Medical Services Officer

Overview

Average Annual Salary: $146,422 + up to a $69,798 BONUS. View the current recruitment bonus memo.

This is the average annual salary not the base pay featured in the job opportunity announcement. All calculations include CIVMAR total take-home pay (including overtime, penalty, etc.).

This is the Medical Services Officer position, a Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) employed by the Navy to serve the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on board naval auxiliaries and hybrid-manned warships worldwide, in peace and war. MSC exists to support the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations. MSC provides on-time logistics, strategic sealift, as well as specialized missions anywhere in the world, in contested or uncontested environments.

A $69,798 recruitment incentive is authorized for eligible selectees. Actual amount is calculated as 25% of base pay. Incentive is paid as a lump sum at the beginning of employment with the Command, and requires a 3-year service agreement. CIVMAR (VEOA) candidates and Annuitants selected for employment as Medical Services Officer are not eligible for recruitment incentives.

• The Medical Services Officer (MSO) performs a variety of administrative, patient care, and department head duties and functions pertaining to the complete operation of a shipboard Medical Department. Duties include general and medical administration, direct patient care, supply management, occupational health and preventive medicine surveillance, medical training, sexual assault prevention and response (SAPR), and support of shipboard operations as assigned. The MSO independently manages the Medical Department and is directly responsible to the Master while assigned onboard MSC ships.
  
  The MSO is competency aligned to the MSC Force Surgeon for medical credentialing, professional oversight, and continuing education, including sustainment training and expected to deliver medical service at a level that meets or exceeds the standard defined by the MSC Force Surgeon. The incumbent ensures continuing application of and compliance with EEO laws, regulations and policies.

• General Administration and Functions On a daily basis the MSO is required to maintain all Medical Department records, including medical ledgers, logs, inventories, individual health records and Department of Labor forms such as Federal Workers Compensation Forms, etc. in conformance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP) and Ship Configuration Logistics Information Program (ShipCLIP) are the electronic systems to manage the various medical programs.
  
  The MSO also has department head duties that require the incumbent be available to the ship's Master for a variety of health administration, oversight and advisory functions and to perform other duties as assigned.

• Health Care The MSO shall deliver a standard of care that is prescribed by the MSC Force Surgeon. The MSO’s scope of care is closely aligned with that of a Navy Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman. The MSO will document all care completely and accurately in the electronic medical record, conforming to standards established by the Force Surgeon. The incumbent will actively support required medical quality assurance and quality improvement programs.

• Fiscal and Supply The MSO is responsible for all of the supply functions unique to the Medical Department. The incumbent carries out all policies and procedures concerning afloat medical equipment and supplies, including medical consumables and maintains inventory at prescribed levels. The ShipCLIP program is the electronic system to manage this function.

• Training The MSO provides medical training for the crew as directed by the MSC Force Surgeon and the MSC Director of Afloat Training. The MSO shall conduct on a routine basis a schedule of medical training lectures for all embarked personnel or subsets of the crew as appropriate for the topics to include Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillator (CPR/AED) and preventive health education.
  
  Additionally, for newly reporting personnel, the MSO shall review medical history and current medications the individual may be taking and provide general orientation to the medical services available, personal hygiene and location and use of emergency medical equipment.

• Pest Control and Environmental Health The MSO shall maintain a healthy working environment on the ship by: (a) ensuring currency of his/her pest control manager certificate, (b) conducting monthly inspections of all food services spaces, storerooms, ship stores, and any other spaces that may be of concern to discover and remediate infestations of stored products by roaches, rodents, or other pests in accordance with area preventive medicine units, (c) monitoring pest control spraying, trapping, and baiting by Navy approved pest control personnel and log results of surveys, (d) maintaining an electronic Pest Control Log and…