Physician at the U.S. Consulate General
Employment Nigeria
29-Feb-2024
₦Not Available
LAGOS ,
Multinational
The U.S. Mission to Nigeria comprises of the Embassy in Abuja, FCT, and the Consulate General in Lagos. U.S. Consulate General Lagos is the Mission’s representative to the Nigerian people in the southern region.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Physician
Announcement Number: Lagos-2024-013
Location: Lagos
Series/Grade: LE - 0505 12
Work Schedule: Full-time - 40 Hours per week
Promotion Potential: LE-NA
Overview
- Hiring Path: Open to the public
- Who May Apply/Clarification From the Agency: This position is open to:
- All Interested Applicants / All Sources
- For USEFM - FP grade is FP 3 ($80,787.00). Actual FP salary authorized by Washington D.C.
- Security Clearance Required: Public Trust - Background Investigation
- Appointment Type: Permanent
- Appointment Type Details: Indefinite subject to successful completion of probationary period
Summary
- The physician in this position is expected to provide primary urgent and emergency outpatient medical care services to all eligible American employees and their family members.
- Additionally, the incumbent will provide emergency and occupational health services to all employees of the Mission. Services will be provided through direct patient evaluation, examination, and treatment.
Duties
- The physician in this position is expected to provide primary urgent and emergency outpatient medical care services to all eligible American employees and their family members.
- The Front Office and Management Officer will look to this position to play a vital role in creating a healthier workplace, writing policies and providing advice on how to improve the health condition and awareness of the entire mission.
- Additionally, the incumbent will provide emergency and occupational health services to all employees of the Mission. Services will be provided through direct patient evaluation, examination, and treatment.
- The LE Staff physician is responsible for determining when hospitalization/medical evacuation is required and arranging all appropriate aspects of the patient's care.
- The LE Staff physician will participate in after-hours call responsibilities with other health unit team members. The job holder has significant impact on the entire embassy customer base in a variety of levels and fashions, including decisions on employees’ abilities to work, continued ability to be posted in their overseas assignment based on medical conditions that require ongoing management, and Medevac decisions and implications.
Education Requirements
- Medical Degree from an accredited Medical School and completion of appropriate post-graduate internship/residency/or fellowship is required. Must possess and maintains a current valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine within the host country, country of citizenship, or the U.S.
Experience:
- A minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience post-graduate training in primary care (Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, or Internal Medicine) with at least 50% of the provider's time involved with direct patient care during that time is required.
Requirements:
- All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a Public Trust security clearance.
- All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and, may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.
- Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time (6 weeks) upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.
Salary
USD $50,180 - USD $77,780 /Per Year
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline 29th February, 2024.
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