Medical Standards Provider

Duties & Responsibilities

• Make recommendations on active-duty AF members' medical qualification for continued military service.
• Evaluate medical information to recommend appropriate medical administrative disposition when medical condition interferes with assignment, deployment, temporary duty, separation, or retirement.
• Interpret clinical notes and determine impact on member's ability to deploy, change station, or be retained in military service.
• Gather and provide information necessary to the Chief of AFPC/DP2NP to respond to Congressional, Inspector General, Board for Correction of Military Records, general officer and other high-level inquiries.
• Provide professional support services to review and process RILO MEBs submitted to update a service member's ALC-C and apply applicable AFIs to recommend approval or disapproval of Medical Hold and Elective Surgery requests.
• Resolve questions and delineate requirements for an MEB or RILO MEB, make recommendations on whether a member's assignment or deployment should be deferred or cancelled, or to return a member to duty when they are pending a retirement or separation.
• Make recommendations and provide consultation to AFPC/DPFD, Informal Physical Evaluation Board and Formal Physical Evaluation Board, in order to determine medical disposition on cases in which the factors may deviate from established guidelines of fitness for duty.
• Prepare all documentation to meet or exceed established standards of the Physicians Career Management Branch (AFPC/DP2NP).

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: At least five (5) years of experience in military medical practice
• Experience deploying to field conditions or working in deployment related positions
• Experience with military medical standards patient assessments and MEB narratives
• Experience with active-duty military physical profiling
• Preference for individuals with processing military deployment limitation waivers and experience with the DoD Disability Evaluation System
• Preference for individuals with experience within the United States Air Force (USAF) system
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid state or federal license or certificate to practice medicine as a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant
• Board certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties, certified as a nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners/American Nurses Credentialing Center or certified by the NCCPA
• Preference for contract Subject Matter Experts with board certification in an adult primary care specialization
• Government Security Clearance Required