Position serves as the Medical Epidemiologist for the Portland Area Indian Health Services and provides support to the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (Epicenter). The Epicenter establishes processes to measure the progress towards meeting the objectives of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. The position reports to the Area's Chief Medical Officer.

Duties

Provides primary leadership and direction in dealing with epidemics and other urgent adverse public health situations affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives the Area, for example communicable disease outbreaks, suicide clusters, environmental emergencies, and unexplained serious illnesses. Maintains knowledge of the state of the art for the prevention and control of diseases and their complications, in order to the best advice clinical and administrative decision makers about opportunities and challenges within medical statistical, surveillance, public health, and research fields. Routine duties include providing medical care and public health services to individuals eligible for services provided by the IHS in homes, schools, clinics, job sites, and other community locations. Oversee a computer database system that is used to prepare tribal specific statistical reports, develop written recommendations of minimum data sets to be collected by all Portland Area Tribes; establish processes for the collection and reporting of health data; direct and manage the collection of epidemiological information to periodically describe and monitor the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives over time, and provide this information to Area Tribes and to the IHS.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. Individual Occupational Requirements: These standards describe the minimum qualification requirements (for example, educational, medical, age, experience, etc.) for each occupational series. Individual Occupational Requirements for basic education, license, experience, and other qualifications for the Physician occupational series are listed below. 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. Graduate Training: 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. Applicants who meet the above Basic Requirements qualify for GS-11 (or equivalent) positions. Additional Requirements for Grades GS-14 NOTE: The preferred type of physician SPECIALITY is a primary care physician. Overall experience and training of physician must be sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform successfully the physician duties. 4 (four) years of graduate training in the SPECIALTY of the position to be filled OR EQUIVALENT experience and training. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. The next lower grade level for this position is GS-13. An example of specialized experience for a physician is performing direct patient care such as comprehensive and continuing family-oriented primary medical care services for members of families at all stages of life by assuming responsibility for the diagnosis, prevention, therapy, maintenance and rehabilitation of patients based on knowledge of the patient in the context of the family and the community. Selective Placement Factor A professional knowledge of concepts, principles and practices of epidemiology and statistics is needed in order to provide direction to the Portland Area Indian Health Service in dealing with epidemics and other urgent adverse public health situations. You submit provide evidence of your experience and/or education at the time of application to verify that you meet the requirement. Note: Candidates who do not meet a selective placement factor are ineligible for further consideration. Selective factors are special qualifications that are in addition to the basic requirements and the additional requirements which are listed in a qualification standard, selective factors like the one listed below are determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of a particular position. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Portland Area Indian Health Service 1414 NW Northrup Street Suite 800 Portland, OR 97209 US
• Name: Margaret Witt
• Phone: (503) 414-7732
• Email: [email protected]