Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons? You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.

Duties

Provides technical guidance and assistance to Community Program Managers, Regional Designators, Regional Health Systems Administrators, medical/psychiatric referral centers, and Federal Prison System (FPS) facilities. Responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and initially designating inmates with medical problems to an appropriate facility for evaluation and/or treatment upon entering the FPS. Reviews, evaluates, and redesignates those inmates who are currently in FPS facilities who may have medical or psychiatric problems beyond the medical resources of that facility. Responsible for the overall management control, and movement of inmates with health-related problems throughout the FPS.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is Required.
• See Special Conditions of Employment Section.

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements. Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position. Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. Specialized experience is progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas, such as budget, personnel, and procurement. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience that demonstrates the knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. Additionally, he/she must be able to identify operational or program issues and initiate corrective action or recommend solutions with limited oversight. Experience in coordinating, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating utilization review and risk management activities to ensure compliance with established operational procedures. Experience overseeing a program, policy, or procedure or may assist in planning, directing, coordinating and evaluating policy. Their primary duties must have a significant effect on the formulation or execution of management policies. AND Selective Placement Factor: Applicants applying for this position, MUST also possess the following Selective Factor. In the event you do not possess the Selective Factor, you will be found ineligible for the position. Applicant must have a minimum of two years of experience with patient care and interventions, making decisions and recommendations about patient’s medical and mental health care needs. Applicants must clearly address this experience in their resume to be found qualified. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

Education

See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if applicable.

ONLY if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, Click Here.

Foreign Education: For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e., basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.

Contacts

• Address JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS Consolidated Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United States
• Name: CSU
• Phone: 972-352-4200
• Email: [email protected]