The Physician is a recognized medical authority who provides highly complex and challenging training to FAA employees, Physician/Medical Officer, various professionals, and other aviation personnel, and performs Quality Assurance (QA) review activities under the general supervision/ direction of a manager. The Physician possesses broad discretion to ensure the work of the position aligns with agency objectives and policies.
The primary responsibility of the Medical Officer Trainer and Quality Assurance (QA) Reviewer is to provide training to Physicians/Medical Officers, Regional Flight Surgeons, Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs), and Residents in Aerospace Medicine regarding FAA policies and procedures for the aeromedical dispositions of medical certification applications of airmen and contract air traffic controllers. The Medical Officer Trainer/QA Reviewer coordinates extensively with the Aerospace Medical Education Division (AAM-400) to provide or arrange training of AMEs at Basic and Refresher seminars, as well as the training of Residents in Aerospace Medicine.
Specifically, the Medical Officer Trainer/QA facilitates the understanding amongst trainees of the overall provisions of 14 CFR Part 67 regulations, as well as the policies put forth by the Federal Air Surgeon within the Office of Aerospace medicine (AAM). The Medical Officer Trainer/QA ensures that trainees are familiar with appropriate policies and procedures regarding the granting and denying of medical certification, withdrawing Special Issuances, authorizing Medical Flight Tests (MFT), affirming validity of certificates issued by designated Aviation Medical Examiners, or requesting additional information to substantiate the issuance or denial of medical certificates. The Medical Officer Trainer/QA ensures trainees are familiar with Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) procedural guidance, to include the AME Guide, the OneGuide, and the MedList, as well as specialty workflows within AAM, to include Drug & Alcohol, Medical Appeals, Neurology, Anti-Depressant Medication Use, Mental Health, and Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus (First and Second Class). Furthermore, trainees will be familiarized with the Neurology and Cardiology Panel/Consultant review process, as well as the process for referring complex and/or difficult cases to a Federal Air Surgeon's Specialty Consultant.
The Medical Officer Trainer/QA serves as a referral source for Physician/Medical Officers or Regional Flight Surgeons (and staff) regarding disposition of complex or difficult certification cases, and/or appropriate referral as warranted. The Medical Officer Trainer/QA also teaches, mentors, trains, and coaches other physicians internal to the Agency, as well as Legal Instruments Examiners and other employees in the Division, Aerospace Medicine Residents, visitors to the Civil Aerospace Medicine Institute (CAMI), and other aviation personnel as assigned or invited to do so. External to the FAA, the Medical Officer Trainer/QA effectively represents the FAA and organizational positions when engaging stakeholders such as non-governmental medical groups, pilot advocacy groups and professional organizations; this may also include active engagement and building positive relationships with airmen in appropriate form such as "Sun n’ Fun", "Air Venture", FAAST seminars, etc.
As a medical authority, the Medical Officer Trainer/QA performs peer review and quality assurance oversight of a certain number of randomly selected airmen cases drawn from the Document Imaging Workflow System (DIWS). These are cases that have been dispositioned by either a Physician/Medical Officer within the Aerospace Medical Certification Division (AAM-300), or by one of the Regional Flight Surgeons (or staff). The Medical Officer Trainer/QA will also serve as a referral source to review cases that have been identified as not meeting required standards of practice for certification review.
Starting at $179,643 Per Year (FV M)
