Physician

Summary This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
As a Physician, GP-0602-15, you will lead the development and implementation of new care models and payment approaches that serve Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries, and enhance the quality of health and health care and reduce costs.
Responsibilities Advises the Director and Deputy Directors of CMMI, on the activities necessary to ensure the successful completion of developing, planning, implementing and operating innovative models of payment and national health care service delivery for CMMI.
Serves as the CMMI expert clinician for the expansion of CMS/CMMI payment and care delivery models that have proven successful in reducing spending while improving or maintaining clinical quality, while maintaining spending levels.
Serves as an advisor and a nationally recognized medical consultant to CMS and CMMI leadership concerning the development of performance measures to evaluate the quality of care provided by hospitals and other care settings to CMS' beneficiaries.
Serves as a trustworthy clinical partner to the provider community, developing and maintaining collaborative relationships through mutual understanding of providers' needs and concerns.
Consults with representatives of CMS, other relevant federal agencies, states, clinical and analytic experts, health care providers, beneficiaries and other payers to obtain and further develop ideas and concepts.
Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position.
Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating.
This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.
In order to qualify for the GS-15, you must meet the following:
You must demonstrate in your resume 5 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.
Interviews:
Applicants may be interviewed to assure that they possess the degree of skill in interpersonal relationships required for satisfactory performance of the duties of the position to be filled.
Substitution of Experience for Residency Training:
Experience may not be substituted for residency training that is essential for the performance of specialized duties.
For example, specialists such as psychiatrists and surgeons must complete the number of years of accredited residency training required in their respective specialties.
An exception may be made when a peer panel of physicians (subject-matter experts) determines and documents that the knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired in professional medical practice are equivalent to those acquired during the same period of time in a graduate training program.
Teaching Experience:
Graduate teaching experience as a member of the faculty in a school of medicine or school or public health may be credited for training positions or as appropriate for specialist positions.
(Teaching undertaken as a part of a residency or fellowship training does not satisfy this requirement).
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.
g.
, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.
, professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Transcripts/License need to be provided at the time of application.
Education Education Requirement:
In addition to meeting the qualification requirements, all candidates must have the following educational requirements:
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 (external link); Association of American Medical Colleges (external link); Liaison Committee on Medical Education (external link); Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association (external link), or an accrediting body recognized by the U.
S.
Department of Education (external link) 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 (external link), 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.
Medical Licensing Examination.
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.
You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application.
Unofficial transcripts will be accepted at the time of application.
Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
License/Registration Requirement:
In addition to meeting the qualification requirements, all candidates must possess the license/registration listed below.
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.
Proof of License/Registration is required at the time of application to verify possession of the license/registration listed above.
Failure to submit proof of license/registration at the time of application WILL result in an ineligible rating.
Please see the "Required Documents" section below for more information.
Board Certification:
Applicants must be Board Certified in a recognized medical specialty.
Certification must be subm.