Supervisory Physician

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This position is located in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), Division of Administrative Operations, Branch of Medical and Pharmaceutical Operations (BMPO).

Locations:

1 vacancy in the following locations:

• Denver, CO
• Washington, DC
• Jacksonville, FL
• Kansas City, MO
• Cleveland, OH

This position is outside the bargaining unit.

PLEASE ATTACH ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• MEDICAL LICENSE
• ALL TRANSCRIPTS
• PROOF OF INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP
• RESUME STATING HOW YOU MEET THE SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION

DUTIES:

For the Supervisory Physician, GS-0602-15 you will:

• Oversee the planning and organization of medical and pharmaceutical operations and ensures implemented processes and procedures are in compliance with laws, regulations, mandates, statutes.
• Serve as the OWCP authority for the Agency's medical and pharmacy bill processing/provider network and PBM operations with overall responsibility for directing highly complex projects and employs strategic planning methods and technical advisory services through discussion of overall and specific problems, which may be precedent setting, extremely involved, or very unusual, with senior executives and Program managers.
• Anticipate problems or obstacles that could affect the medical and pharmacy bill processing/provider network operations and proactively takes necessary steps to resolve them to mitigate risk.
• Oversee the formulation, development and implementation of appropriate policies and procedures for the OWCP medical bill and pharmacy processing operations as well as addresses special procedural and policy needs of individual programs.

The Department of Labor may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government to attract highly qualified candidates. Click here for Additional Information.

Superior Qualifications Incentive
Agencies may set the rate of basic pay of a newly-appointed employee at a rate above the minimum rate of the appropriate General Schedule (GS) grade because of-

1. the superior qualifications of the candidate; or
2. a special need of the agency for the candidate's services.

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Annual Leave Accrual:

If selected, the Agency may authorize service credit for annual leave accrual. An agency may provide service credit to:

• A newly appointed or reappointed employee with a break of at least 90 calendar days after his or her last period of civilian employment in the civil service; or
• A retired member of the active-duty uniformed service as defined by 38 U.S.C. 4303.

Physicians Comparability Allowance:

Agencies may pay a PCA of up to $14,000 annually to a physician with 24 months or less of service as a Government physician or up to $30,000 annually to a physician with more than 24 months of service as a Government physician. PCAs are subject to the aggregate limitation on pay under 5 U.S.C 5307 and 5 CFR part 530, subpart B.