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Overview
Physician (Family Medicine) – GP-0602-14 - Port Hueneme, CA
Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme/Point Mugu is located on the vast Oxnard plain, just 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, California. The coastal area of Ventura County boasts some of the finest weather anywhere in the world. The superb weather, combined with miles of beautiful shoreline and nearby mountains, offers a unique scenic and thoroughly enjoyable environment. NBVC's nearest cities of Port Hueneme, Oxnard, Ventura and Camarillo offer a wide variety of shopping, restaurants, and recreational opportunities to suit everyone. Ventura County is considered a high cost of living area but is very supportive of its military residents. Many businesses offer military discounts and both landlords and employers seek military members to live and work here.
Port Hueneme has a south-facing sand beach, known for its surfing. The beach has a wooden fishing pier and is about a mile long between Ormond Beach downcoast and Point Hueneme Light at the harbor entrance shared by the naval base and the port. The Waterfront Promenade, also known as the Lighthouse Promenade, provides a paved public access along the shoreline with two historic sites at viewpoints: the 1872 Wharf and the Oxnard Packing House.
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Port Hueneme has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate.
Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/
Responsibilities
Serves as a Physician, Board Certified/Board Eligible in a primary care specialty (Family Medicine), assigned to the Medical Homeport at NMRTU Port Hueneme, to provide examinations, diagnostic and treatment services. Duties also include oversight and training of corpsman and providing assistance to physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners also practicing within Medical Homeport.
Performs a variety of specialty appropriate physical examinations including child examinations, well woman exams, general physicals, prenatal care (non-obstetric related), and health certificates for employment. Orders laboratory tests, imaging, etc., and arranges consultations as necessary. Completes medical work-up as pertinent to the type of examination, coordinating all laboratory and consultation findings and making diagnoses. Ensures that physical profiles adhere to regulatory and procedural requirements. Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries to include, but not limited to, skin, head, eyes, ears, nose throat/mouth, neck, cardiovascular system, pulmonary system, gastrointestinal system, lymphatic system, musculoskeletal system, genitourinary system, reproductive system, psychiatric disease, central nervous system, endocrine system, peripheral nervous system.
Performs procedures for which credentialing has been delineated, which include vasectomies, colposcopy, intrauterine device insertion/removal, subcutaneous contraceptive device insertion/removal, minor skin procedures, endometrial sampling, skin incision and drainage, nail trephination, reduction of dislocations and fractures when appropriate, stabilization and evaluation of cervical spine injuries as appropriate, removal of foreign bodies as appropriate, venous punctures for lab studies and interpretation of results, simple laceration repair, suture removal. In emergency situations, able to provide basic life support care including CPR and management of AED care.
Serves as attending staff physician within the outpatient medical homeport clinic of NMRTU Port Hueneme. Performs specialty appropriate outpatient clinical duties. Participates in a rotating weeklong call system which includes notification and management of critical lab results.
Provides professional guidance to military and civilian medical personnel assigned to the clinic.
Manages patients on limited duty and patients anticipating medical separation from the military.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
US Citizenship required
Must either be Board Certification or Board Eligible in Family Medicine by a nationally recognized board
Must possess the following: Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a school in the United States or Canada approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of the applicants graduation. [A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States may be demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) (or a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country)]
Must have a current, active, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States
Full Time
$218k-281k (estimate)
05/08/2024
05/24/2024
health.mil
JACKSONVILLE, FL
3,000 - 7,500
2013
DEBORAH JONES
$5M - $10M
Ancillary Healthcare
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