Training Instructor; Medical

Special Forces Medical Branch Instructor

Assist in the development of classes and material for medical training. Develops course material and examinations for the medical subjects, nursing advanced trauma, surgery, and anesthesia subjects.

Serve as a Special Forces Medical Branch instructor. Performs doctrinal instruction in Special Forces Medicine for US personnel.

Manage the institutional programs of human anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, veterinarian subjects, laboratory subjects, general medical subjects, nursing, surgery and anesthesia.

Presents lectures, demonstrations, and practical exercises to students enrolled in the Special Operations Combat Medic (SOCM) Course, Special Operations Combat Medic Skills Sustainment Course (SOCMSSC), Special Forces Medical Sergeants (SFMS) Course.

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Must be available to travel TDY up to 15% of the time.

Must be former instructor or graduate of the Special Forces Medical Sergeants Course or the Special Operations Combat Medic Course or equivalent course of instruction that equipped the employee with the required medical training.

This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.

This position has a requirement to lift up to 100lbs. in the regular performance of duties.

Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11.

This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 15% of the time.

Due to the nature of this position, employees are required to work both planned and unscheduled overtime.

Former instructor or graduate of the Special Forces Medical Sergeants Course or the Special Operations Combat Medic Course or equivalent course of instruction that equipped the employee with the required medical training.

The work environment will consist of but not limited to the classroom, laboratory, and the outdoors.

The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.

Position requires extended periods of walking and standing while instructing courses, lifting up to 100lbs, carrying a patient laden litter for short distances, repetitive bending over, and working from the kneeling or prone positions.

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience;

if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is available.

Specialized

Experience:

One year of specialized experience that demonstrates a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction, which includes assisting in the development of classes and material for medical training; instructing classes in unconventional warfare and foreign internal defense; and presenting lectures in combat trauma management, surgery, and anesthesia. The OPM Qualification Standard provides the following examples:

• Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial…