Job opening: Training Instructor (Medical)
Salary: $75 708 - 98 418 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Jul 18 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located in USAJFK SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER & SCHOOL SPECIAL WARFARE MEDICAL GROUP (A) FORT LIBERTY, NC
Duties
Assist in the development of classes and material for medical training. Develops course material and examinations for the medical subjects, nursing advanced trauma, surgery, and anesthesia subjects.
Serves as a Special Forces Medical Branch instructor. Performs doctrinal instruction in Special Forces Medicine for US personnel.
Manage the institutional programs of human anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, veterinarian subjects, laboratory subjects, general medical subjects, nursing, surgery and anesthesia.
Presents lectures, demonstrations, and practical exercises to students enrolled in the Special Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) Course, Special Operations Combat Medic Skills Sustainment Course (SOCMSSC), Special Forces Medical Sergeants (SFMS) Course.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Must be available to travel TDY up to 15% of the time.
- Must be former instructor or graduate of the Special Forces Medical Sergeants Course or the Special Operations Combat Medic Course or equivalent course of instruction that equipped the employee with the required medical training.
- Position requires extended periods of walking and standing, repetitive bending over, and working from the kneeling or prone positions while instructing courses, other physical demands include lifting up to 100lbs.
- The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
- The work environment will consist of but not limited to the classroom, laboratory, and the outdoors. Employee will be required to work outdoors regardless of the weather conditions.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- Due to the nature of this position, employees are required to work both planned and unscheduled overtime.
- This position may require a 1-year probationary period.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDefense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473People with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that demonstrates a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction, which includes assisting in the development of classes and material for medical training; instructing classes in unconventional warfare and foreign internal defense; and presenting lectures in combat trauma management, surgery, and anesthesia. The OPM Qualification Standard provides the following examples:
Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s).
Supervising or administering a training program.
Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results.
Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis.].
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
OR
Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or with a major study in education or a subject area related to the position to be filled.
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
AccountabilityHealthcare ActivitiesInstructional Delivery and Learner Development
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address DN-W1E0AA USAJFK SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER AND SCHOOL
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Liberty, NC 28310
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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