MEDICAL PLANS AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

About the role

You will serve as a MEDICAL PLANS and OPERATIONS OFFICER in the OFFICE OF THE FORCE SURGEON DIVISION of COMNAVSURFLANT.

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject-matter-expert (SME) and technical expert with full responsibility for all activities involved in the management of operations, plans, programs and logistics in support of Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (CNSL).
• Review the critical military medical capabilities required to support the operational Surface Force, analyze policy, and monitor compliance and effectiveness of military operational medical support.
• Apply Service and Joint medical doctrine through the continuum of care within the Surface Force.
• Work with experts in Service, Joint, and Defense Health Agency (DHA) Headquarters with a full comprehension of medical planning tools and data sources.
• Assist the Force Surgeon with performing analytically rigorous methodologies used in the development of current and future Joint operational medical force planning and modernization.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level (time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement).
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty; failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS, including remote or isolated sites; must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
• Required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• Position is considered Key/Non-Combat Essential; required to provide immediate and continuing support of expeditionary requirements in other than combat or combat support situations.
• This is a Mission Essential position; required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics; required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.
• Additional requirements may include medical surveillance, ability to travel/deploy, and completion of annual training requirements.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Mastery of the application of advanced management and organizational principles and a wide range of quantitative, analytical and evaluative methods and techniques for the programming, budgeting, assessment and improvement of complex medical processes and systems particularly in the operational environment.
• Experience applying comprehensive knowledge of all Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Navy (DON), OPNAV, USFFC, CNSL, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and Defense Health Agency (DHA) mission goals and objectives utilized in support of daily operations.