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, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the 'Required Documents' section for additional information. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable 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. BASIS OF RATING: Once the announcement closes, your application will be automatically evaluated and rated by the system and a Human Resources Specialist. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your application and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. The numeric rating you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of this position. If, after the Human Resources Specialist reviews your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that the score you have received is not a true reflection of your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect the information you provided that support your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Your resume should provide detailed information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed. Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): If you are applying for a VEOA appointment, you must be a veteran and must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed 3 or more years of active service. ("Active Service" under this law means active duty in a uniformed service and includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, full-time National Guard duty, and attendance, while in the active service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.) A veteran who is released under honorable conditions shortly before completing a 3-year tour is also eligible. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: The following links contain information on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority: Primary Appointing Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments Hiring Authorities for Veterans People with Disabilities 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. You may preview questions for this vacancy.