Flight Surgeon

Location: 673d Medical Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK

Work Schedule: Normal business hours are 0730-1630, Monday-Friday. Inpatient wards, Emergency Room, and ancillary areas operate on a 24/7 basis. The Contractor’s duty week will not exceed a 40 hour work week (normal schedule) or 80 hours in a two week period (alternate work schedule).

Aaron Agena

Healthcare Recruiter

Kako'o Services, LLC

Qualifications:
Degree/Education (5.2.4): Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.).
Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support (5.2.3): Must have current Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Experience: In addition to Exhibit 5 the Contractor shall have the following:
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. Experience shall include:
Applying U.S. military medical standards to conduct special operational evaluations, including (but not limited to) Physical Health Assessments (PHA) for flyers/special duty personnel, and initial certification exams for flying/special duty applicants.
Completing aeromedical dispositions for flying/special operational duties.
Conducting adaptability rating assessments for military special duty applicants.
Applying medical, fitness and profiling standards IAW Air Force Instruction (AFI)
48-123, AFI 36-2905 and AFI 10-203 (including profiling and duty restrictions as Profile Officer).
Providing primary care for active duty personnel and their family members
Board Certification (5.2.6.4.4): Current board certification in Aerospace Medicine. Depending on HCW experience and residency, specific certification specialty (Aerospace Medicine) may be waived by the Chief of Flight Medicine.
Internship/Residency: 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 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
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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.
o 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.
o 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.
o 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.
 Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice medicine as required in the TO.

HCW Duties (5.1 Task 1): In addition to Exhibit 5 the following duties apply:
Locate, interpret and apply current regulations to include: AFI 48-123, AFI 36-2905, AFI 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 MTF. These tasks include performing primary care and occupational health clinician duties and the associated administrative tasks.
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. As a PCM, the flight medicine physician will be the primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of his/her assigned patients. Duties include:
Examination of patients, formulation of differential diagnostic plans, ordering of appropriate diagnostic testing.
Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment plans.
Determination of the need for consultation and assisting in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.
Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals.
Directing case management activities.
Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.
Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.
The Chief, Flight Medicine Clinic will assign specific duties/patient care assignments, and other duties deemed necessary. All inpatients will be admitted as per the local MTF 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.
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: Medical Standards/Medical Examinations. Aeromedical dispositions must be specifically listed on the HCW’s credentials and privileges list and require initial review and approval by the MTF’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 AF Form 1042 (AF 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.

KAKO’O SERVICES LLC.

Kako’o Servicesis a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs,CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.

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