Supervisory Physician - Primary Care - Indian Health Service

The position is located in the Pinon Health Center, Clinical Services, Pinon, Arizona. The incumbent serves as the Chief of Primary Care, with full responsibility for supervision, planning, development, organization, integration, and evaluation of Primary Care Services including outpatient Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Women's Health. The incumbent will also provide diagnostic and therapeutic services in their specialty.

Duties

• Plan and implement policies and procedures, performance improvement activities and patient care services specific to outpatient clinical services.
• Exercise overall responsibility for the management and direction of all primary care services.
• Plan work, set and adjust short-term priorities, prepare work schedules, assignments, evaluate work performance, personnel actions, disciplinary, plan training needs and etc.
• Responsible for the diagnosis, care and treatment of ambulatory care patients including emergency cases.
• Responsible for documentary of full clinical information, coordinate care internally and with outside facilities.

o 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.

BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):

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 (external link); Association of American Medical Colleges (external link); Liaison Committee on Medical Education (external link); Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association (external link), or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (external link) 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 (external link), 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) (external link).

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 (external link), (AMA) or Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) (external link).

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.

For GS-15 : 5 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 performing the following type of work and/or tasks:

SUPERVISORY AND MANAGERIAL ABILITIES: Candidates must have demonstrated in their work experience or training that they possess, or have the potential to develop, the qualities of successful supervision, as listed under the appropriate category below:

• Ability to motivate, train and work effectively with subordinates who have a variety of background and training.
• Ability to accomplish the quality and quantity of work expected with set limits of cost and time.
• Ability to plan own work and carry out assignments effectively.
• Ability to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to work.
• Ability to understand and further manage goals as these affect day-to-day work operations.
• Ability to develop improvements in or design new work methods and procedures.