history and physical examinations including age-specific, gynecological and pediatric exams when applicable.
Screen for contagious diseases and maintain patient records in compliance with HIPAA.

Job description

Hiring Agency: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department: Department of Homeland Security

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: These positions are located in the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Services Corp. (IHSC), in Batavia, New York; Eloy, Arizona. These are non-bargaining unit positions.

Key Responsibilities

As a Physician Assistant, you will perform the following duties: Provide direct patient urgent care, emergent and chronic care services to agency detainees, with significant independence and at times only regional oversight by Medical Doctors (MD). Perform comprehensive, age specific and/or focused history and physical examinations, which may include gynecological and pediatric exams/procedures.

Screen for and treatment of contagious diseases that may be epidemic in other countries ( e.g. TB including multi- drug resistant TB, Ebola, Zika, HIV, measles, varicella). Maintain patient/medical record confidentiality and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) regulations.

Requirements & Education

This position requires specific coursework and/or a degree to meet the basic education requirement. You must submit an official transcript or unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Your transcript(s) must clearly demonstrate the course(s) listed in the qualification requirement section.

If the transcript(s) does not clearly demonstrate this you must submit a copy of the course description and/or other documentation demonstrating that the courses are equivalent.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S.

accredited college or university. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Benefits:

DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including:

health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance
retirement plan
Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]
Flexible Spending Account
Employee Assistance Program
personal leave days
paid federal holidays

Other benefits may include:

flexible work schedules
telework
tuition reimbursement
transportation subsidies
uniform allowance
health and wellness programs
fitness centers

DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.

For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits".

Disabled veteran leave will be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

A student loan repayment incentive may be available, in which case a service agreement will be required.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $107182-$144741/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-19.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.