18 oct
US Department of State - Agency Wide
Montevideo
**Duties**:
The Bureau of Medical Services (MED) in the Department of State safeguards and promotes the health and well-being of American's diplomatic community, which consists of employees and their accompanying family members who represent United States government agencies abroad. The Department assigns Foreign Service Medical Officers (RMOs), Psychiatrists (RMOPs), Medical Providers (MPs), and Regional Medical Laboratory Scientists (RMLS) to selected posts overseas. Many of these posts have significant health risks and local medical care that is inadequate by U.S. standards.
A Regional Medical Officer Psychiatrist (RMOP)
works either independently or as a member of a team of FS Medical Specialists to provide medical support for USG employees and their Eligible Family Members (EFMs).
An RMOP is considered "essential personnel" and is expected to be available on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. RMOP duties include but are not limited to:
**Clinical Responsibilities**
- All Medical Specialists working with the Bureau of Medical Services must be willing to provide primary care services and counseling to all patients regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, language, disease, disability, or religion.
- Administers mental health care to American embassy personnel, their spouses and children.
- Helps employees and family members, including children, with adjustment to lifestyle and culture.
- Provide basic child/adolescent outpatient care (percentage of child/adolescent care is dependent on post).
- Performs telephone and telehealth video consultations.
- Arranges 24-hour care.
- Responds to crises at the home post or regional posts.
- Advises on mental health strategies.
- Maintains an awareness regarding alcohol and drug abuse at post and provides educational and treatment services.
- Renders clinical consultations and responds to allegations of domestic violence, child abuse, and child neglect.
- Provides consultation to other medical staff.
- Establishes mental health wellness programs.
- Teaches mental health crisis management.
- Trains locally hired nurses and health unit staff on screening for psychiatric conditions and stress management.
- Assesses morale at overseas embassies and consulates.
**Administrative Responsibilities**
- Communicates regularly with mission community.
- Maintains medical record documentation on clinical patient care.
- Uses other computer software to provide services.
- Evaluates local mental health care providers and mental health facilities at posts overseas.
- Evaluates the availability of local psychiatric medications.
- Maintains or advises on Health Unit (HU) inventory of medications and oversees controlled substances.
- Creates satisfaction surveys.
- Assures personal continuing medical education.
**Embassy or State Department Specific Responsibilities**
- Performs regional travel.
- Works with non-department of state agencies.
- Arranges medical evacuations.
- Assists consular corps.
- Liaises with other RMOPs.
- Ensures emergency preparedness.
- Advises ambassador.
- Consults at the American (or international) schools.
- Deals with problems in the embassy workplace.
- Evaluates medical clearances.
- Deals with local health care officials.
- Communicates with medical headquarters in Washington.
**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:
- Be a U.S. citizen and accept assignments based on the needs of the FS.*
- Be able to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
- Meet the minimum medical qualification standard.
- Be able to obtain a favorable Suitability Review Panel determination.**:
- Be at least 20 years old to apply; at least 21 years old to be appointed.
- Be appointed prior to age 60 (preference eligible veterans excepted).**
**Essential Physical Requirements**
The most important physical requirements of the job are: speaking, hearing, vision, mobility,
tolerance for extreme environmental conditions, and physical endurance.
RMOPs may need to perform essential functions effectively with or without reasonable accommodation, in environments that pose physical or other occupational challenges. These duties may include:
- Providing direct patient care that may require heavy lifting, pulling, stooping, and twisting in austere environments.
- Travelling independently to regional posts utilizing commercial air carriers, military aircraft, or other transportation modalities that may not offer special access accommodations.
- Providing emergency care in any location following an accident, natural disaster, or attack and emergency care in potentially hostile or physically challenging environments,
such as in buildings without elevators or in areas with irregular spaces that require kneeling, bending, stooping, lifting, and running over uneven terrain.
- Transporting of self or patients via small aircraft, helicopters, ambulances, or other non-standard modes of transportation with small entrances and high floors, su
▶️ Foreign Service Regional Medical Officer
🖊️ US Department of State - Agency Wide
📍 Montevideo