Physician (Family Practice)

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA • Fort Meade Naval Facilities, MD

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. Duties include diagnosing illnesses and prescribing and administering healthcare treatment plans for individuals suffering from injury or disease. The role involves applying new procedures in the evaluation and treatment of complex patient cases, and conducting research for the advancement of the Family Medicine program and for quality improvement for other providers and patients. Responsibilities also include encouraging patients to make lifestyle changes to improve their health, providing follow-up treatment and care to ascertain compliance with therapy and response to treatment, and offering advice by telephone and/or in person to other physicians, non-physician providers, and other professional medical staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical problems. The physician will serve as a member of the professional medical staff, providing advisory and consultative services on various meetings, committees, conferences, and/or boards. Participation in committees and meetings to evaluate patient care, identify opportunities for change, advise on complex cases, and recommend corrective action is also required.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Have at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting (e.g., a one-year internship or the first year of a residency program).
• Successfully completed accredited residency training in Family Medicine.
• Equivalent experience and training equal to at least 4 years.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
• Must be able to fulfill credentialing requirements and obtain and maintain appropriate/relevant clinical privileges.
• Must be able to report to work during times of contingency operations, natural disasters, extreme weather or other emergency situations.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Hepatitis B immunization.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Tuberculosis testing.
• Must be able to lift up to and over 40lbs.
• Must be able to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
• Must be able to undergo a pre-employment drug screening and random testing thereafter.
• Must be able to undergo a background investigation.
• Must be able to undergo Tuberculosis testing.
• Must be able to undergo immunization screening.
• Must be able to undergo seasonal Influenza vaccination.

Nice To Haves

• Recruitment or relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
• Advanced in-hire rate MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose illnesses and prescribe and administer healthcare treatment plans.
• Apply new procedures in the evaluation and treatment of complex patient cases.
• Conduct research for the advancement of the Family Medicine program and for quality improvement.
• Encourage patients to make lifestyle changes to improve their health.
• Provide follow-up treatment and care to patients to ascertain compliance with therapy and response to treatment.
• Provide advice by telephone and/or in person to other physicians, non-physician providers, and other professional medical staff on patient care.
• Serve as a member of the professional medical staff.
• Provide advisory and consultative services on various meetings, committees, conferences, and/or boards.
• Participate in committees/meetings that evaluate patient care, identify opportunities to change care, advise on difficult or complex cases, and recommend corrective action.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree