Operational billets
Additional Non-Specialty Specific Opportunities
CAPT Beth Frame, Senior MC Detailer, has provided an updated list of NSS opportunities that PERS is needing to fill. The candidate input form is also attached.
Non-Specialty Specific Opportunities
Please consider the NSS Candidate Form and job descriptions below. Note the due date of 15 SEP 2023!
Please do not hesitate to contact CAPT Elizabeth Frame (Senior MC Detailers) with questions.
Continuous Medical Corps Symposium – 22 August 11:00 ET – Operational Roadshow Q&A
Join the Corps Chiefs Office; CAPT Barrett, Navy GME Director; and LCDR Chamberlain, GME Placement/OMO Detailer, for Q&A. If you missed the Roadshow or have additional questions, this is for you!
Operational Road Show – 8-31 AUG 2023
The Corps Chief’s office, the head of Navy GME, and the operational detailer are coming to an NMRTC/Operational Unit near you. There will be a few changes this year, from prior operational road shows to expanding our outreach to interns and junior staff and visiting with operational medical physicians.
Additionally, there will be all MC staff officer calls for NMRTCs, operational units, and detailers with corps chief mentoring sessions. We look forward to seeing you all on the road and hearing from you. Please see attached flyer.
Dates:
8 &9 August – Camp Lejeune
11 August – Jacksonville/Mayport
15 August – National Capital Region
17 & 18 August – Hampton Roads
28 & 29 August – San Diego
30 & 31 August – Camp Pendleton
Dual Hatted Fleet Marine Force (FMF) Operational Medical Officer and FMF Specialty Leader
We are currently accepting applications for the Fleet Marine Force Operational Medical Officer/ FMF Specialty Leader. Please note that this position is a combined position with the Director for Clinical Services at Marine Corps Headquarters, Health Services in Arlingon, VA. PCS is required. The FMF OMO Specialty Leader is unique in that providers from multiple specialties are represented and personnel may move in and out of the community throughout their careers. Qualifications for the position are as follows:
- O-5 or O-6 Medical Corps Officer
- Board Certified in Primary Specialty
- Be currently serving with or have served within the USMC Operational Forces at the level of Regimental Surgeon or higher (Major Subordinate Command Surgeon or higher preferred)
- Be within Navy height and weight standards without any PRT failures
- Be eligible for PCS to HQMC – Health Services in Arlington, Virginia Like other primary Specialty Leaders, the FMF OMO Specialty Leader engages in officer selection for training; mentorship within the community; and providing recommendations for the detailing process. Because of the unique nature of the FMF OMO community, additional responsibilities include
- Creation and maintenance of an OMO specific training pipeline
- Oversight of the FMFWO/QO program
- Participation in table top exercises
- Dual reporting to The Medical Officer of the Marine Corps and the Medical Corps Chief.
- The application cycle will close on 5/27/2022. Please send the following to CDR Robyn Treadwell and CDR Debra Buckland-Coffey as a single combined PDF document:
· Letter of Intent
· Bio
· CV
· OSR
· PSR
· Last 2 Fitreps
If you have any questions regarding the positions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the incumbent, CDR Debra Buckland-Coffey.
Hot Fill – UMO, NMRTC Charleston – JUN 2023
- Who: O3-O5 Medical Corps Officers (any specialty)
- What: UMO, NMRTC Charleston
- Where: Charleston, SC
- When: Detach May/June, Report June (36 month orders)
Billet Description: Senior undersea medical officer (UMO’s) overseeing junior UMO’s in direct support of the Naval Reactors Program and Naval Power Training Unit.
Interested personnel should contact LCDR Derek Chamberlain, OMO Detailer.
Hot Fill – Flight Surgeon, VP-1, Whidbey Island, WA – June 2023
- Who: O3-O5 Medical Corps Officers (any specialty)
- What: Flight Surgeon, VP-1
- Where: Whidbey Island, WA
- When: Detach May/June, Report June (24 month orders)
Billet Description: VP-1 is a P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft squadron that conducts anti-submarine and anti0surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and humanitarian response. Flight surgeon will be responsible for the health and well-being of ~260 squadron personnel both while in garrison and deployed. Member must be a trained flight surgeon. Interested personnel should contact LCDR Derek Chamberlain, OMO Detailer.
Hot Fill – Operational Medical Officer, CNSS 5, Bahrain – June 2023
- Who: O3-O5 Medical Corps Officers (any specialty)
- What: Senior Medical Officer, Commander Naval Surface Squadron FIVE
- Where: Manama, Bahrain
- When: Detach May, Report June (18 months unaccompanied/24 months accompanied)
Billet Description: CNSS-5 is the ISIC for two Bahrain based Patrol Coastal (PC) and four Mine Countermeasure (MCM) ships. CNSS-5 is responsible for the maintenance, logistics, manning and training of all PC’s and MCM’s in order to meet C5F operational requirements. In addition to management of the medical manning, training, and equipping the PCs and MCM, the SMO will be responsible for the Physician Supervision and Medical Department oversight for eight ISIC and ship Independent Duty Corpsmen and an EMH team of (1) LCSW and (1) BHT. *Billet qualifies for IDP, HDP, Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE) and Family Separation (if family remains CONUS).
Interested personnel should contact LCDR Derek Chamberlain, OMO Detailer.
Medical Corps Non-Specialty Specific (NSS) Billet Opportunities
NSS billets are targeted for MC officers with previous operational/administrative/research/leadership experience. The attached candidate input form explains the application and assignment process for the NSS billets.
Opportunities are listed below, with position descriptions attached.
The list is current but will fluctuate throughout the detailing cycle. NSS applications are due to members’ detailer NLT 27 September 2022.
NSS detailing involves extensive cross-detailing at PERS. As such, communication is key. Officers must communicate their intentions to their detailer and community specialty leader(s).
Please direct questions regarding the NSS list to your detailer. Contact information is listed in the attached candidate input form.
· Force Surgeon, Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific
· Force Surgeon, Commander Naval Air Forces Atlantic
· Force Surgeon, Commander Naval Submarine Forces Atlantic
· Force Surgeon, Commander Naval Information Forces (COMNAVIFOR)
· Officer-in-Charge, Fleet Surgical Team / CATF Surgeon, FLEET SURGICAL TEAMS
· Senior Medical Officer, LHD/A
· Senior Medical Officer, AS 39/40 USS Emory S. LAND; USS Frank CABLE
· 1st MARDIV Surgeon, 1st MLG Surgeon (Feb 2023 FILL), 3rd MAW Surgeon; 1st MAW Surgeon, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF); III MEF
· Regimental Surgeon, 1st MARDIV, 2nd MARDIV
· Director, 3rd MED BTN
· MEB Surgeon, COMMAND ELEMENT 2nd/3rd MEB
· Group Surgeon, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP ONE
· Director, Medical Readiness Division, Commander Naval Surface Forces Mid Pacific, Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific
· Command Surgeon, Joint Task Force, USNORTHCOM
· Deputy Director, Force Medical Readiness (M34), BUMED WASH DC
· Medical Corps Detailer, CNAVPERSCOM MILL (Navy Personnel Command, PERS-4415)
· Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), NMFL, NMFP, DHA, DISA
· Member, Physical Evaluation Board, SECNAV CORB
· Chief, Lessons Learned and Innovation, NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COE)
· Staff Inspector, BUMED, Office of the Medical Inspector General
· Medical Corps Policy & Program Management, BUMED, Office of the Medical Corps Chief
· Surface Medicine Program Manager, BUMED
· Medical Planner, NATO HEADQUARTERS ALLIED MARITIME COMMAND (MARCOM)
· Researcher (ID/Immunology), NMEDRSCHCEN (Navy Medical Research Center)
· Health Science Researcher (Undersea Medicine), NMEDRSCHCEN (Naval Medical Research Center)
· Trauma/Critical Care Medical Research Officer, NMRU SAN ANTONIO (Navy Medical Research Unit, San Antonio)
· Student, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
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