Physician - Allergy and Immunization

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Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton is a new four story, 500,000 square foot medical treatment facility located near the main gate of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

The 42-bed facility is a medium size, teaching hospital that provides outpatient and inpatient care for active-duty service members, their family members, retirees, and other eligible beneficiaries.

Services available include internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, ENT (Ears, Nose, and Throat), cardiology, pulmonary, audiology, urology, optometry, ophthalmology, gynecology, gastroenterology, allergy, obstetrics, dermatology, orthopedics, sports medicine, mental health, general surgery, nuclear medicine, and emergency services.

This position is Permanent Part Time, 20 hours per week in the Allergy Clinic, under the Division of Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine and responsibile for the evaluation and treatment of allergic and immunologic disease primarily in outpatients. 

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

Yes, relocation expenses may be authorized in accordance with applicable travel and available command funding.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a US Citizen
• Accredited MD or DO, or ECFMG or Fifth Pathway certification
• Active physician license awarded by any state
• Males must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. www.sss.gov
• Selectee must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Selectee is required to participate in the direct deposit pay program.

DUTIES

• Examine, diagnose, treat, or recommend course of management for patients of all ages with a wide variety of allergy and immune deficiency issues.
• Consult and collaborate with specialists in other areas on cases involving interrelated problems.
• Teach medical students, residents, and fellows who rotate through the Allergy Clinic.
• Responsible for clinic supervision.
• Initiate and implement continuous improvement activities.

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 possess:

• DEGREE: MD or DO from an accredited school in the United States or Canada. Is your degree from a foreign medical school? If yes, then you must have a permanent ECFMG or Fifth Pathway Certificate. Please make sure your application includes your ECFMG or 5th Pathway Certificate number including date awarded.

RESIDENCY/EXPERIENCE: Five years of residency training or equivalent experience and training in Allergy & Immunology (e.g., three years Allergy & Immunology residency and two year(s) fellowship and/or experience, or any combination totaling five years).

LICENSING: Active, permanent, full, unrestricted physician license to practice medicine in any state, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

In addition, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GP-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Independently examine, diagnose, treat, or recommend course of management for patients of all ages with allergic rhinitis, asthma, urticarial, anaphylaxis, food allergy, drug allergy, stinging insect allergy, latex allergy, atopic dermatitis, and primary immune deficiency; diagnose and devise long-term treatment strategies for a wide range of interrelated medical conditions of all levels of complexity.

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SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position has a selective placement factor. The selective placement factor is: Possession of Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification. Failure to possess this factor WILL result in an ineligible rating. Possession of the factor must be verifiable via your resume or support documents.

Satisfy BUMEDs clinical privileges requirements which, in addition to the above, includes the following:

• Completion of a residency program in the specialty approved by the American specialty board or AOA, board certification, or board eligible.
• Current clinical competence (e.g., privileged to independently practice as a Psychiatry Physician within the past two years, actively practiced within the past two years by having encountered a sufficient number of clinical cases to represent a broad spectrum of the privileges required).
• No health status contraindications to granting clinical privileges.
• Board certification is desired but not required.   

How to Apply via E-mail:

• Please email your complete resume (no pictures or SSN, please) including beginning and ending dates, month and year, a detailed description of duties performed for all experiences directly to: Medjobs@navy.mil and insert the Vacancy ID is NEJM10340595 into the subject line. Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm EST April 15, 2019