Supervisory Physician (Public Health)
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for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The text includes many conditions of employment etc. We need to keep them but format as lists.
We must not include duplicated lines. Need to be careful.
Let's extract sections:
Summary: "Provides executive leadership for the Area Indian Health Service Division of Public Health, overseeing the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs and services. Leads efforts to strengthen public health systems, improve health outcomes, and ensure services effectively address the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native communities. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021)."
That's the summary.
Duties: list items:
- Provides executive leadership and collaborates with the Area Director and executive leadership on strategic planning, policy development, and implementation of Area health programs.
- Coordinates public health planning, policies, training, and activities across Service Units in collaboration with Public Health Directors and Tribal partners.
- Leads the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public health services to ensure quality, effectiveness, and improved health outcomes.
- Serves as a technical and clinical consultant to IHS programs, regional public health organizations, and community groups on health issues affecting the Area population.
- Directly supervises Division staff and provides oversight of field offices while providing diagnostic, therapeutic, ambulatory, and emergency medical care as a staff physicians.
- All grade levels may not be available at all locations, and not all locations may have immediate vacancies. (This is more a note; could be included as a paragraph.)
Requirements (Conditions of employment): list items:
- Selectee may be subject to a probationary period
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes.
- A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required upon selection/placement.
- IHS Selectees whose duties and responsibilities require them to work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy related to vaccine-preventable diseases, consistent with recommendations for healthcare workers. Vaccine exemption requests may be available, as outlined in the IHS Employee Immunization Policy and facility guidance.
- The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements. If privileges are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee will be subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.
- Background Investigation: If you are selected for this vacancy, you must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigation. Fingerprint results and background investigation documentation must be cleared prior to hire. After you begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the outcome of a complete background investigation as determined by the sensitivity level of your position. The investigation must find that you are suitable for Federal employment in your position. If you are found not suitable, you will be terminated after you begin work. If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal charges.
- You may be subject to a credit check as a part of the background investigation process.
- Prior to the appointment, candidates must present two valid forms of identification. If one of the documents is a state-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant.
Qualifications: includes Basic Requirement(s), Licensure, Graduate Training, Minimum Qualifications (GS-15 specifics), Education, Additional information (maybe part of benefits). We'll structure as sub-sections? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should have top-level sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? Not present. We'll not create Skills if no specific skills list.
Within Qualifications we can have paragraphs and lists.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract qualifications details:
Basic Requirement(s):
- Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine or equivalent from a 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 at the time the degree was obtained.
- Degree from Foreign Medical School: A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must provide education and medical knowledge 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.
Licensure:
- For all grade levels and positions, applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Graduate Training:
- Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine 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 standard, 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: internship program involves broadly based clinical practice... (we can keep description)
- residency program involves training in a specialized field...
- fellowship program involves advanced training...
In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below:
- For GS-15 - 5 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.
- The position requires both broad knowledge of medicine and other health care disciplines, and requires specific knowledge and ability in primary care, medical specialties and several subspecialties.
- Among these subspecialties, a working knowledge of law as it relates to medical practice, transcultural medicine or public health and a working familiarity with principles of medical administration.
- In addition, the position requires the ability to work with a wide variety of cultural, educational, and specialized training backgrounds.
- Click on the following link to view occupational requirements for this position: Physician Series 0602
- Board Certified (ABMS or NBPAS) is preferred but not required in the specialty to which the applicant is applying.
- Board Certification in the specialty of position applied for: Applicant acknowledges responsibility to provide verification of an active and valid certification standing; OR if a lapse in board certification or completed an accredited residency program (in excess of 3 years) applicant must provide verification of active pursuit to become board certified with an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) member board. Failure to provide verification documentation may result in the withdrawal of an employment offer, up to disciplinary and/or adverse action to include termination of Federal employment.
Education:
- This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades at the time of application.
- Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package.
- Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited.
- Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.
Additional information (maybe part of Benefits):
- Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
- IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly related previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
- This position is ineligible for the Bargaining Unit.
- Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized.
- At least a 6 month service agreement will be required.
- Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)
- The incumbent is required to drive government vehicles.
- The incumbent is required to maintain, a current State driver's license.
- The incumbent will also be required to travel on government business, occasionally out of state.
- Works on a rotational basis to provide continuity of medical services during days, nights, weekends and holidays.
- The Indian Health Service (IHS), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines. This is a competitive process separate from the hiring process. Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds. For additional information please visit: For IHS - http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/ For NHSC - https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/
- You will be evaluated for this position in accordance with the OPM Merit Hiring Plan. As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide short essay responses (200 words or less each) to the following four questions. (list the questions)
- How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government?
- In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness?
- How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?
- How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or persona (cut off). We'll keep as is.
We should not include application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. The essay questions are part of application process; maybe considered application instructions. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the essay questions part as application instructions. Also remove the link to view occupational requirements? That's maybe part of qualifications but not application instruction. It's okay.
We also need to remove duplicated lines. Ensure not to repeat.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
Provides executive leadership for the Area Indian Health Service
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The text includes many conditions of employment etc. We need to keep them but format as lists. We must not include duplicated lines. Need to be careful. Let's extract sections: Summary: "Provides executive leadership for the Area Indian Health Service Division of Public Health, overseeing the planning, development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs and services. Leads efforts to strengthen public health systems, improve health outcomes, and ensure services effectively address the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native communities. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021)." That's the summary. Duties: list items: - Provides executive leadership and collaborates with the Area Director and executive leadership on strategic planning, policy development, and implementation of Area health programs. - Coordinates public health planning, policies, training, and activities across Service Units in collaboration with Public Health Directors and Tribal partners. - Leads the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public health services to ensure quality, effectiveness, and improved health outcomes. - Serves as a technical and clinical consultant to IHS programs, regional public health organizations, and community groups on health issues affecting the Area population. - Directly supervises Division staff and provides oversight of field offices while providing diagnostic, therapeutic, ambulatory, and emergency medical care as a staff physicians. - All grade levels may not be available at all locations, and not all locations may have immediate vacancies. (This is more a note; could be included as a paragraph.) Requirements (Conditions of employment): list items: - Selectee may be subject to a probationary period - U.S. Citizenship is required - Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 - This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes. - A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required upon selection/placement. - IHS Selectees whose duties and responsibilities require them to work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy related to vaccine-preventable diseases, consistent with recommendations for healthcare workers. Vaccine exemption requests may be available, as outlined in the IHS Employee Immunization Policy and facility guidance. - The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements. If privileges are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee will be subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service. - Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. - You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you. - Background Investigation: If you are selected for this vacancy, you must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigation. Fingerprint results and background investigation documentation must be cleared prior to hire. After you begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the outcome of a complete background investigation as determined by the sensitivity level of your position. The investigation must find that you are suitable for Federal employment in your position. If you are found not suitable, you will be terminated after you begin work. If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal charges. - You may be subject to a credit check as a part of the background investigation process. - Prior to the appointment, candidates must present two valid forms of identification. If one of the documents is a state-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant. Qualifications: includes Basic Requirement(s), Licensure, Graduate Training, Minimum Qualifications (GS-15 specifics), Education, Additional information (maybe part of benefits). We'll structure as sub-sections? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should have top-level sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits. Possibly also Skills? Not present. We'll not create Skills if no specific skills list.
Within Qualifications we can have paragraphs and lists.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract qualifications details:
Basic Requirement(s):
- Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine or equivalent from a 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 at the time the degree was obtained.
- Degree from Foreign Medical School: A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must provide education and medical knowledge 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.
Licensure:
- For all grade levels and positions, applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Graduate Training:
- Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine 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 standard, 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: internship program involves broadly based clinical practice... (we can keep description)
- residency program involves training in a specialized field...
- fellowship program involves advanced training...
In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below:
- For GS-15 - 5 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.
- The position requires both broad knowledge of medicine and other health care disciplines, and requires specific knowledge and ability in primary care, medical specialties and several subspecialties.
- Among these subspecialties, a working knowledge of law as it relates to medical practice, transcultural medicine or public health and a working familiarity with principles of medical administration.
- In addition, the position requires the ability to work with a wide variety of cultural, educational, and specialized training backgrounds.
- Click on the following link to view occupational requirements for this position: Physician Series 0602
- Board Certified (ABMS or NBPAS) is preferred but not required in the specialty to which the applicant is applying.
- Board Certification in the specialty of position applied for: Applicant acknowledges responsibility to provide verification of an active and valid certification standing; OR if a lapse in board certification or completed an accredited residency program (in excess of 3 years) applicant must provide verification of active pursuit to become board certified with an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) member board. Failure to provide verification documentation may result in the withdrawal of an employment offer, up to disciplinary and/or adverse action to include termination of Federal employment.
Education:
- This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades at the time of application.
- Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package.
- Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited.
- Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.
Additional information (maybe part of Benefits):
- Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
- IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly related previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
- This position is ineligible for the Bargaining Unit.
- Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized.
- At least a 6 month service agreement will be required.
- Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)
- The incumbent is required to drive government vehicles.
- The incumbent is required to maintain, a current State driver's license.
- The incumbent will also be required to travel on government business, occasionally out of state.
- Works on a rotational basis to provide continuity of medical services during days, nights, weekends and holidays.
- The Indian Health Service (IHS), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines. This is a competitive process separate from the hiring process. Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds. For additional information please visit: For IHS - http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/ For NHSC - https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/
- You will be evaluated for this position in accordance with the OPM Merit Hiring Plan. As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide short essay responses (200 words or less each) to the following four questions. (list the questions)
- How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government?
- In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness?
- How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?
- How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or persona (cut off). We'll keep as is.
We should not include application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. The essay questions are part of application process; maybe considered application instructions. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the essay questions part as application instructions. Also remove the link to view occupational requirements? That's maybe part of qualifications but not application instruction. It's okay.
We also need to remove duplicated lines. Ensure not to repeat.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
Provides executive leadership for the Area Indian Health Service