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Psychiatrist, Foreign Service Regional Medical Officer Psychiatrist (RMOP) (FS-6125)
Department of State - Agency Wide · Posted today
On-site Full-time Montevideo $174K – $197K Apply by Jul 22, 2026 Medical Officer ESTJINFJINTJINTP Healthcare
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The U.S. Department of State is developing a rank-ordered list of eligible hires for a limited number of Regional Medical Officer – Psychiatrist positions. Learn more about Foreign Service careers at https://careers.state.gov. There is more to joining the Foreign Service than just salary. Refer to the Benefits section for more information on total compensation.
What You'll Do
- →The Bureau of Medical Services (MED) in the Department of State safeguards and promotes the health and well-being of the United States' diplomatic community, which consists of employees and their accompanying family members who represent United States government agencies abroad.
- →The Department assigns Foreign Service Medical Specialists Regional Medical Officer Psychiatrists (RMOPs) 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 Foreign Service Medical Specialists to provide medical and mental health 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.
- →All Medical Specialists working with the Bureau of Medical Services must provide primary care services and counseling to all patients regardless of age, sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, language, disease, disability, or religion.
- →Mission team.
Requirements
- ✓Essential Physical Requirements The most important physical requirements of the job are speaking, hearing, vision, mental endurance, tolerance for extreme environmental conditions, physical endurance, dexterity, and mobility.
- ✓RMOPs may need to perform essential functions effectively in environments that pose physical or other occupational challenges.
- ✓These duties may include: Provision of direct patient care that may require heavy lifting, pulling, stooping, bending, and twisting in tight and limited spaces.
- ✓Travelling independently to posts utilizing commercial air carriers or other transportation types and facilities that may be difficult to access.
- ✓Provision of emergency care in any location following an accident, natural disaster, or attack 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, walking, and running over uneven terrain.
- ✓Transportation of self or patients via small aircraft, helicopters, ambulances, or other non-standard modes of transportation with small entrances and high floors, such as high-axle armored vehicles.
- ✓Assistance with evacuation via land, sea, or air in the event of political unrest.
- ✓At the time of application, the candidate must possess: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from a university in the U.S. or Canada that was approved by a recognized U.S. accrediting body in the year of the candidate's graduation.
- ✓MD, DO, or equivalent degree from a foreign school that provided educational and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the U.S.
- ✓This equivalency may be demonstrated by either permanent certification of the candidate's school by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) or a Fifth Pathway Certificate.
- ✓Subsequent to obtaining an MD or DO degree, a candidate must have completed formal residency training in psychiatry.
- ✓Qualifying graduate training programs include only those residency programs within the U.S. or Canada that are approved by an accrediting body recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
- ✓Education from a program or institution within the United States must be accredited at the time of program completion by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
Benefits
- ★Benefits include health and medical coverage, federal retirement benefits, and paid leave.
- ★Overseas benefits include tax-free housing and a tax-free education allowance for dependent children between K–12 overseas, and an unrivaled opportunity to see the world and experience different cultures.
- ★The salary range listed is extracted from the Foreign Service Overseas pay scales.
- ★The starting step is determined in part by the highest education level achieved and specialized experience beyond minimum qualifications.
- ★Individuals already working in government positions may be appointed based on their highest previous rate as a federal employee.
- ★Federal service must have been as a physician.
- ★Candidates are eligible for a 10 percent recruitment bonus and a 10 percent retention bonus.
- ★Continuing Medical Education (CME) The Department of State provides expenses for obtaining CME credit hours.
Personality Fit
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