MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (Title 32) Job in Little Rock AFB, AR

Vacancy No. AF-25-035-12598587 Department Air National Guard Units
Salary $86,962.00 to $113,047.00 Grade 12 to 12
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/13/2024 Close Date 11/28/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Little Rock AFB, AR


Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (Title 32), Position Description Number D1718000 and is part of the AR ANG 189 MEG GP, National Guard.

These positions are authorized for superior qualification consideration. If a selectee is deemed superior qualified for the position, they could start out as a Step 05 on the GS Pay scale.

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

(1) Arkansas Air National Guard (AR ANG) Technicians; (2) All members of the AR ANG, (3) Individuals who are not members of the National Guard but who are eligible to acquire membership in an available and compatible military grade for excepted technician positions. (Upon selection, must be a member of the AR Air National Guard).

Duties

(1) Directs the overall management of medical support for the Air National Guard installation to include tenant unit(s) and GSU(s). Determines the impact and implements courses of action regarding projected Department of Defense (DoD), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Center for Disease Control (CDC), Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Military Support to Civil Authorities (MSCA) that affect Air National Guard plans, directives and missions. Ensures medical capabilities support the federal mission of expeditionary medical operations worldwide and state mission of medical response for homeland security and other state medical missions as directed by the Governor. Problem resolution extends beyond medical management and requires internal synchronization, the coordination of external offices at all base command levels, and the involvement of medical entities outside the base including both civilian and military agencies. Performs duties in accordance with established and evolving polices and procedures.

(2) Provides medical management and advisory services that contribute substantially to the plans, policies, decisions, and objectives of senior management. Directs Information Management activities within the Medical Group, formulating and interpreting medical policy based on regulatory requirements. Provides policy guidance and interpretation to senior management officials to ensure compliance with medical aspects for the worldwide deployability of Wing/Group personnel, geographically separated units (GSUs), and tenant unit(s). Comprehends the unique medical requirements of organizations subordinate to the Wing Commander, GSUs, and tenant unit(s) in order to guarantee the medical readiness of personnel for worldwide deployment. Represents the Medical Group at nationwide meetings, conferences, seminars and workshops to determine the impact of higher headquarters decisions on local programs.

(3) Directs work to be accomplished by the base medical and bioenvironmental programs, ensuring each is developed and implemented according to applicable regulations. Sets priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work. Reviews, accepts, amends or rejects work. Ensures compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements, medical readiness requirements, and the overall integrity of medical information and technology, force health management programs, and initiatives which operate to maintain and ensure a fit and ready force. Provides oversight for the implementation of a variety of federal, state, and local programs to ensure mission effectiveness, i.e. Resource Conservation and Reuse Act; Clean Air Act; Noise Abatement (FAA 150), and National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

(4) Ensures implementation and compliance with Occupational Health for dual and non-dual status personnel, the Occupational Health Program to include the Hearing Conservation Program, Immunization Program, and Fetal Protection Program and provides oversight for base environmental pollution monitoring, Respiratory Protection Program, Radiological Protection Program, Ionizing Radiation Program, Potable Water Quality Program, Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program, and Quantitative Fit Testing Program. Enforces diversity, equal employment opportunity, and the labor-management relations program.

(5) Analyzes, evaluates, monitors and reports Individual Medical Readiness (IMR) for Wing, tenant unit(s) and GSU personnel. Ensures the installation maintains a strong viable human weapons system force fit for worldwide deployability. Collaborates with the Wing Commander and other senior management officials in the planning and development of short-term and long-term strategies for implementation of the Wing Strategic Plan. Ensures compliance with and preparation for readiness of unit compliance inspections, evaluations, audits, and staff assistance visits including Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), Health Services Inspection (HSI), Unit Compliance Inspection (UCI), and Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program (ESOHCAMP). Attends staff meetings, formal briefings, and spontaneous informal sessions chaired or called by operations, unit deployments, exercises, and readiness or compliance inspections levied by USAF MAJCOM Inspector General's offices and other auditing agencies. Directs the preparation of reports, directives, correspondence and memoranda pertaining to health services programs. Directs, plans, develops, publishes, and implements policies and procedures within the established controls of higher command echelons.

DUTIES CONTINUED UNDER EDUCATION

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.

Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement. This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership in the military grade listed below. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.

Military Grades: Officer

  • Minimum Military Grade: NLT O-1 (2Lt)
  • Maximum Military Grade: NTE O-5 (Lt Col)

Compatible Military Assignments: Selectee must be a member of the Arkansas Air National Guard.

IMPORTANT NOTES (AS APPLICABLE): Upon selection for this position, individual must possess or initiate a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigation. A favorable determination based upon investigative results is mandatory for this position. Failure to meet these requirements will result in termination of employment. A pre-placement physical is required if not already current. Upon selection, must complete mandatory Full-Time Support (FTS) Training at the Professional Education Center (PEC) within six months of assignment (if applicable, training will be coordinated by the supervisor). Individual must meet all military requirements of the position without creating a grade inversion, as determined by the Human Resources Office (HRO). Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (Grade Inversion). Enlisted members currently at a higher grade than allowed by the position (see Military Grade Requirement above) may apply; however, they must administratively reduce prior to appointment and provide confirmation of the reduction to HRO.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
Experience, education or training which provided a general knowledge of principles of organization, management, and administration. Compiling reports, letters, memoranda, etc., and required person-to-person contacts to convey information. Progressively responsible experience which demonstrates the ability to provide technical guidance and assistance in the type of work or in comparable work of the position to be filled. Experience using computer and automation systems

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
1 year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Experience, education or training in program or managerial experience in a type of work or a combination of functions directly related to the position to be filled or in comparable work or functions. Experience developing and recommending policy; organizing and carrying out specific programs, evaluating and recommending changes in methods of operations. Experience in supervisory, staff or technical work which included study, analysis or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of managerial or administrative policies, practices and procedures. Experience preparing written communications and oral presentations.

Education

DUTIES CONTINUED:

(6) Implements the medical portion of the Designed Operational Capability (DOC) Statement of the unit. Ensures the Medical Group is organized, trained and equipped for any state or federal contingency to include global contingency deployment. Develops and implements unit plans for execution of deployments In support of the USAF Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) requirements and contingency objectives to meet USAF and Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) goals. Ensures all deploying/mobilizing personnel are medically qualified and fit for world wide duty prior to deployment. Coordinates required AEF planning and resources with other Air National Guard (ANG) and United States Air Force (USAF) units, National Guard Bureau, and other higher headquarters agencies to support and implement the AEF mission. Ensures Wing personnel and personnel assigned to tenant unit(s) and GSU(s) meet deployment requirements for immunizations, physical exams, occupational health exams, quantitative fit testing requirements, etc.

(7) Interprets, implements and administers laws, procedures, regulations and directives pertaining to various Air National Guard (Surgeon General or Medical) stand-alone, networked, or web-based medical systems including Preventative Health Assessment and Individual Medical Readiness (PIMR), Aerospace Services Information Management System (ASIMS), Aero medical Information Management Waiver Tracking System (AIMWTS), Grounding Management Information System (GMIS) Self-Inspection Database (SID), Central Credentials Quality Assurance System (CCQAS), Air Force Complete Immunization Tracking Application (AFCITA), Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC), Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS), Automated Civil Engineering System - Environmental Management (ACES-EM), or Enterprise Environmental Safety Occupational Health (EESOH) database, Command Core System (CCS), and Web-Based Integrated Tracking System (WBITS). Serves as the Wing Commander's subject matter expert on all medical privacy act issues including the Health Information Protection and Portability Act (HIPPA). Implements the Risk Communication training and education for Wing Leadership. Assures management obtains the maximum benefit from medical resources and information without compromising mission efficiency, safety, and higher headquarters guidance. Provides oversight for the Group's Self-Inspection program and Self-Inspection Database (SID) to validate all functions of the Medical Group are operating in accordance with policy, directives, and guidance from higher headquarters. Implements a suspense system to ensure proper and timely completion of taskings is met for both internal and external programs.

(8) Serves as the installation's technical advisor regarding ANG medical capabilities related to "Homeland Defense" (HLD) and Military Support to Civil Authorities (MSCA). Oversees all directed Federal, state, local and regional planning, training, and exercising of the unit's support of MSCA and the unit's development and maintenance of the Emergency Management Plan (EMP). Provides coordination and support with Joint Headquarters Medical Planner and Regional Medical Planner involving medical activities across agency lines; Federal Emergency Management Agency, state and/or county Office of Emergency Management, environmental offices and agencies and with Wing operations and logistics. Primary liaison for installation involvement in medical response in such areas as Homeland Defense, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), crisis management, counter-drug support, and disaster response. Coordinates with the State Air Surgeon (SAS), Joint State Headquarters Medical Planner, J-3 State Operations Director and staff of MSCA, Regional Medical Planner, community emergency response leaders and professionals, and Air National Guard Surgeon General's Office to identify and plan for the efficient and effective utilization of Wing medical resources and manpower. Serves as the primary full-time medical point of contact in representing the Medical Group with responsibility of interacting and communicating with the Joint State Headquarters, National Guard Bureau, and other military and DOD agencies when executing and overseeing medical assets involved and/or available during a Weapons of Mass Destruction/Homeland Defense Wing, State and/or Regional exercise; and provides medical information, coordination, and execution of the Wing's Medical Emergency Management Plan (EMP) and Full Spectrum Threat Response (FSTR) Plan, State Emergency Response Plan, and Regional Emergency Management Plan. These plans outline and include medical response, situation assessment, preventive medicine, and public health support to Federal or State Command Authorities and in-house operations including patient administration, facility management, logistics, crisis-management, and ancillary support. Medical information includes but is not limited to the medical capabilities of the facility as it pertains to the capabilities of its personnel, resources, training, equipment, etc. when preparing for or responding to wartime federalization or activation to State Active Duty for contingencies such as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) incidents, terrorist attacks, accidents, natural disasters, facility fires, and bomb threats.

(9) Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)).

REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
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/maintain appropriate security clearance

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, general and specialized experience):

  • Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing and measuring the effectiveness of the Medical Group programs and wing medical readiness capabilities. Knowledge is applied in conducting studies, analyzing findings and making recommendations to Wing leadership.
  • Knowledge of the USAF and ANG mission, organization and programs.
  • Knowledge of NGB strategic management objectives and policies to develop guidance on techniques for effective implementation and operation of the Wing medical programs. Knowledge is used to develop procedures and directives to determine what to measure, how to measure, develop plans of correction and define the results for program effectiveness.
  • Knowledge of clear and concise oral and written communication.
  • Experience in project and multiple program management.
  • Knowledge of medical information management systems.
  • Knowledge of fiscal management to include basic budgeting and accounting processes.
  • Knowledge of legal aspects of managing a healthcare organization.
  • Knowledge of medical logistics systems to include basic supply chain management.
  • Knowledge of Patient Administration.

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Resume: showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

DO NOT COPY THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND DUTIES WORD FOR WORD AND PLACE INTO YOUR RESUME; YOU MUST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS IT PERTAINS TO EACH STATEMENT.

2. Current AF Form 422 (Physical Profile Serial Report) dated within 18 months or Current Individual Medical Readiness (IMR) dated within 6 months: (Go to https://imr.afms.mil/imr/MyIMR.aspx. Click on the printer icon, select the Adobe PDF printer and click print. Save the document and submit it with your application. The date will populate on the bottom of the page when you print to PDF.)

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.

To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.

Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.

You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.

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Agency contact information

AR HRO Customer Service
Address
AR ANG 189 MEG GP
Bldg 7300-Camp Robinson
North Little Rock, AR 72199-9600
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Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.


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