Supervisory Physician

Job Summary

This position is located in the Department of Anesthesia at the Indian Health Service, providing high-quality patient care and leadership in the field of anesthesiology.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct the activities of the Anesthesiology department, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of services.
• Exercise personnel administration, responsible for work planning, work direction, and development of internal programs.
• Establish departmental methods, policies, and procedures, setting up and monitoring compliance with periodic review of documentation.
• Provide patient care as a Staff Anesthesiologist, expert in medical evaluations, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients.

Requirements

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must pass pre-employment examination.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education to perform the duties of the specific position.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs and other organizations.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

Basic Requirements

• 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.
• Graduate Training Subsequent to Degree - 1 year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., 1 year internship or the first year of a residency program.
• Active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the U.S.

Minimum Requirements

In addition to the above, physicians must also meet the following requirements for the GS-15 level:

5 years of residency training in a Medical Specialty OR have equivalent training and work experience in a Medical Specialty (e.g., a senior specialist with 3-4 years of experience beyond residency training) that demonstrates the ability to provide patient care of an extremely difficult and responsible level.

Responsibility for the planning, management, operation, and evaluation of a health care delivery system for an Area Health Program(s); serving as the primary advisor in the planning, executing, coordinating, and evaluating of all aspects of a Health Programs health delivery system including establishing policies and procedures; representing a Health Program in liaison with other agencies or entities regarding the health and health related matters of the program(s); providing oversight and leadership to quality management programs; evaluating health delivery system to insure program progress and effectiveness of programs policies, procedures and practices; providing technical assistance to supervisory and nonsupervisory Medical Officers; and insuring the continuity of all health delivery program(s).

Managerial Abilities

This is a managerial position and candidates, in addition to the professional qualifications listed, must have demonstrated in their work experience or training, that they possess, or have potential to develop, the qualities of successful supervision, as required for this position.

Selective Placement Factor

• Board Certification: In addition to the minimum requirements, the following certification is determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of a particular position.

Current Board Certification in a physician's specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

This position requires that you obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges.

If they are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee may be subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from the Federal service.

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education When there is a positive education requirement, or you are using education to qualify as a substitution for experience, transcripts (unofficial) are required at the time of application to verify that you meet the educational requirement or substitution.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

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