THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER (T5), Position Description Number T6002P01 and is part of the AL 187TH Fighter Wing, National Guard. LOCATION: 187TH FW, MONTGOMERY, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL: Lt Col B. HYATT

Duties

1. Uses clinical skills and knowledge to complete comprehensive medical and physical assessments, and preventative medical services for assigned ANG personnel. Using professional knowledge of and skill in applying a wide range of Aerospace, Occupational and Preventative Medicine practices, principles and theories, the incumbent: Independently carries out assignments, coordinating with others as necessary and discussing scope of the assignment, approaches, timeframes, and execution phases with leadership; exercising good judgment in accordance with the methods and practices of the community health nursing and established medical/administrative policies affecting ANG readiness. 2. Provides Aerospace Medicine support. Utilizing extended specialized training and professional experience in applying a wide range of concepts, principles, and methodologies of patient care services sufficient to perform highly specialized assignments of an advanced nature and considerable difficulty; monitors assigned ANG personnel to enhance aircrew health and safety and prepare/update case management records for personnel with duty, deployment or fitness restrictions. 3. Actively participates in strategic planning to improve organizational direction as a member of the professional medical staff. Develops, coordinates, and provides training and continuing education on infection control and Blood borne Pathogens, Multi Drug Resistance colonization/infection, Tuberculosis and other infectious processes to health care providers, other health care personnel, patients, and families. Reviews audiovisual aids and materials available for infection control to assist in education of clinic personnel as well as patients and families. Selects appropriate materials and/or develops new material as needed. Serves as a competent medical authority when working with Federal, State, and local agencies on matters related to aerospace medicine, preventative medicine, personnel reliability, and occupational medicine. 4. Provides analytical, evaluation, monitoring and reporting support on Individual Medical Readiness for ANG Wing, tenants, and geographically separated unit personnel. Utilizes extensive medical knowledge to ensure compliance with and preparation for readiness of unit compliance inspections, evaluations, audits, and staff assistance visits including unit effectiveness inspections. Performs other duties as assigned. PLEASE CONTACT HRO FOR A FULL POSITION DESCRIPTION.

Requirements

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain privileging for the DOD/AFMS/ANGMS IAW DHA PM 6025-13 Vol 4 and DAFMAN 44-119. Must maintain credentials requirements at all times.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain privileging for the DOD/AFMS/ANGMS IAW DHA PM 6025-13 Vol 4 and DAFMAN 44-119. Must maintain credentials requirements at all times.
• Successful completion of formal education and training as a Physician?s Assistant or Nurse Practitioner from a program that is recognized by a national professional body.
• Incumbent may be required to participate in contingency readiness exercises, major accident response exercises, and investigations.
• Temporary Duty Travel may be required.
• This position is subject to Random Drug Testing.
• The work of this position may require rotating shifts, overtime, weekends, holidays, and/or on-call duty hours.
• This is an Inclement Weather position. Incumbent may be required to report for or remain on duty during inclement weather.
• Must maintain current state licensure, Basic Life Support (BLS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or other named specialties.
• Work may require access to classified information. Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance. Or, specify in the conditions section.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada. This degree must have been 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 the degree was obtained. Degree from Foreign Medical School: 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. Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United States is demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination. Licensure: For all grade levels and positions, applicants 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. Additional Requirements for GS-14: 4 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training. Description of Work: Management for the Air National Guard is a collaborative process that facilitates collecting and evaluating documentation about medical care provided of disabled, ill or injured individuals. Work requires the incumbent to plan, schedule, execute, manage, and administer installation-wide medical management, which includes aerospace and operational disposition and critical judgment for medical case management to maintain and promote the health and well-being of military and technician personnel. Medical Case Work involves performing a variety of comprehensive (medical and physical) assessments and preventive medical services for the purpose of achieving or maintaining medical readiness and determining the medical facts during illness or injury. Such facts frequently come from other medical officers providing treatment or are in various medical specialties or functions when conditions are outside the incumbent's professional education, training or experience. Determinations may result in a member served entry into a specialized military skill, continued military service, discharge, retirement, and potential eligibility for various entitlement programs. KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED BY THE POSITION: -Knowledge of a wide variety of diseases and types of injuries. Supplementary skills to recognize emergency conditions in order to diagnose, prescribe for and treat diseases, disorders and injuries, and refer the more complex cases and acute conditions to qualified medical personnel and perform designated treatment. -Knowledge of practices for outpatient care in order to write routine orders. -Knowledge of the medical, biological and physical sciences related to the primary health care specialty area. -Skill in the identification, decontamination, management, and treatment of chemical /nuclear / biological injuries. -Skills in performing medical histories and physical examinations. -Ability to establish collaborative rapport with physician, nursing and other staff professionals in order to promote and facilitate primary care services. -Ability to assess, diagnose, treat, and prescribe medication for specified illnesses in accordance with current modalities within scopes of practice and to recognize conditions requiring physical attention and intervention. -Ability to identify a medical problem and determine appropriate action to meet the problem, including referring to an attending physician. -Ability to perform specific diagnostic and therapeutic practices and procedures. -Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and to establish and maintain rapport with patients and their family members in order to facilitate health care counseling guidance and health maintenance instructions. -Ability to teach patients and family members healthy regimen and responsibility required to achieve wellness.

Education

Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at least 1 year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a 1-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training. For purposes of this standard, graduate training programs include only those internship, residency, and fellowship programs that are approved by accrediting bodies recognized within the United States or Canada. Descriptions of such programs are described below.

An internship program involves broadly based clinical practice in which physicians acquire experience in treating a variety of medical problems under supervision (e.g., internal medicine, surgery, general practice, obstetrics-gynecology, and pediatrics). Such programs are in hospitals or other institutions accredited for internship training by a recognized body of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

A residency program involves training in a specialized field of medicine in a hospital or an institution accredited for training in the specialty by a recognized body of the American Medical Association, (AMA) or Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

A fellowship program involves advanced training (beyond residency training) in a given medical specialty in either a clinical or research setting in a hospital or an institution accredited in the United States for such training.

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

Contacts

• Address AL 187TH Fighter Wing 5187 Selma Hwy Montgomery, AL 36108 US
• Name: Lt Col Brandi Hyatt
• Phone: 334-394-7565
• Email: [email protected]