Physician - Flight Surgeon w/bonus - 5315

Job Description

Job Description

We have a new opening for a full-time Physician - Flight Surgeon at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, AK .

CORE Duties:

• Perform a full range of physician services in accordance with privileges granted by the facility.

• Provide technical direction for, perform, or assist in the instruction of other health care professionals within the scope of the clinical privileges or responsibilities.

• Examine, diagnose, treat or prescribe courses of treatment within the scope of training, experience, and privileges.

• Provide preventive and health maintenance care, including annual physicals, positive health behaviors, and self-care skills through education and counseling.

• Order diagnostic tests as applicable as well as request consultation or referral with appropriate physicians, clinics, or other health resources as indicated.

• Technically proficient in providing clinical supervision and teaching other medical staff, providing educational lectures and participating in the provision of in-service training to clinic staff members. Such interaction will adhere to Government and professional clinical standards and accepted clinical protocols.

• Locate, interpret and apply current regulations to include: DAFMAN 48-123, DAFMAN 36-2905, DAFI 10-203, DoD 5210.42R, and Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 13-501.

• Provide health care to beneficiaries assigned to the Flight Medicine Clinic, Occupational Health Clinic, or other civilian Flight Medicine physician positions as defined by the facility. Care shall include but is not limited to continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and provision of medical care, including preventive medicine, behavioral health, occupational health, and community health.

• May perform as the primary care manager (PCM) for a panel of patients to include active-duty service members and their family members.

• Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals and directing case management activities.

• Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.

• Admit all inpatients as per the local facility instructions.

• Review, interpret, and act upon medical surveillance data relating to the Occupational Health program.

• Prepare records and reports as required in support of services rendered in accordance with established procedures.

• Attend and participate in patient care reports, review meetings, patient care conferences, team conferences, professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities only to the extent that such attendance and participation is relative to assigned cases and/or performance of services.

• Shall not fly (as part of their duties), or participate in exercises beyond the scope of medical care specified in their privileges and/or credentials. Shall not be utilized as Squadron Medical Element physicians.

• Conduct special operational evaluations and determinations, including (but not limited to): Physical Health Assessment, Mental Health Assessment for flyers/special duty personnel.

• Perform initial certification exams for flying/special duty applicants, waivers, profiles (including foreign military personnel attending US military training, initial health screening for foreign military personnel attending US military training).

• Conduct adaptability rating assessment for military special duty applicants.

• Make Personal Reliability Program (PRP)/Presidential Support Program (PSP) determinations IAW DoD 5210.42R and AFMAN 10-3902.

• Aeromedical Dispositions: Will be allowed to make aeromedical dispositions ONLY if the HCW meets the Qualifications criteria listed in AFI 48-123, Chapter 1, Section 1. Aeromedical dispositions must be specifically listed on the HCW’s credentials and privileges list and require initial review and approval by the facility's Chief Aerospace Medicine (SGP). The term “aeromedical disposition” includes drafting and reviewing aeromedical waivers, approving Duties Not Involving Flying (DNIF)/Duties Not Including Controlling (DNIC), and return-to-fly (DD Form 2992). Exceptions to this policy require approval from Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA)/Aerospace Medicine (SGPF). The HCW will be granted base-level waiver authority only on approval of MAJCOM/SGP.

• Apply medical, fitness and profiling standards IAW AFI 48-123, AFI 36-2905 and AFI 10-203 (including profiling and duty restrictions as Profile Officer).

• Complete deployment health assessments IAW DHA policy.

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday  7:30am - 4:30pm - 8 hour shifts w/one hour lunch break

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.). 
• Education: Graduation from a medical school in the United States, Canada, or approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the American Medical Association (AMA), graduation from a college of osteopathy approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or graduation from a medical school with evidence of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification. 
• Internship/Residency/Fellowship: Successful completion of an internship and residency program (corresponding to the specialty required in the TO) which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Committee on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association. Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy 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). For purposes of this requirement, graduate training programs include only those internship, residency, and fellowship programs that are approved by accrediting bodies recognized within the United States or Canada. Descriptions of such programs are described below.

*  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 an appropriate accrediting body.
*  A residency program involves training in a specialized field of medicine in a hospital or an institution accredited for training in the specialty by an appropriate accrediting body.
*  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.

• Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the credentialing instructions to include:

• Minimum of 35 hours of direct patient care in the past year.

• Minimum of three years’ experience as a privileged flight surgeon at a US Military installation within the last seven years.

• Board Certification: Current board certification in Aerospace Medicine. Depending on candidate's experience and residency, specific certification specialty (Aerospace Medicine) may be waived by the Chief of Flight Medicine.  The DoD only recognizes certifications issued by boards that are members of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or the AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.
• Life Support Certification: Possess current American Heart Assoc or American Red Cross BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to in a state, territory commonwealth or the Distric of Columbia. 
• Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test. 

Benefits

Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Vacation - 4 weeks in Year 1, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal Holidays

• Medical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and more
• Annual CME Stipend and License/Certification Reimbursement
• Matching 401K

Base salary: $335,000 as W2 w/full benefits, or $436,800 as 1099 contractor

Sign-on Bonus $40,000 payable with first paycheck!!