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

Job Overview

The Physician, Medical Asset Support Team (MAST), provides direct patient care during ICE removal missions and DHS operations, including emergency response and medical oversight in austere environments.

The role requires advanced medical expertise, adaptability, readiness for rapid deployment, and collaboration with multiple agencies and stakeholders. This position is only open to USPHS officers and Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates.

Job Description

As a member of the IHSC Clinical Services Division team the incumbent will assist with: Actively participate in the execution of all Clinical Services Mission Action Plans as delineated in the IHSC Strategic Action Plan.

Development and contributions to annual revisions of national, evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines/Guides as needed; Participates actively in Health Services medical training programs.

Periodically reports to appropriate senior level officials on the status of the medical goals and objectives. Assist with IHSC facility clinical discipline specific quality of care investigations and assessments.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Requires physical exertion such as lifting objects greater than 30 pounds. Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling.

Key Responsibilities

• The Physician, Medical Asset Support Team (MAST), provides direct patient care during ICE removal missions and DHS operations, including emergency response and medical oversight in austere environments.
• ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Clinical Services Division Support Duties: When not on travel TDY status, will support the IHSC Medical Director or designee and the DAD Health Systems Support with special projects.
• Formulating short and long-range objectives for programs within the clinical services division to ensure alignment with overall objectives of IHSC; Assessing and validating the current patient care delivery system; Ensuring clinical and staffing standards for clinical practice are consistent with current evidence-based research and professional standards; Offering recommendations regarding improvements needed in clinic administrative operations and clinical operations; Offering recommendations to improve patient outcomes; Planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating clinical services policy, guidance, and training.
• Assists with training for clinical staff, support services personnel, and peer professional staff; Works with, and is assigned to various committees and serves as a team leader for specified functions as needed; Provide remote and/or on site continuing medical education standing curriculum and relevant clinical issues; Participates in the development and implementation of clinical activities, initiatives, and strategies for new medical and other clinical projects and initiatives, as well as modifications of ongoing activities; Assist with physician interviews, orientation and mentoring, peer reviews and other duties requiring medical expertise; Serves as a professional advisor to physician colleagues from medical schools, graduate training programs in medicine and osteopathy, boards of licensure, and professional organizations relating to the medical profession and other health professions.
• Serves as a Medical Officer with responsibility for providing technical assistance and professional guidance on all aspects of the medical profession, including philosophy, practice, and theories of medicine The purposes of work contacts are to explain, coordinate, interpret, and seek support for policies, procedures, programs, plans or individual actions (often of a controversial and complex nature), demanding careful communications, tact, and diplomacy.
• Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff exiting the building (may require lifting, dragging, wheeling, or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than oneself).
• Sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time (i.e., 6-8 hours) Average manual dexterity for computer operation Phone or computer use for extended periods of time DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Physician Support Duties: Serves at various IHSC medical facilities on temporary duty (TDY) as assigned providing direct patient care, with at least 50% travel.
• Specific duties involve all aspects of health care delivery.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling.
• Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff exiting the building (may require lifting, dragging, wheeling, or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than oneself).
• The work may necessitate some physical characteristics that will be required when responding to an emergency situation, such as running short distance, prolonged standing and working in an austere environment.
• Examines, orders, and performs appropriate diagnostic testing and provides necessary treatment and/or medications and other therapeutic interventions as required.
• Renders emergency medical/surgical/mental health services as required.
• Consults with the Health Services Administrator /Clinical Director /Regional Clinical Director and other providers and specialists for complex medical and/or psychiatric patients as required by IHSC policy.
• The incumbent will be required to provide on-call medical duty coverage as needed after regular work hours and may need to return to the facility to provide medical care if appropriate.
• The incumbent shall constantly monitor and evaluate the quality of patient care, providing data to the departmental Continuous Quality Improvement, other agency units and, other agencies or committees as required.

Work Location and Schedule

This role is listed as On-site with location information shown as Washington, District of Columbia. The employment type is Full Time.

About the Company

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