Summary
The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the Office of Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management (OSHEM). More than one selection may be made from this announcement.
Duties
The Senior Medical Officer is responsible for all matters pertaining to medical occupational health programs, including compliance with applicable occupational health and medical surveillance regulations, the delivery of comprehensive treatment, medication, and medical monitoring programs. In this position, you will: Evaluate, manage, and direct the clinical work of the occupational health services division. Oversee and evaluate medical and occupational health programs, ensuring that each health unit and center are in compliance with accepted health care provider standards. Perform hand-on examinations, rendering a professional opinion as it relates to work clearances, work injuries, safety, and established medical qualifications. Develop and implement SI-wide objectives, policies, procedures; integrates and coordinates these activities among SI offices and organizations.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website.
Education
You must meet the basic requirements listed above.
How you will be evaluated
Your application will be evaluated first for the basic qualifications described above. The applications that meet the basic qualifications will be evaluated further against the following criteria: Knowledge of managerial and administrative techniques. Knowledge of principles and practices of medical matters, both general and occupational. Knowledge of medical, occupational health and medical care services delivery such as health education, disease prevention, medical surveillance, and treatment programs. Skill applying new developments and experienced judgment to a variety of complex medical, health care and health maintenance problems, including technical processes and controls, economic considerations, and health conservation. Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualifications will be assigned to one of three category groups based on job-related criteria: Best Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and excels in most of the job related competencies above. Better Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and satisfies most of the job related competencies above. Good Category - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but does not satisfy most of the job related competencies above to a substantive degree. This category rating process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality category (Best Category) provided no preference eligible in that category is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in that category unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318(b) are satisfied. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or higher. Applicants who have not submitted a resume in the USAjobs system and/or have not answered all of the vacancy questions will not be considered for this position. Important Note: Your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses to the occupational questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed. You may preview questions for this vacancy.