Duties
Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities over the Office of the State Surgeon professional positions, such as: Behavior Health Providers, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse and Medical Case Management, federal employees AGRs, State Employees, Contracting Officer's Representative, Health Systems Specialists, Occupational Health Nurse, Industrial Hygiene, surge temporary work, to include but not limited to Full-Time National Guard Duty for Operational Support (FTNGD-OS). Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Recommend awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases. Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management. Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems. Effects disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters. Prepare documentation to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance.
Manages processes and procedures by planning, coordinating and providing guidance and policy for all medical actions within the state. Direct responsibilities include, but are not limited to: command health programs, Deployment Health Assessment Programs; medical/dental aspects of mobilization and demobilization, health services medical administrative programs, CONUS and OCONUS deployment operations, DSCA contingency operations and State Active Duty (SAD),State Partnership Program, medical education, sustainment, proficiency training, credentialing of health care professionals; and fiscal management, policy development and implementation. Oversight for ARCP, DES, and LOD programs.
Develops, plans, coordinates, and institutes medical policies to implement higher-level directives and federal law to provide optimum guidance and support to subordinate organizations. Coordinates with support organizations to assure an integrated approach to the solution of problems. Assesses the impact of changes in or to the medical program and coordinates with all principal parties to ensure that these changes do not exceed core capabilities. Develops procedures for correcting deficiencies to improve effectiveness. Confers with applicable support functions to ensure that medical requirements are satisfied. Programs managed are substantial and subject to frequent change and include unpredictable and unique problems for which there is no precedent.
Manages resources budgeted to the state for medical programs (NG6H, VSPV(BH), RHRP. VWMD, PRAT(Incap), Class VIII and IX, medical maintenance, PRSA (Deployment Health Assessment program (DHAP), QNMG). Prepares the annual budget for the state medical readiness program to include funding at state, NGB, and DA sources. Conduct staff conferences to determine budget impacts caused by increased costs, changes in programs and policies, readiness requirements, and new program requirements.
Represents the State Surgeon as the principal full-time medical advisor to The Adjutant General, Component Commanders, the Chief of Staff, and other directorate level staff elements, and as a liaison with all State, NGB, DHA, and other Federal/Military organizations concerning medical resources, plans and operations Serves as liaison between Occupational Health, CST, SPP, M-Day command and medical personnel, and the State Surgeon.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. This is an excepted service position that requires current membership in the Rhode Island Army National Guard (RIARNG).
- Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
- Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
- Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- Work may require access to classified information. Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance
- This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
- Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
- Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
- The duties of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
- May be required to travel by car, in military and/or commercial aircraft, and by other means of transportation as appropriate to perform temporary duty assignments.
- This is a Testing Designated Position TDP. The employee is subject to random drug testing. Pre-employment drug testing and participation in random drug testing is a condition of employment.
Qualifications
Military Grades: O-4 through O-6
You must indicate your rank somewhere on your resume.
Compatible Military Assignments: For Dual-Status Technician positions service affiliation under Title 32 USC 709 is required. Military skill set is determined by AFSC/MOS requirements. Upon selection, individuals must be assigned to a compatible military AFSC/MOS in accordance with statutes and National Guard Bureau regulations and must obtain/maintain all requirements of the AFSC/MOS.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level
Education
Appropriate combination of education and experience: generally requires that an applicant possess a core of educational credit plus additional education and/or experience.
The quality of the combination of education and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work in the occupation, and is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in the appropriate field.
Other supporting documents, such as college transcript(s) if qualifying based on education, must be submitted in English. Failure to submit the required documentation will result in automatic disqualification.
You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. To receive credit for education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the education requirements for this position.
Additional information
Indefinite employment is defined as an excepted appointment with indefinite time limitations and is used when the appointment is expected to extend beyond one year. Candidate may be terminated with a 30-day notice. Should the need for the indefinite time limitations placed on this position no longer exist, the indefinite appointment could be converted to permanent action without further competition and you may be required to serve a trial period upon conversion.
If an applicant from the Competitive Service is selected, he or she will have to convert to the Excepted Service.
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)).
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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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 and other characteristics):
- Manage and/or perform professional healthcare or medical related work.
- Must have specific knowledge, to varying degrees, of healthcare and medical disciplines within each of these series.
- Provide support to health care management officials by analyzing, evaluating, advising on and/or coordinating health care delivery systems and operations.
- Require specialized knowledge of the basic principles and practices related to the management of health care delivery systems.
- Directs a program performing technical, administrative, and professional work.
- Serves as a subject matter expert on medical readiness for a multi-mission military installation with a total serviced or supported population exceeding 2000 spread across the entire state.
- Support the members when at other medical treatment facilities across the country.
- Development, coordination and integration of multiple DoD, DA, NGB, MEDCOM and local plans, polices, and procedures directly affecting medical readiness for the installation assigned units.
Required Documents
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:
Mandatory Documents:
- Your 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
- A complete Assessment Questionnaire
- Official Transcripts
Optional Documents:
- Cover Letter
- Related Professional Certificates
- OF 306
- DD214
- SF50 (current or prior federal service, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action SF50)
- Performance Appraisal Assessment
- License
Other supporting documents, such as college transcript(s) if qualifying based on education, must be submitted in English. Failure to submit the required documentation will result in automatic disqualification.
Please ensure your resume accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience,
please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume states complete information for each job entry (
beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position. Any and all resumes must be written in your own words.
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.