Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens

• You will serve as gatekeeper for all readiness activities and conduct extensive research in complex cases by consultation with providers, clinical coordinators, and program managers of the Department of the Navy Disability Evaluation Program.
• You will evaluate patients for fitness for duty and for meeting the Medical Retention Determination Point by conducting a complex and comprehensive review for all cases considered for referral into the Disability Evaluation System.
• You will conduct trainings and serve as a board-certified medical expert on the Medical Evaluation Board.
• You will execute extensive research with all care providers, aggregate, interprets, and recommends course of action.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or pass the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Must 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.
• Assignment to this position description requires incumbent to possess and maintain board certification.
• All personnel, including direct and indirect care providers, administrators, ancillary services, volunteers, students, and others who may come in contact with patients, must receive and maintain appropriate vaccination against seasonal influenza.
• Susceptible or occupationally exposed health care employees who have direct contact with patients will receive appropriate immunization against communicable diseases unless a current immunization, a protective titer.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

• Experience with Disability Evaluation and/ or workers compensation and writing Medical Evaluation reports for disabilities
• Experience evaluating patients for fitness-for-duty and disability determination by conducting complex and comprehensive reviews and thorough physical and mental examinations;
• Experience performing extensive research, consultation, and advising medical and healthcare specialists regarding impact of diagnosis and treatment for various patient cases;
• Experience overseeing medical readiness processes to ensure healthcare providers are appropriately trained, patients are thoroughly counseled, and medical tests/ examinations are properly annotated in systems of record;
• Experience with medical evaluation board activities in applying professional theories, principles, and practices of medicine sufficient to develop guidelines for interns, residents, and other medical staff when providing patient care services;

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/physician-series-0602/


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.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be 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.

As vacancies occur, the Human Resources Office will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this flyer. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume, along with your supporting documentation.

If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.

If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may be found ineligible/not qualified.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

All qualification requirements must be met before being considered for any vacancies.