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.

This position is located in the Surgical Services Directorate (DSS), Women's Health Clinic, at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Portsmouth, Virginia.

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.  This patient driven TRICARE facility is entrusted with the health readiness of the United States armed forces.  Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, proudly serving those who serve us so well.

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

• Yes
• Relocation expenses may be authorized in accordance with applicable travel regulations 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.
• See special requirements section for additional requirements.

DUTIES:

• Provide diagnosis and treatment for OB/GYN patients including those of an unusually complex and difficult nature.
• Perform surgical procedures guiding and directing the resident physician, advanced practice nurses and/or nurses.
• Review and study medical history and progress of patients and appropriately follow on with these cases to ensure treatment efficacy and alter the course of treatment as indicated.
• Provide training, supervision and evaluation of NMCP staff including residents/interns, medical students and other individuals in training.

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 positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Applicants must possess:

• 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.
• 5 years of residency training or equivalent experience and training in Obstetrics/Gynecology (i.e., 3 yrs. Residency & 2 yrs. fellowship and/or experience).  Your resume must reflect that you have a sufficient level of expertise in Obstetrics/Gynecology to perform the core privileges of this position at the GP-15 Level.
• 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.
• 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 an Obstetrics/Gynecology Physician within the past 2 years, actively practiced within the past 2 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.

BUMED:  In addition, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GP-15 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providediagnosis, treatment, and consultative services for Obstetrics/Gynecologypatients including those of an unusually complex and difficult nature.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: 

http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/medical-officer-series-0602/

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire. To preview this questionnaire and determine if your experience matches the required skills for this position, click the following link: View Assessment Questions

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating and/or appointment eligibility.

How to Apply via Email:

Please email your resume (no pictures or SSN, please) directly to Medjobs@navy.mil and insert the Vacancy ID is HC1469263 into the subject line.

Your complete application (resume, assessment questionnaire, and all supporting documents) must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, February 29, 2016.

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Please click Apply to submit your CV to:

SHERYL BROCKINGTON
MEDJOBS@NAVY.MIL