2. Joining OH-1

Ohio-1 D.M.A.T., a Disaster Medical Assistance Team is currently seeking to add additional members to our team.

All team members are intermittent, part time Federal employees. Our purpose is to deploy for up to 14 days, to a federally declared disaster, National Special Security event or other federal activation. We are covered by Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Workers Comp and Professional Liability Insurance. We strictly abide by the Incident Command System.

Once activated, our mission is to provide medical care to those in need, in an existing hospital or austere conditions, wherever we are needed.  We are paid on a Government Service (GS) scale according to position and receive per- diem based on location of operation.  It is understood by the membership that deployments are an occasional event, so this is not a full time position, that the employment on the D.M.A.T.  supplements a full or part time job elsewhere.  However, when we deploy, we need your commitment to the mission at hand!

We are looking for dedicated people who want to make a difference. All applicants must go through a federal hiring process that will take at least 3 months. There is a time commitment required to remain deployable and there is required online training. You must remain in contact with the leadership just like any other employer. OH-1, is on primary call three months out of the year. This enables our team members the flexibility of choosing their on-call rotations and deployments. Additionally, national/regional situations or events may occur during our non-primary on-call months, that may present additional opportunities to deploy either with OH-1 or as supplimental staff on other D.M.A.T. Teams in the National Disaster Medical System as part of the National  Disaster Response Plan.

Team members may resign at any time, however no one cannot simply walk away as proper procedures must be followed. Once you have secured an official position on the team – you ARE an employee of the Federal Government. We hold monthly meetings with educational presentations and we do offer Continuing Education Units (C.E.U.s) through the State of Ohio E.M.S. Commission.

OH-1 is currently seeking to fill the following positions:

Doctors- must have an active license (MD or DO), preference will be given to Emergency Medicine, Trauma or other related specialties.

Nurse Practitioners – 1 yr experience required

Physicians Assistants – 1 yr experience required

Pharmacists – 1 yr experience required

Pharmacy Technicians – 1 yr experience required

Respiratory Therapist (1 needed) – 1 yr experience required

Safety Specialist – 1 yr experience required, must have OSHA training, experience

Security Specialist – 1 yr experience required

Information Technology Specialist/Technicians – 1 yr experience required and experience in the health care setting desired.

Registered Nurses – 1 yr experience required, preference give to ED, Acute Care

Logistics Coordinators/Specialists -We prefer individuals who are cross-trained in a health care related field to serve in these roles, (Basic EMT’s, Rad Tech’s, Med Tech’s, etc, but you do need to have some logistics experience. Duties include; assisting with the transport, set-up, operations and accountability of supplies and equipment, able to identify the need and availability of commonly used medical supplies and equipment.

If you do not yet have one year experience in one of the above positions, but do have credentials as a paramedic, RN or can fill one of the other open positions, we can hire you in your current profession and upgrade you when you qualify.

Hiring numbers will be restricted by position due to federal team requirements. Positions will no longer be available when our needs are met.  Please contact the Administrative Officer, Kathy D’Amore at 419 351-0992 or by email at kathy.D’Amore@hhs.gov for more information to set up an interview.

Kathy D’Amore
Administrative Officer, DMAT OH-1                                 Application Documents:
National Disaster Medical System
HHS/ASPR/OPEO
Perrysburg, OH 43551
25601 Ft Meigs Rd, Ste A
Mobile 419 351-0992                     Fax 419 874-4946