Supervisory Physician (Clinical Director) Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service Summary Join our team as a Supervisory Physician and lead with impact. The purpose of this position is two-fold: to serve as the Clinical Director and Chief of Staff of the Clinical Services Branch and to provide the diagnosis, clinical oversight, mentorship, and leadership to ensure high-quality, evidence-based pient care.
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required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). Learn more about this agency Summary Join our team as a Supervisory Physician and lead with impact. The purpose of this position is two-fold: to serve as the Clinical Director and Chief of Staff of the Clinical Services Branch and to provide the diagnosis, clinical oversight, mentorship, and leadership to ensure high-quality, evidence-based pient care.
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required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
- Apply by 07/17/26 Due by 11:59 p.
m. ET on July 17, 2026 Locion few vacancies in the following locions: Belcourt, ND Lockport, NY Salem, OR Warm Springs, OR Eagle Butte, SD Fort Thompson, SD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $200,000
- $400,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0602 Medical Officer Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
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Control number 873948500 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Nive Americans Nive Americans or Alaskan Nives with a tribal affiliion. Clarificion from the agency The IHS is required by law to give absolute preference to qualified applicants who meet the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian for appointment to vacancies within the IHS in accordance with established IHS policy as outlined in the Indian Health Manual Part 7, Chapter 3. Videos Duties Help Total Compension Package
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gov) Supervises, organizes and maintains medical services and committee activities as required by the Service Unit by-laws, Rules and Regulions and for accredition/certificion. Plans work to be accomplished by staff and prepares schedules for completion of work; assigns work based on priorities and capabilities of employees and evalues work performance. Provides or assures the provision of primary medical care in all medical cegories to ambulory pients. Interviews and examines pients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examinions. Provides medical care and public health services to individuals eligible for services provided by the IHS in homes, schools, clinics, job sites, and other community locions within the Service Unit. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Selectee may be subject to a probionary period U.S. Citizenship is required Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 This is a designed position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure th persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes. A one-year supervisory/managerial probionary period may be required upon selection/placement. Confidential Financial Disclosure Form required. IHS Selectees th will work in an IHS health care facility may be subject to Employee Health Policies reled to Measles and Rubella, and seasonal influenza immunizions. Vaccine exemption requests may be available according to the Nional and/or Service Unit guidance. The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements. If privileges are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ . You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.
Background Investigion :
If you are selected for this vacancy, you must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigion. Fingerprint results and background investigion documention must be cleared prior to hire. After you begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the outcome of a complete background investigion as determined by the sensitivity level of your position. The investigion must find th you are suitable for Federal employment in your position. If you are found not suitable, you termined after you begin work. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal charges. You may be subject to a credit check as a part of the background investigion process. Prior to the appointment, candides must present two valid forms of identificion. If one of the documents is a ste-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant. Qualificions To qualify for this position, your resume must ste sufficient experience and/or educion, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
Individual Occupional Requirements Basic Requirements Degree:
Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteophic Medicine or equivalent from a school in the United Stes or Canada. This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Educion of the American Medical Associion ; Associion of American Medical Colleges ; Liaison Committee on Medical Educion ; Commission on Osteophic College Accredition of the American Osteophic Associion , or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion the time the degree was obtained. Degree from
Foreign Medical School:
A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must provide educion and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United Stes. Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United Stes is demonstred by permanent certificion by the Educional Commission for Foreign Medical Gradues , a fifth phway certifice for Americans who completed premedical educion in the United Stes and gradue educion in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examinion.
Licensure:
For all grade levels and positions, applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registrion as a Physician from a Ste, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United Stes. In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualificions sted below•
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
GS-15: 5 years of gradue training in the specialty of the position to be filled or equivalent experience and training.
Gradue Training:
Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteophic Medicine degree, a candide must have had least 1 year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a 1-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training. For purposes of this standard, gradue training programs include only those internship, residency, and fellowship programs th are approved by accrediting bodies recognized within the United Stes or Canada. Descriptions of such programs are described below. An internship program involves broadly based clinical practice in which physicians acquire experience in treing a variety of medical problems under supervision (e.g., internal medicine, surgery, general practice, obstetrics-gynecology, and pedirics). Such programs are in hospitals or other institutions accredited for internship training by a recognized body of the Accredition Council for Gradue Medical Educion (ACGME) or(external link) American Osteophic Associion (AOA) . A residency program involves training in a specialized field of medicine in a hospital or an institution accredited for training in the specialty by a recognized body of the American Medical Associion(external link) (AMA), American Osteophic Associion (AOA) or Accredition Council for Gradue Medical Educion (ACGME)(external link) . A fellowship program involves advanced training (beyond residency training) in a given medical specialty in either a clinical or research setting in a hospital or an institution accredited in the United Stes for such training. Click on the following link to view occupional requirements for this position: Physician Series 0602 You must meet all qualificion requirements within 30 days of the closing de of the announcement. Educion This position has an educion requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts accepted in the applicion package. Official transcripts required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion may be credited. Applicants can verify accredition the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accredition . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly reled previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. This position is ineligible for the Bargaining Unit. Recruitment or relocion incentives may be authorized. You required to sign a service agreement. This position has no promotion potential. Government housing maybe authorized select locions. The Indian Health Service (IHS), Nional Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administrion (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines. This is a competitive process separe from the hiring process. Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds. For additional informion please : For IHS
- http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/ For NHSC
- https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/ For HRSA Nurse Corps
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hrsa.gov/loansscholarships/nursecorps You evalued for this position in accordance with the OPM Merit Hiring Plan. As part of the applicion process, you asked to provide short essay responses (200 words or less each) to the following four questions. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United Stes inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Your responses are optional and will not be scored. However, they may be reviewed by hiring managers and agency leadership (or designees) during the evaluion process. You asked to certify th your responses are written in your own words and th you did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) tool (such as ChGPT or Copilot). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the locion identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with interested selecting official(s) HHS. Clearance of
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applied for similar positions across HHS. This position filled through the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority. Cegory ring and Veterans' Preference will not be considered in evaluing applicants. For more informion on Direct Hire Authority, please see OPM Direct Hire Fact Sheet . Your applicion (resume and supporting documention) evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required as listed on the announcement under qualificion requirements. To be considered well qualified for the purposes of the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must substantively exceed the basic qualificions and meet all eligibility, physical, medical, suitability, and any other requirements. Click here to view vacancy questions: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12988311 . All documents above MUST be received by 11:59 (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing de of, 07/17/2026, to be Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help USAJOBS Help Center
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If claiming Indian preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the Form BIA-4432, "Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only." Indian preference will not be given unless a properly signed and ded form is submitted with your applicion, including any verificion by an authorized Tribal Representive or BIA Official of tribal enrollment records. For detailed instructions, see form
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You are encouraged to submit copies of transcripts (official or unofficial) although not required the time of applicion. You must list your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Official transcripts required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer.
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Applicants should list their license/certificions on their resume, along with the expirion de, if applicable. Certificion of licensure/certificion required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. To begin, Click 'Apply' online button on the vacancy announcement. You directed the Login.
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Keith@ihs.gov, and/or 505-422-3583). The decision to grant reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion Marcheta Keith Phone 505-422-3583 Marcheta.
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Indian Preference Applicants :
If claiming Indian preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the Form BIA-4432, "Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only." Indian preference will not be given unless a properly signed and ded form is submitted with your applicion, including any verificion by an authorized Tribal Representive or BIA Official of tribal enrollment records. For detailed instructions, see form
BIA-4432.
Refer to
BIA-4432
link: Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) : If you are claiming CTAP/ICTAP, follow the instructions below: http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf .
Transcripts :
You are encouraged to submit copies of transcripts (official or unofficial) although not required the time of applicion. You must list your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Official transcripts required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer.
Licensure, Certificions :
Applicants should list their license/certificions on their resume, along with the expirion de, if applicable. Certificion of licensure/certificion required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. See required documents below. To begin, Click 'Apply' online button on the vacancy announcement. You directed the Login.
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Keith@ihs.gov, and/or 505-422-3583). The decision to grant reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Marcheta Keith Phone 505-422-3583 Marcheta.
Keith@ihs.gov Address Crow Creek Service Unit PO Box 200 Hwy 47 Fort Thompson, SD 57339 US Next steps Stay Upded with Text Alerts You can choose to receive text message notificions about your applicion stus.
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Log in to your USAJOBS account. Go to your Account Settings and select Notificion Preferences. Check the option to receive SMS/Text Messages . Text message updes are optional and provided in addition to email notificions. Standard messaging res may apply. You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJOBS account. You will receive an acknowledgement from USAJOBS th your submission was successful once we have received your on-line eligibility questionnaire, resume, and any supporting documention. You notified of the stus of your applicion via your USAJOBS Account after we conduct a qualificion review of your complete applicion package. You contacted if further evaluion or interviews are required. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background check, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the human resources office posting this announcement. If all required documention is not submitted with your applicion you will lose considerion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion and documents entered, uploaded, or faxed are received, legible and accure. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Additional locions Eagle Butte, SD Fort Thompson, SD Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
- Apply by 07/17/26 Due by 11:59 p.
m. ET on July 17, 2026 Locion few vacancies in the following locions: Belcourt, ND Lockport, NY Salem, OR Warm Springs, OR Eagle Butte, SD Fort Thompson, SD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $200,000
- $400,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
IHS-26-HQ-12988311-DHA
Control number 873948500