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This job is located at: Macdill AFB, FL
This is a proposal position.
Job description:
The Medical Policy and Planning Advisor supports the MARCENT Force Surgeon in implementing operational health service support, medical planning, and force health protection across the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility. This role provides subject matter expertise in health surveillance, bio-surveillance, preventive medicine, and policy development, and directly supports operational readiness for combatant command servicing personnel. The role requires expert-level knowledge, leadership in planning and coordination, and frequent interaction with senior military and interagency personnel. The Medical Plans and Policy Advisor will perform the following duties:
Produce coordinated communication materials with G-4 and Plans, Operations, and Medical Intelligence (POMI) planners concerning Global Health Engagement policies and activities.
Required Qualifications:
EXPERIENCE
CORE SKILLS / COMPETENCIES
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Required travel:
Why work for QSL?
Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nation's response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.
QSL's Benefit Package
Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.
Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.
This job is located at: Macdill AFB, FL
This is a proposal position.
Job description:
The Medical Policy and Planning Advisor supports the MARCENT Force Surgeon in implementing operational health service support, medical planning, and force health protection across the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility. This role provides subject matter expertise in health surveillance, bio-surveillance, preventive medicine, and policy development, and directly supports operational readiness for combatant command servicing personnel. The role requires expert-level knowledge, leadership in planning and coordination, and frequent interaction with senior military and interagency personnel. The Medical Plans and Policy Advisor will perform the following duties:
- Identify and interpret CENTCOM, BUMED, and DHA medical policy guidance; advise Force Surgeon on policy application and impact.
- Provide coordination and integration of bio-surveillance, preventive medicine, and force health protection activities across MARCENT.
- Participate in planning meetings and exercises, including Annex Q development, and act as liaison between MARCENT and adjacent commands and higher headquarters.
- Monitor and assess medical intelligence and health threat information across the theater; provide recommendations for mitigating operational health risks.
- Assist in developing and refining guidance related to MOD, pharmaceuticals, therapeutics, and blood program logistics.
- Review and support Purple Heart boards, readiness events, and administrative coordination with local military treatment facilities.
- Prepare and deliver briefings, written reports, and recommendations on medical planning and health surveillance activities.
Produce coordinated communication materials with G-4 and Plans, Operations, and Medical Intelligence (POMI) planners concerning Global Health Engagement policies and activities.
Required Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Nursing, or a related medical field is required.
- Bachelor's degree with at least six years of direct operational experience in a Force level Medical Staff may be substituted for a Master's Degree.
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in military medical planning, operational health support, or force health protection.
- Knowledge of CENTCOM policies, Department of Defense health operations, and global medical intelligence sources.
- Experience working with joint military planning groups, including CCSG and Defense Health Agency (DHA) stakeholders.
- Experience and knowledge of Annex Q development and combatant command-level medical policy implementation.
- Demonstrated knowledge of U.S. Armed Forces blood programs, medical logistics, and multinational coordination.
- Demonstrated knowledge of disease surveillance systems, MEDEVAC procedures, and deployment health readiness.
CORE SKILLS / COMPETENCIES
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Certification in one or more of the following: Certified in Public Health (CPH), Certified Medical Planner (if applicable), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Deployment Health Assessment Program (DHAP) awareness.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite; familiarity with medical readiness tracking systems.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and cross-functional coordination abilities.
- Prior military service in a medical or planning billet at the Force level, or equivalent experience obtained by holding and performing in roles such as Military Health Planner, Preventive Medicine Officer, or Joint Medical Operations Officer.
- Advanced proficiency with medical logistics systems and DoD planning tools.
Required travel:
- Required to travel, sometimes on very short notice, within and outside the continental U.S. to support exercises, planning meetings, and site surveys.
Why work for QSL?
Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nation's response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.
QSL's Benefit Package
Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.
Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.
- Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
- Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
- Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Employee Discount Programs
- Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.
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