Physician, Medical Asset Support Team (O-6 Billet) Non-Supervisory

This position is located within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC). The incumbent will report directly to the IHSC Medical Director or designee. This is a non-supervisory position

This position is only open to current USPHS officers.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position.

Qualifications

Education

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

1. 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 applicant's graduation.
2. Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that is certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
3. Evidence of board eligibility/certification is required in an appropriate primary care specialty (Internal medicine or family medicine) by an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) approved board.
4. Candidates must have a permanent, 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. The license must be maintained in a permanent, full, and unrestricted status during the term of employment.
5. Minimum of five years clinical practice with direct patient care preferred.
6. Basic Life Support/CPR for Healthcare Providers certification is required.
7. Correctional/detention clinical experience preferred.
8. The incumbent operates under well-established practices and principles of medical/surgical care providers and has knowledge of a wide range of complex patient care concepts, principles, and practices to perform assessments of considerable diversity to include mental health, medical, surgical, ambulatory, and emergency care.
9. Must have a thorough knowledge of standard treatment practices in a multi-disciplinary treatment center and be able to apply fundamental management practices with available resources to the delivery of quality health care.
10. Continuing education requirements must be met as required for licensing and board certification maintenance. The incumbent receives clinical guidance from medical/surgical technical books, journals, and continuing medical education training.
11. Additionally, the incumbent must have a working knowledge of policy, procedures, and standards prescribed by the American Correctional Association (ACA), National Commission on Certification of Health Care (NCCHC), Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS), Family Residential Standards (FRS) and the National Detention Standards for Non-Dedicated Facilities.
12. Interact effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the provision of medical care of individuals in ICE custody and development of program initiatives.
13. Flexibility and ability to adapt to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements. Assignments are usually of a long-term, recurring, or broadly defined nature.
14. Highly effective interpersonal and organizational skills; strong writing skills to include document formulation, editing, and review.
15. U.S. Public Health Service Officers must comply with and obey all federal rules, regulations, policies, guidance, and established procedures that includes professional competence, readiness, and suitability.
16. Experience in a leadership role(s) of a national health care program.

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