Place of Work:
24%-25% COLA will be added to the base salary for the states of Alaska and Hawaii.
Position Status:
This announcement may be used to fill permanent full-time, part-time or intermittent positions. Indicate on your resume your availability for any of these appointments.
Number of Vacancy: Many
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Duties: Examines, diagnoses, manages, and treats a full range of eye and visual problems and ocular diseases, to include the application of advanced instrumentation, optometric procedures and techniques, with an emphasis on therapeutic/diagnostic pharmaceutical drugs in the care of visual and ocular anomalies.
Treats cases involving ocular pathology and injury.
Performs other duties as assigned.
About the Position:
Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes providing with your application, a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent Performance Rating and a copy of your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application that you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible.
Note:
Applications will be posted on the Army website for review by all medical facilities within the Army for a period of 120 days from its receipt. If you wish to extend your eligibility after your initial 120 days have expired, you must notify us by phone, fax or email.
Who May Apply:
All U. S. citizens and Nationals with allegiance to the United States.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligibles.
Basic Requirements: Licensure: Must possess Current license to practice optometry in a State, DC, or a territory of the United States. Degree: Must possess a Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
Additional Requirements for Non-Research Grades GS-11 & Above:
For GS-11: One year of professional optometrist experience equivalent to at least GS-9 that demonstrated the ability to perform the work of the position to be filled. For example, for industrial optometrists, the applicants experience must have demonstrated skill in developing or applying methods, procedures, or devices for protection of employees engaged in eye-hazardous work.
For GS-12: One year of professional optometrist experience equivalent to at least GS-11 that demonstrated the ability to perform the work of the position to be filled. For example, for industrial optometrists, the applicants experience must have demonstrated skill in administering an industrial optometry program in an industrial activity requiring the development of new methods, procedures, or devices for protection employees engaged in eye-hazardous work.
For GS-13 and above: One year of professional optometrist experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.
Basic eligibility will be rated based upon the experience, education & training described in your resume. Factors such as recency of experience/education and relevance of experience/education to the work of the position will be used.
24% or 5% COLA will be added to the base salary for the states of HI and AK and may be added to Overseas positions.
Excellent benefits: 401(k) equivalent, health/life insurance, leave plans & opportunities for career development and education.
Thank you for considering The Department of Army for career opportunites.
This solicitation direct hire solictation.
The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements, and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described in this vacancy announcement.
One year of experience in the same or similar work equivalent to at least the next lower grade or level requiring application of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the position being filled.
Other Information:
To successfully claim veteran's preference, your resume/supplemental data must clearly show your entitlement. Please review the information listed under the Other Requirements link on this announcement or review our on-line Job Application Kit.
Multiple positions will be filled from this announcement.
This announcement will be used to fill multiple positions at various locations.
Positions listed with multiple grades may be filled at any grade level and may or may not have promotion potential.
Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
May require overtime work.
May require shift work and/or work on rotating shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays and in other situations.
The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants issued March 18, 2004 will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is available on http://www.cpms.osd.mil/fas/staffing/pdf/rem_ann.pdf
Recruitment bonus may or may not be authorized.
Relocation bonus may or may not be authorized.
U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
Candidates initially selected from the U.S. may be eligible for certain foreign area benefits.
Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.
Please note that active-duty military members are eligible to apply no earlier than 120 days before their separation or retirement date.
Permanent Change of Station/Relocation expenses may or may not be authorized.
Temporary Duty (TDY) travel may be required.
Other Requirements:
Child Care Criminal History background checks may be required prior to movement to position.
Top Secret security clearance may be required.
Secret security clearance may be required.
Personnel security investigation may be required.
Position may be designated as Emergency Essential.
A medical examination may be required.
Immunization screening may be required.
This position may be required to comply with the Drug Abuse Testing Program.
You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
Must provide documents for credentialing for health care positions.
License/Certification: Must have current valid Optomery license in a State, DC, PR or US territory.
All Health Care Providers must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and certification Current Advanced Life Support of other advanced certification does not supersede BLS completion.
Documentation to support Military Spouse Preference needs to be submitted at time of application.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
You must include the announcement number on your application.
You may claim Military Spouse Preference.
Applicants claiming veteran's preference must clearly show an entitlement to such preference on the resume/supplemental data submitted.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in the vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
One year trial/probationary period may be required.
This announcement may be used to fill Lead or Supervisory positions. A one year supervisory probationary/trial period may be required.
You will need to click on Employment. This will bring up a new page. Click on Build a Resume, complete and submit.
Next, click on Search for Jobs. You can search again to find a vacancy you would like to apply for or, you can go to the bottom on the Vacancy Announcement Job Board page and put the following Announcement Number in the Announcement field.
Announcement Number: MD-DH-08-300
Then click on the announcement number link and scroll down to the bottom of the vacancy to How to Apply and follow the directions.
