Chief Medical Officer

Serves as Chief Medical Officer for Johnson Space Center (JSC), providing Health and Medical Technical Authority for crewed spaceflight and oversight of occupational health. Offers senior medical expertise, sets health and medical requirements, assesses medical risks, and advises NASA leadership on medical policy, astronaut health, flight readiness, and emerging aerospace medicine issues.

You must meet all four requirements listed below: The mandatory Basic Requirement shown in the Education section below; Specialized experience as shown below, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of this position; Certification/Licensure/Training requirements; and SL Evaluation Criteria requirements. For the SL level: 5 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled; OR A combination of experience and training equivalent to at least 5 years of graduate training in the medical specialty required for this position. Preferred Experience: 5 years or more of experience in Aerospace Medicine AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Candidates must be a recognized subject matter expert with at least 1 year of directly related experience equivalent to the GS-15 level in implementing, managing and reviewing operational medical and occupational health programs. Such experience includes technical oversight in aerospace medicine including the fields of research into countermeasures development, medical operations, physiology, behavioral health, biochemistry, toxicology, microbiology, cell biology, and radiation biology, and leading aerospace medicine experts and board members in evaluating and correlating conflicting medical evidence for arriving at a sound medical conclusion on novel and exceptionally difficult cases. Your application package must be in your own words. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement, or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit and review NASA's guidance on the use of super intelligence (SI) or SI-assisted tools during the application process. CERTIFICATION: Board-certification or eligibility in Aerospace Medicine AND LICENSURE: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. AND GRADUATE TRAINING: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at 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. Graduate training programs include only those internship, residency, and fellowship programs that are approved by accrediting bodies recognized within the United States or Canada. Descriptions of such programs are described below. An internship program involves broadly based clinical practice in which physicians acquire experience in treating a variety of medical problems under supervision (e.g., internal medicine, surgery, general practice, obstetrics-gynecology, and pediatrics). Such programs are in hospitals or other institutions accredited for internship training by a recognized body of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). A residency program involves training in a specialized ?eld of medicine in a hospital or an institution accredited for training in the specialty by a recognized body of the American Medical Association, (AMA) or Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education(ACGME). 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 States for such training. AND SL EVALUATION CRITERIA: To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, your resume must also address both Senior Level (SL) Evaluation Criteria listed below. Failure to address these criteria will result in your application being rated ineligible. 1. Technical Competence and Leadership Led technical/discipline teams to advance or enable state-of-the-art solutions in science, engineering, or mission enabling functions. Developed or implemented innovative methodologies or technologies to solve complex scientific, engineering or mission enabling problems. Led or supported collaborative partnerships with industry, academic, or government organizations to advance scientific, engineering, or mission enabling technical capabilities at national or international levels. 2. Professional Contributions and Influence Leveraged expertise and integration skills to resolve technical/discipline challenges for complex systems. Demonstrated impact in technical discipline to solve issues or improve operational effectiveness. Chaired or presented at professional conference sessions or technical forums to share expertise and influence field development. Developed or mentored students or professional practitioners in scientific, engineering or mission enabling communities. Shared technical knowledge or innovations that were adopted by outside organizations with documented results. Please refer to the "How you will be evaluated" section for a list of competencies that you will be evaluated on.