PHYSICIAN (AEROSPACE MEDICINE)

Job Title

RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE : $25,000 WITH 2 YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Serves as the locally recognized authority for administration of comprehensive clinical medical and physical assessments, and preventative medical services to assigned ANG personnel. Using mastery of and skill in applying professional and clinical Aerospace, Occupational and Preventative Medicine knowledge, practices, principles and theories, the incumbent:

• Works independently and exercises sound judgment in accordance with the methods and practices of the medical profession and established medical/administrative policies affecting the quality and success of key programs essential to ANG readiness.
• Provides inter-disciplinary medical advisory and consultative services; Performs comprehensive medical assessments including, but not limited to, annual preventive health pre- and post-deployment interviews, mental and deployment health assessments; pre-placement, occupational health, and separation health physical exams; fitness for duty evaluations; fly waiver, line of duty, and medical continuation determinations.
• Coordinates with inter-disciplinary teams to gather facts and uses effective analytical and evaluative methods to prepare complex healthcare recommendations.
• Prepares comprehensive narrative summaries by reviewing all comprehensive medical records/referrals; ensuring accuracy, conciseness, and appropriateness before forwarding for review by the National Guard Bureau (NGB) and the Physical Evaluation Board or appropriate Waiver Authority.
• Analyzes and identifies trends in medical assessments through review, comparison, and interpretation against complex medical standards, policies, and laws.
• Provides expert clinical decision making and medical dispositions on a wide range of illnesses and injuries relating to Wing fitness questionnaires; duty limiting condition reports; notification of Air Force qualification status; and fitness for duty determinations:
• Validates appropriateness of and adherence to medical care plans, ensuring implementation and compliance through mastery of and skill in applying sound medical judgment for pre- and post-deployment health, human immunodeficiency virus (can be designated HIV provider), automated neuro psychological, and psychological health assessments; and
• Conducts records review and face to face meetings relating to the Exceptional Family Member Program.

2. Provides Aerospace Medicine support.

• Serves as the fulltime ANG medical expert on all aspects of the Aerospace Medicine Program; assisting the SGP with overall program management and implementation.
• Functionally oversees all programs that fall under the Aerospace Medicine Program including: personnel reliability; Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act; security clearance; overseas clearance; force health protection; force health readiness; psychological health; occupational and environmental health (i.e., hearing conservation; immunization; fetal, respiratory and radiological protection; ionizing radiation, potable water quality, hazard communication, and quantitative fitness testing) programs.
• Evaluates and applies critical clinical knowledge and experience to interpret the findings of ancillary studies to the assessments of assigned ANG personnel.
• Thoroughly researches medical documentation, evaluates complex patient diagnoses, and uses sound judgment when interpreting complex medical standards, codes, guidelines, policies, and regulations to finalize medical recommendations for flying or special duty; line of duty determinations and disability evaluations.
• Utilizes mastery of and skill in applying medical theories, principles, concepts, and practices to interpret laboratory and other ancillary tests related to individual medical readiness, including but not limited to, electrocardiogram, laboratory, and radiologic studies. Interprets guidelines, policies and legislation relating to disease and condition management that is often ambiguous in nature and incorporates into daily work activities to include evidence-based primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
• Serves as expert medical advisor to other non-physician providers, nursing, and para-professional staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical.
• Performs duties in adherence to the compliance of the Privacy, Freedom of Information, and Health Portability and Accountability Acts which govern the release of medical information.

3. Actively participates in strategic planning to improve organizational direction as a member of the ANG medical unit leadership.

4. Perform other duties as assigned.