Neonatal Perinatal Pediatrician

The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery provides high quality patient and family centered medical care in wartime and peacetime. Civilian healthcare professionals work side-by-side with military medical staff to care for active duty members, their families, and retirees at medical facilities around the globe. Every day, no matter what the environment, Navy Medicine is ready to provide world class care, anytime, anywhere.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia has proudly served the military and their families since 1830, making it the Navy's oldest continuously operating hospital. Nationally acclaimed, this state-of-the-art medical center with ten branch clinics offers premier research and teaching programs designed to prepare new doctors, nurses, and hospital corpsmen for the future. The selectee for this position will serve as a Neonatal-Perinatal Pediatrician in Director Medical Services, Pediatrics, Pediatric Subspecialties, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA. The purpose of the position is to provide care for patients admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care units at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Camp Lejeune, NC, and Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth.

The purpose of this announcement is to recruit qualified individuals using OPM Government-wide Direct Hire Authority (DHA).

***Relocation expenses/incentives may be authorized****

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a US Citizen
• Males must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. www.sss.gov
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary /trial period.

DUTIES:

A typical day in the life of a Neonatal-Perinatal Pediatrician!

• Serving as a physician managing a full range of cases and problems within the neonatal-perinatal sub-specialty field, including the very rare difficult cases requiring the ability to recognize rare and difficult to identify symptoms or signs.
• Performs the most advanced diagnostic and treatment procedures.
• Develops full treatment regimens involving knowledge of new techniques, use of prolonged or complicated procedures, or advanced and delicate skills.
• Serves as a consultant on very difficult cases to other medical practitioners and health care providers. Responsible for medical students, interns, residents, and fellows assigned for training within the specialty field.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must have at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a 1-year internship or the first year of a residency program in an institution accredited for such training, AND possess a Doctor of Medicine or a Doctor of Osteopathy degree from a school in the United States or Canada that is approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of my graduation, AND have a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

OR: Have at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a 1-year internship or the first year of a residency program in an institution accredited for such training, AND possess a Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States that is demonstrated by a permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) or a fifth pathway certificate (for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country). (Note - be sure to include your ECFMG certificate number or fifth pathway certificate, including date awarded).

AND have a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, you must also have successfully completed five years of residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training as a physician managing a full range of cases and problems within the neonatal-perinatal sub-specialty field including cases requiring ability to recognize rare and difficult-to-identify symptoms or signs.This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: Possession of Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification AND Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification; AND demonstrated experience in independently applying neonatal medicine theories and practices to provide expert care for a wide range of difficult neonatal diseases, especially the management of critically ill neonates. Failure to possess these items WILL result in an ineligible rating. Possession of the factor must be verifiable via your resume or support documents.

How to Apply:

• Please e-mail your resume (no pictures or SSN, please) including beginning and ending dates, month and year, a detail description of duties performed for all experiences directly to: medjobs @navy.mil and insert the Vacancy number NEJM10034086  into the subject line.
• Your complete application (resume, and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Friday, December 29, 2017.
• You can learn more about the position by visiting: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/475968700