Physician (Preventive Medicine)

About the position

The position Physician (Preventive Medicine) is located at Tripler Medical Center, Honolulu, HI. The Island of Oahu in Hawaii is often nicknamed (or translated as) 'The Gathering Place'. It is currently the most populated Hawaiian Island. The city of Honolulu is the largest city, state capital, and main deep water marine port for the State of Hawaii. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oahu is in Honolulu County, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island. Well-known features found on Oahu include Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma, Kane'ohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore, and the resort destination, Ko'Olina. Oahu is also known for having the longest rain shower in history, which lasted for 200 consecutive days. Kâne'ohe Ranch reported 247 straight days with rain from August 27, 1993 to April 30, 1994. The average temperature in Oahu is around 70-85 °F (21-29 °C) and the island is the warmest in June through October. The weather during the winter is cooler, but still warm with an average temperature of 68-78 °F (20-26 °C).

Responsibilities

• Oversee regional preventive medicine and public health services and disease surveillance across the assigned network.
• Direct administrative and public health policy in terms of broadly defined missions and functions and determines their effect on program needs.
• Develop regional preventive medicine operational plans, orders and tasks to accomplish Defense Health Agency mission support requirements.
• Subject matter expert in advanced clinical public health care, theories, concepts, principles, and methods to experimental theories and/or new advanced developments to solve complex public health problems.
• Recommend significant changes to or the creation of new public health policies and/or programs to achieve far-reaching impact on long term goals with potential impact on broad agency policy objectives.
• Strategically anticipate future requirements and development of new standards, methods, and techniques and evaluate the impact of these products.
• Serve as the Defense Health Network Public Health Emergency Officer (PHEO) for public health emergency preparedness and response across the assigned area of operations.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Board certification is required in almost all cases.
• Active, unencumbered medical license is required.
• Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada.
• Licensure: 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: At least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting.
• Residency Training: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled (Preventive Medicine) and equivalent experience and training equal to at least 4 years.

Benefits

• Position is eligible for regular/recurring telework.
• Family-friendly work schedule working Monday-Friday. No nights, weekends, or holidays.
• Incumbent will be credentialed/privileged at TAMC.
• Advanced leave accrual may be authorized.
• Recruitment or Relocation incentive may be authorized.
• In addition to salary, employees in Hawaii are currently authorized a 8.9% cost-of-living-allowance, subject to change without notice.