This is a Scientific and Professional (ST) position. The Chief Medical Officer position is located in the Office of Associate Administrator for Policy and Program Development. This position is vital to the support of the mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Please Note: Location - Washington, DC or any FMCSA Service Center or Field Office.

Duties

The Chief Medical Officer for FMCSA is a recognized expert on medical standards for safety critical employees within the motor carrier industry.

Requirements

• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
• Provide all required documents by closing date.
• You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), you must clearly articulate and describe within your five (5) page resume evidence of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organization of significant scope and complexity.  Your resume must provide information regarding your professional experience and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to perform the duties of this position and meet the mandatory Technical Qualification(s) and Managerial Executive Core Qualifications listed below. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Below are the descriptions of the mandatory technical qualifications for this position. Your five (5) page resume must provide information regarding your professional experience and accomplishments that demonstrate you meet these technical qualifications.  TQ 1: You must have (3) years of specialized experience as a medical physician in or closely related to occupational health programs. At least one year of this experience must have been in planning and executing difficult programs of national significance or planning or executing specialized programs that show outstanding attainments in the field of research or consultation. One year of this specialized experience must be equivalent to experience at the GS-15 grade level in the Federal service.  TQ 2: Experience in advising and consulting with senior level executives on medical qualifications, regulations, policy and certification programs, and the ability to correlate medical documentation and medication usage to medical fitness for safe driving. TQ 3: Professional expertise in occupational medicine or another specialty related to assessing the physical qualifications of workers in safety-sensitive transportation –related occupations. TQ 4. Experience in the administration of federal, state or local regulatory and enforcement programs pertaining to occupational safety and health and/ortransportation safety. TQ 5. You must Possess strong written and oral communication/briefing skills, including the ability to conceptualize, organize and draw inferences from incomplete  data, present a cogent and compelling analytic picture, and identify, articulate, and document gaps of knowledge. TQ 6. Experience correlating medical diseases and their symptoms, physical conditions, treatment regimens and medication usage to medical fitness for safety-sensitive transportation duties, drawing inferences from incomplete data, present a cogent and compelling analytic picture, and identify, articulate, and document gaps of knowledge.

Education

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND LICENSE:

License: 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.

Degree Applicants must possess a 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.

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.

Contacts

• Address DOT, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 1200 New Jersey Ave SE Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United States
• Name: Executive Agent
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]