We are potentially hiring for a qualified civilian Flight Medicine Physician to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our veterans and their families at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas.

Benefits:

• Status: Full-Time, Independent Consultant

• Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 7:30am – 4:30pm

• Competitive financial package

The Flight Medicine Physician must have the following qualifications:

• Degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.)

• Education: Graduate from an accredited medical 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 and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) at the time the degree was obtained (e.g. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must provide education and medical knowledge substantially 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, 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. Continuing Medical Education (CME). The Flight Medicine Physician shall keep their license/registration/certification current.

• Certifications: Basic Life Support

• Board Certification: Board eligible or board certified as required in the task order, certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and certified as the Medical Review Officer (MRO) for the Drug Abuse Testing Program

• Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license medicine as required in the task order

• Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the Service-specific credentialing instructions

• Knowledge of preventive medicine services including comprehensive aerospace medicine and occupational medicine. These services include but are not limited to primary care management of common adult illness and injures, health risk counseling, pre-placement examinations, and fitness for duty examinations. Knowledge of the Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Army Instructions governing the duties and physical standards for aviators, special duty operators, and continued military services

• Internship/Residency: Successful completion of an internship and residency program (corresponding to the specialty required in the task order) which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 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.

• Due to contractual obligations with the DoD, Health Care Workers performing under this contract must either be a U.S. citizen, or as defined by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, either a noncitizen national of the United State, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or alien authorized to work in the United States