alternative billets
Summary of Specialty Leader Business Meeting
Here is a brief summary of last week’s Specialty Leader Business Meeting that is always held in conjunction with the Graduate Medical Education Selection Board:
- Current interim Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) need to formally apply to the next screening board in summer 2017. I would STRONGLY encourage other people to apply as well because it is a screened/appointed leadership position that allows you to remain clinically active and that I also think will lead to promotion to O6 if done successfully.
- Announcements for nominative positions often come out with very little time until the nominations are due. They all require your CV, BIO, Letter of Intent (LOI), Officer Summary Record (OSR), and Performance Summary Record (PSR). It is best if you have these ready to go due to the often short timeline. I will tell you that I update my CV and military biography monthly and have multiple LOI templates at the ready at all times, so I practice what I preach. Your OSR/PSR can downloaded from BUPERS On-Line anytime, so that requires no prep (assuming BOL is working).
- Current overall Medical Corps manning is 103.4%. This is of no real use to you but is simply an interesting fact/statistic. It does, perhaps, limit our promotion opportunity a lit bit, but…
- The Medical Corps promotion opportunities for FY18 are expected to be higher than they have been in recent years. You never know the actual percentage until the board has concluded, but this is certainly good news.
- As of now, there is no change in the conference approval process. Sorry.
- The Career Intermission Program (CIP) has been extended until 2019. This program allows you to take up to 3 years off from the Navy to do something else, hit the pause button on progression toward promotion, and then return afterward. You have a 2:1 additional commitment for any time off. In other words, if you take 2 years off you’ll owe 4 years when you return. Some people have tried to use the CIP to do fellowships on their own, but that is not the intent of the program and requests for CIP to do a fellowship will be closely scrutinized by BUMED before approval. Info on the program can be found here or you can contact your Detailer.
- There is no special pays update. They are still awaiting the NAVADMIN. The latest can always be found here:
http://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Special_Pay/Pages/default.aspx
Director & Chair of Combat Casualty Research Program – O5/O6
Here is the announcement:
Director and Chair of Combat Casualty Research Program Announcement
Rank: O6, with consideration for a senior well-qualified O-5
Documents Required to Apply: CV, military biography, letter of intent, Officer Summary Record (OSR), Performance Summary Record (PSR)
Nomination Process: Contact your Specialty Leader by 21 NOV
Two USUHS Chair Positions Available – Military/Emergency Medicine and Prev Med/Biostatistics
The details are in these documents. Nominations are through Specialty Leaders, so contact your Specialty Leader ASAP if you are interested in either position:
Deputy AFRICOM Surgeon – Senior O6 Position
Not sure how many senior Captains are reading this blog but…
Position: Deputy Command Surgeon for Headquarters US Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany
Description: Serves as the COCOM Deputy Command Surgeon, responsible for managing and supervising the daily activities of the Command Surgeon’s Office.
Rank: 0-6
Traits: Command experience preferred
Fill date: October 2017
Application contents: Nomination letter from the officer’s career manager highlighting his/her qualifications, a biography, career/officer record brief, five of the most recent evaluation reports, and photo
Application Due Date: 28 November
POC for CV/BIO: Your Detailer
Multiple “Alternative” Billets Available
The Detailers have started advertising all of the “alternative” (my word) billets in an Excel spreadsheet that they periodically send out to the Specialty Leaders and post on the Detailing portion of Milsuite. Here is the latest edition:
OCT 16 Medical Corps Opportunities
The positions advertised include:
| Naval Recruiting Command |
| Naval War College |
| Inter-American War College |
| Indonesian Naval Command and Staff College |
| BUMED Readiness and Health Action Officer |
| Director, Defense Hearing Center of Excellence |
| BUMED Chief Medical Officer |
| AME/FS for Newport Aviation Clinic/New Accessions |
| LIMDU Coordinator for the NAVY |
| Southern Command Surgeon |
Multiple Alternative Billets Available
There are multiple alternative billets available (or at least that is what I call them). Here is a list. The POC if you are interested in any of them would be your Detailer:
- BUMED Chief Medical Officer – O6 Only – NOV/DEC 2016 (position description here)
- Navy Recruiting Command – Millington, TN – Spring 2017 – You aid in medical waiver determinations for new accessions.
- Physical Evaluation Board – Washington, DC – Summer 2017
- Naval War College – O5/O6 with Joint Professional Military Education I only – Timing varied.
- Inter-American War College – Washington, DC – Summer 2017 – Must speak Spanish or Portuguese.
- Indonesian Naval Command and Staff College – O4 Only – Indonesia – Summer 2017
- BUMED Readiness and Health Action Officer – Falls Church, VA – Summer 2017
- Director, Defense Hearing Center of Excellence – O6 with Hearing Conservation Background – San Antonio, TX – Winter 2016
Defense Medical Information Exchange Chief Medical Information Office/Director of Requirements Position – O5 Only
Here is an O5 position that is now available. Interested parties should contact their Detailer:
Position: Defense Medical Information Exchange Chief Medical Information Office/Director of Requirements
Description: See attached PD
Rank: 0-5
Traits: See attached PD; 2XXX billet (open to MSC, NC, DC, and MC), CMIO experience desired.
Fill Date: Fall 2016
Time On Station Requirements: Must be at projected rotation date (PRD) or on extension or retour (can’t break orders early)
Due Date: 15 July
POC for CV/BIO: Detailer
BUMED M7 (Education & Training) Deputy Position – O5/O6
Position: BUMED M7 Deputy Position
Description: Position description is here
Traits: Staff education and training experience (typicall NC or MSC, but open to all corps)
Rank: 0-5/0-6
Fill date: Summer 2016
Time on Station Requirements: PRD or at least 2 years time on station for CONUS members
POC for CV/BIO: Your Detailer
OIC Opportunities
Here is the list of OIC opportunities to go along with this post/announcement:
FY17 XO/CO/OIC/Chief Medical Officer BUMED Notes and Applications Released
BUMED just released the information for those interested in XO/CO/OIC/Chief Medical Officer. Here are all the documents.
NAVMED 1410 – MILESTONE BILLET SCREENING APPLICATION
NAVMED 1412 – COMMANDING OFFICER:EXECUTIVE OFFICER SCREENING APPLICATION
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