"The Office of Medical Services is hiring individuals with medical degrees and broad certification in primary care specialties to provide medical care and advice to Agency employees, dependents and assets. Executive officer jobs have positions available for overseas assignments.
Medical Officer
Work Schedule: Full Time
Salary: $118,845
Location: Washington, DC metropolitan area
Minimum requirements include current active unrestricted license as a physician in one or more states, and a current active DEA registration. Board certification or qualification in a primary care specialty - Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine or Emergency medicine - is desired; or, board certification in Psychiatry. Candidates must be available to serve worldwide.
All applicants must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview, and an extensive background investigation. US citizenship is required.
To be considered suitable for Agency employment, applicants must generally not have used illegal drugs within the last 12 months. The issue of illegal drug use prior to 12 months is carefully evaluated during the medical and security processing.
If you are interested in finding locations and positions for Medical Officers, many of the jobs are in government agencies: Health and Human Services in all states, the Navy, the Armed Forces, the prison systems and Veterans Affairs. Later there is a discussion of Medical Officers in business settings, where medicine becomes business.
Hospitals also have Medical Officers. An Example is Fatima Hospital in Rhode Island. They placed a very simple request for a Hospital Medical Officer. Fatima takes care of House Officers.
- Perform any clinical diagnostics or therapeutic procedures, which are beyond the ability of the nursing staff. Examination and treatment of patients involved in incidents such as falls, medical emergencies, insertion of intravenous lines etc.
- Consultation with attending/referring physicians, nursing and other clinical professionals to ensure effective, quality patient care.
Requirements:
- Internal Medicine
- Rhode Island license2
Now let us look at some very successful Medical Officers in research. Recently, Dr. Clarence L. Young, Chief Medical Officer of Protez Pharmaceuticals, was awarded the Bio-leadership Award at a Bench2Business conference in Philadelphia. The Bio-leadership Award was created by Bench2Business to ''recognize and publicize the achievement of scientists of color who have made their mark in bio-tech''3
Dr. Clarence Young, winner of the Bio-leadership Award and Vice President/Chief Medical Officer at Protez, an antibiotic developer, is being acquired by Novartis for close to $400 million dollars.
The two-day conference was funded by Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and three other supporters, Science Center, Cephalon, and Pennsylvania Bio. The community used this as a national opportunity for new and established scientists to network with entrepreneurs of color. Biotech investors were there to network about opportunities in the life sciences industry.
In Tampa, Florida, an experienced Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Emmet B. Keeffe, was hired by Romark Laboratories, LC (a privately owned company). He is from Stanford University Medical Center and spent his life as a clinical investigator. His research was in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis. At Stanford Dr. Keeffe was a professor of medicine, chief of hepatology and co-director of the Liver Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center. Romark Laboratories is a biotech company, which is researching and establishing clinical development programs that use small molecules for treating infectious diseases, cancers and autoimmune diseases.
In September of 2008, Dr. John P. Hanrahan was hired as Chief Medical Office and Senior Vice President of Pumatrix, a biotech company. He will lead clinical trials of the company's respiratory infectious disease treatment. Before joining Pumatrix, Dr. Hanrahan worked as executive medical director for pulmonary products. He was responsible for clinical development for FDA approval of the firm's asthma drug Levalbuterol and pulmonary disease drug Arformoterol.
Advice from a Medical Officer in Iraq
The last piece of information is about a Medical Officer in Iraq. ''Brig. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr., the top medical officer in Iraq, reaffirms his officer's oath after receiving a star and a promotion to his current rank at the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad''4 Kakesako reports that the Medical Officer credits his achievements to an influential person at his Saint Louis School. Caravalho said this in an Army News release, Mr. Will Farrell told him he could be anything he wanted to be and his first thought was, ''That's the first time anyone said anything like that to me''5
A career in executive officer jobs such as a Medical Officer is a long road but as you can see, it leads to success. The determined candidate will be bright and dedicated to his or her career of caring and research to invent new ways to cure disease. That step in the career of executive officer jobs such as a Medical Officer brings our world closer to hope. Biotechnology has become the wave of the future in research and business. There are openings for new young doctors and rewards for years of service. Rewards to the young Medical Officer in Iraq, Caravalho, accepted a star and a new rank for a job well done. How satisfying would that be for someone who chose a career to care and spent his time and risked his life to see it being rewarded?
1. CIA, a government agency, Apr 21, 2007 06:51 PM
2. Fatima Hospital, North Providence, Rhode Island
3. Michaele Glenn November 8, 2008 7:22PM EST
4. "Star Bulletin" Gregg K. Kakesako, July 28, 2008
5. "Star Bulletin" Gregg K. Kakesako, July 28, 2008
