PHYSICIAN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Summary

You will serve as a Physician (Gastroenterology) in the Internal Medicine Department, Gastroenterology Division of NAVAL HOSPITAL CAMP PENDLETON.

Responsibilities

• You will perform inpatient and outpatient interventional and therapeutic Gastroenterology care and services
• You will provide comprehensive consultation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatobiliary, and nutritional diseases
• You will technically supervise, perform, or assist in the instruction of, other health care professionals, residents, interns, medical students (e.g. diagnostic and treatment procedures) in accordance with clinical privileges
• You will prescribe and dispense medications as delineated by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
• You will perform duties such as colonoscopies, including biopsy and polypectomy, diagnostic abdominal laparoscopy (peritoneoscopy), with directed biopsy, EKG interpretation, and having actively practiced these skills within the last 24 months

Travel Required - Not required

Qualifications

The Medical Officer (Gastroenterology) works collaboratively within a team of professionals dedicated to quality, efficient, cost effective, patient care services. The selectee will serve as a Gastroenterology Physician providing care and support services to the medical staff, support staff, inpatients, and outpatients of the Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, CA. In addition, he/she will be a faculty physician on the staff of the Family Medicine Residency and instructs Primary Care residents as part of their training program.

This job opportunity announcement has a first cut-off date. Applications received by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the cut-off date of December 20th, will receive first consideration for this vacancy. Depending on staffing needs a 2nd cut-off date may be used.

This announcement is being used to recruit qualified individuals, under the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Direct Hire Authority, authorized by 5 United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 3304 and 5 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 337, Subpart B. The Rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to the Direct Hire process.

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

DEGREE: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada that is accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time my degree was obtained. A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must provide education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States.

RESIDENCY: Five years of residency training or equivalent experience and training in Internal Medicine or Gastroenterology. Your resume must reflect you have a sufficient level of expertise in Internal Medicine or Gastroenterology to perform the core privileges of this position at the GP-15 level.

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 to the above, satisfy BUMEDs clinical privileging requirements which 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 Internal Medicine or Gastroenterology 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.

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF):

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: Possession of Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Certification, American Red Cross Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and ACLS certification is required. Failure to possess these factors WILL result in an ineligible rating. Possession of these factors must be verifiable via your resume or supporting documents.

Education

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.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

Recruitment and relocation incentives will be authorized. PCS will not be authorized.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants.

In addition to meeting all minimum qualification and eligibility requirements, ICTAP applicants must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. A well-qualified ICTAP applicant is one who possesses the competencies and experience to perform the duties of the position successfully with orientation to learn/understand the activities, procedures, policies and processes. Demonstrated work experience in the occupation is typically qualifying for placement. This criterion cannot be met by education and training.

Background checks and security clearance is required.

Drug test is required.

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.

• Benefits for federal employees
• Healthcare insurance
• Pay and leave

Please visit: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Benefits/Pages/Default.aspx to learn more. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How to Apply: This is the fastest way! Please e-mail your resume (no pictures or SSN, please) including beginning and ending dates, month and year, a detail description of duties performed for all experiences directly to: medjobs@navy.mil and insert vacancy number JAMA10371111 in the subject line. 

To learn more about the job, please visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/PrintPreview/518412800