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JOB TITLE: Medical Officer (Family Practice)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: IHS-15-AQ-1292414-ESEP/MP

SERIES GRADE: GS-0602-14

SALARY RANGE: $98,967.00 to $215,000.00 / Per Year

WHO MAY APPLY: Candidates eligible under Indian Preference appointing authority (ESEP); All Federal employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment; Reinstatement eligible; Veterans Preference including Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA); Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligible or Schedule A; PHS Commissioned Corp Personnel; Direct Hiring Authority

DUTIES:

• Provides comprehensive medical care services involving diagnosis, prevention, therapy, maintenance, and rehabilitation to patients of all ages.
• Orders appropriate laboratory and X-ray procedures, interprets clinical data, and formulates therapeutic program.
• Determines when to utilize and coordinate the services of other health care professionals to treat unusual cases.
• Makes necessary arrangements for the admission of patients to appropriate hospital.
• Ensures patient records are maintained and updated in electronic health records.
• Provides care, as needed, when scheduled on-call and for emergency situations.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• The selected applicant will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation, which will include a fingerprint check.
• If applicable-Selective Service registration (Males born after 12/31/59)
• U.S. Citizenship is required

BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):

Degree: Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a school in the United States or Canada approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of the applicant’s graduation. [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 may be demonstrated by 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).]

Graduate Training: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree, a candidate must have had at least 1 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. For purposes of this standard, graduate training programs include only those internship, residency, and fellowship programs that are approved by accrediting bodies recognized within the United States or Canada. Listings of accredited programs are published yearly in the Directory of Residency Training Programs and the Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians.

·     An internship program involves broadly based clinical practice in which physicians acquire experience in treating a variety of medical problems under supervision (e.g., internal medicine, surgery, general practice, obstetrics-gynecology, and pediatrics). Such programs are in hospitals or other institutions accredited for internship training by a recognized body of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

·     A residency program involves training in a specialized field of medicine in an institution accredited for training in the specialty by a recognized body of the American Medical Association (AMA) or AOA.

·     A fellowship program involves advanced training (beyond residency training) in a given medical specialty in either a clinical or research setting in a hospital or other institution accredited in the United States for such training.

Licensure: For positions involving patient care, candidates must 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.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GS-12 AND ABOVE:

·     Clinical and Training Programs: Within Federal clinical and training programs, a distinction is made between general practice and specialist positions. General practitioners must be skilled in recognizing various medical pathologies that require referral to specialists for diagnostic and treatment procedures. Graduate training and experience must, therefore, be well rounded. Specialist positions require graduate training and experience related to the specialty and subspecialty of the position to be filled. Experience may not be substituted for training essential for performing specialized duties. The length and content of residency programs depends upon the specialization and requirements of recognized accrediting American medical specialty boards. These boards are authorized to conduct examinations to determine the competence of physicians in the specialty, to issue certificates of qualification, to participate in evaluating the quality of residency programs, and to determine the requirements for certification.

Specialist Positions

For GS-14: Four years of residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.

Specialized Experience: Family physician experience in the provision of comprehensive and continuing health and medical care services, e.g., diagnosis, prevention, therapy, maintenance, and rehabilitation to members of a family; and utilizing and coordinating the services of other health care professionals in the management of the family’s medical, psychological, and social problems.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (PHS) LICENSURE POLICY: Each PHS physician must possess and maintain a current and unrestricted license in a State.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-in-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP).

The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements. If privileges are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee will be subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service.