Supervisory Physician (Occupational Medicine)

Who May Apply:  Current, Permanent Army Medicine Employees –  Supervisory Physician (Occupational Medicine)   GP-0602-14

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) is located in the German State of Rhineland-Pfalz about 11 kilometers west of Kaiserslautern and five kilometers south of Ramstein Air Base. It is approximately 1.5 hours south of Frankfurt Airport by car. LRMC is a fully accredited health-care facility with 140 beds and neonatal bassinets. It also has 230 beds at its Medical Transient Detachment serving outpatients from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. It operates nine outpatient clinics in the surrounding area. LRMC is located in USAG Rheinland-Pfalz. For information on the community, see the USAG Rheinland-Pfalz community page. Visit the LRMC homepage.

As the largest American hospital outside of the United States and the only U.S. Medical Center in Europe, it provides primary care, tertiary care, hospitalization and treatment for more than 245,000 U.S. military personnel and their families within the European command and is also the evacuation and treatment center for all injured U.S. Service Members and contractors as well as members of 44 coalition forces serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa Command, Central Command, European Command and Pacific Command. With a staff composed of more than 2,000 military and civilians, LRMC has approximately 150 physicians, 250 nurses and 40 Medical Service Corps officers. 

POSITION DUTIES:

SUPERVISORY CONTROLS:

Works under general supervision of the Deputy Commander for Health and Readiness (DCHR) at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), who provides overall health program guidance in the form of overall goals and objectives. Special assignments and projects are implemented in concert with the DCHR and the Chief, Preventive Medicine indicating background information and general requirements. Incumbent's professional abilities will be as delineated by the Credentials Committee. The work is reviewed based on regulatory compliance and effectiveness of the overall program and clinical services.

MAJOR DUTIES:
1. Physician (Occupational Medicine) / Deputy Chief, Preventive Medicine: Serves as an Occupational and Preventive Medicine health care provider in the capacity of a credentialed Provider; providing Occupational Medicine and Preventive Medicine services to working adults ages 16-80 years IAW AR 4O-5, DA Pam 40-11, OSHA, and other applicable regulations.

The incumbent serves as the Deputy Chief, Preventive Medicine for the installation PM program with responsibility to act as Department Chief when necessary due to deployments, absence, or underlap. This would include, but not limited to: Core Preventive Medicine, Army Public Health Nursing, Occupational Health, Environmental Health, and Health Physics.

Serves as the immediate supervisor for the Chief of Occupational Health and provides consultative services to the supported activity commanders and staff, advising on medical, occupational health. Area of responsibility may expand to encompass the Regional Health Command Europe (RHCE) to include Bavaria Health Command and extend to the EUCOM foot print to include Italy and Africa.

Serves as Competent Medical Authority for the Nuclear Surety Personnel Reliability Program (PRP). Drafts, publishes and updates Standard Operating Procedures, completes mandatory training, coordinates with PRP employees’ units for health care services, screens new candidates entering the program, and coordinates with ancillary medical services.

Serves as Competent Medical Authority for the Biosafety Level 2 /3 Program Occupational Health program. Reviews BSL-2/3 risk assessments and participates in laboratory inspections as needed.

Performs occupational medicine physical examinations independently and in collaboration with Preventive Medicine (PM). Performs evaluations and provides medical preparations for employees traveling to other parts of the world. Performs physical examinations/evaluations and laboratory tests appropriate to the various occupational exposures encountered by employees, treats job-related injuries and illnesses of the employees, and prescribes further care and treatment as appropriate.

Refers employees to their primary health care provider for follow-up or further evaluation of non-job-related medical problems encountered in the various physical examinations.

Facilitates transitional duty programs and participates in other aspects of worker’s compensation to include being a member of the Garrison FECA Committee.

Provides additional preventive medicine clinical services to include initial evaluation and management of latent tuberculosis cases, and evaluation and referral of deployment-related health conditions. 

2. Supervisory Responsibilities. Performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities for the subordinate staff assigned to the MEB Outpatient Clinic. Depending on the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) staffing plan, the staff supervised may range from Physicians (MEB), GP-0602-14, or any combination of Physician (MEB), GP-0602-14, Physician Assistants, GS-0603-12, or Nurse (Practitioner), GS-0610-12. Performs the full range of personnel management functions normally associated with a first level supervisory position. These functions include, at a minimum, initiating personnel actions, setting performance standards, performance reviews, training and leave scheduling. Adheres to and implements Equal Opportunity guidelines and Affirmative Action Plans and Internal Controls. Makes work assignments, establishes priorities, provides technical and functional guidance, and reviews completed work for correctness, timeliness and adherence to guidance and policies. Interviews candidates for subordinate positions, recommends hiring, promotion, or reassignments. Takes disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands. 

3. Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene:
Maintains monitoring oversight of the work environment by performing worksite visits and by coordination/evaluation of industrial hygiene, environmental science, safety and other surveys and inspections. Participates in making recommendations for improvements/resolutions. Conducts on-site surveys of work areas and obtains first- hand information concerning the nature of various work operations and the potential hazard exposure. Hazards encountered may include chemicals, pesticides, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, noise hazards, eye hazards, biological hazards and other environmental conditions. Reviews with the Occupational Health Program Manager the health hazard inventory of each operation and determines specific medical monitoring examination requirements for pre-placement and periodic job-related examinations.

Maintains liaison with employees, supervisors, and Risk Management personnel (to include; Safety, Fire/EMT's and Environmental). Conducts and arranges for the conducting of ergonomic evaluations. Provides medical counsel to command in industrial hygiene and environmental issues such as health hazard abatement and control, air pollution; monitoring climatic conditions to assist in the prevention of climatic injuries; and assisting with radiation protection activities.

4. Administration:
Interprets regulations and directives. Ensures comprehensive standing operating procedures and medical directives for all elements of the Occupational Health Program are written and updated as changes occur. Review policies and procedures on an annual basis to ensure The Joint Commission compliance.

Will provide supervision to employees and will manage the Occupational Health clinic. Works with the OH staff to identify training needs and participates in required training mandated by higher headquarters. Treats workers as individuals and promotes teamwork. Ensures the safeguarding of patient information. Promotes acceptance and adherence to provisions of such programs as Equal Opportunity, Federal Women's Program, physically handicapped, labor-management relations, and other similar special emphasis programs.

Will participate in Quality Assurance review of medical records as well as Process Improvement initiatives, Patient Safety initiatives and Near Miss protocol. Will maintain a current CPR card to include knowledge of AED. 

Performs other duties as assigned.

(This is a 3 year assignment)

ABOUT THE POSITION:

Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights. Visit http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140025v1230.pdf.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

RETURN RIGHTS:

• Return rights are granted to civilian employees hired from stateside DoD activities to overseas positions per 10 U.S. Code § 1586 - Rotation of career-conditional and career employees assigned to duty outside the United States
• Apply only to current employees recruited from non-foreign areas for employment outside of CONUS
• Employees have return rights to their original position for five years and must exercise those return rights unless forfeited or formally extended.
• Employees lose return rights when taking a new position outside of DOD or non-appropriated funds positions.
• When an employee exercises their return rights they will be placed in the position they held prior to their assignment outside of the United States.
• If the employee voluntarily stays overseas for longer than five years, they will forfeit their return rights.
• If the employee voluntarily returns to a different position in CONUS, return rights are automatically forfeited.
• Any employee who leaves government service automatically forfeits their return rights. 

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:

Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

A reasonable accommodation is any change to a job, the work environment, or the way things are usually done that enables an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform job duties or receive equal access to job benefits.

Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodations when:

◦An applicant with a disability needs an accommodation to have an equal opportunity to apply for a job.

◦An employee with a disability needs an accommodation to perform the essential job duties or to gain access to the workplace.

◦An employee with a disability needs an accommodation to receive equal access to benefits, such as details, training, and office-sponsored events.

You can request a reasonable accommodation at any time during the application or hiring process or while on the job. Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

The U.S. Army Medical Command does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.