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Indian Health Service is Hiring a Physician (Psychiatry) Near Columbia, SC

Qualifications:

To 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.

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF): The SPF is determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. Applicants who do not meet a SPF will be ineligible for selection consideration.

• Board Certification: Board Certification has been determined to be important to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Board Certified in the physician's specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is a condition of employment.

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• Recently completed Residency program; thus Board Eligible and actively pursuing Board Certification in the Specialty to which applying.

BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):
OPM Link: Medical Officer Series 0602 (opm.gov)

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; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education 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: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, 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.

• 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.

In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Your resume must demonstrate the minimum years training or experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector:

GS-14 -- 4 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.

GS-15 -- 5 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.

Time In Grade
Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP).

This is remote work position. This recruit will close once the vacancy has received 50 applications.

Responsibilities:

• Interview and examine patients via remote work, perform diagnostic test, make preliminary diagnoses, prescribe treatment under clinical psychiatric privileges. Will provide interdisciplinary patient-care services through highly skilled psychiatric techniques.
• Respond to acute emergency interventions, work closely in consultation with other medical members to address psychiatric, medical, or social problems. Will use of telehealth capabilities in psychiatric care services.
• Prescribe medication, monitor effectiveness, adjust dosage as appropriate to patient response. Such duties require Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) access.
• Coordinate meetings with medical providers and staff, educate patients and families the nature of recommended therapy. Provide additional services to community functions and other public organizations. Will serves as educating mentor to clinicals staff, medical students, and residents.

*This position is being announced concurrently under the Excepted Service/Merit Promotion procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-24-GP-12773369-DH; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.

This position has no promotion potential. Appointment will be to the GS-14 OR GS-15 grade level.

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