Job Description
About the Job Physician (#R10245) Location: Remote (U.S.) with Occasional Travel
Employment Type: Contract (Case-Based Consulting)
Hourly Rate: $241.50/hour (expert services); $105.00/hour (travel time)
Position Overview: Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is seeking a Medical Expert Witness provides independent expert review, written opinions, and testimony in vaccine and countermeasure injury cases for the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).
Why Join Us? - Competitive Compensation: $241.50 per hour for expert services; $105.00 per hour for travel time when in-person testimony is required.
- Work Schedule: Flexible, case-based consulting
- Professional Growth: Engage with high-impact federal health law
- Impactful Work: Contribute to equitable vaccine injury compensation
Qualifications: - Required qualifications & certifications:
- MD or DO from an accredited U.S. (or equivalent foreign) medical school.
- Current, active, full, unrestricted license as a physician in a U.S. state/territory/DC/PR (if seeing patients).
- Board-certified in a relevant specialty/subspecialty (e.g., Allergy, Immunology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, etc.).
- Current clinical practice or left clinical practice within the last 5 years; or current research activity or left research within the last 5 years.
- Current academic appointment at a U.S. MD or DO-granting medical school and active affiliation with a U.S. academic medical center.
- Demonstrated subject-matter expertise supported by peer-reviewed publications, research, and/or academic teaching.
- Ability to pass a National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) query with no disqualifying adverse actions.
- U.S. residency sufficient to complete federal background investigation (generally 3 of past 5 years for non-U.S. citizens).
- Desired experience:
- Prior expert witness work or medico-legal case review experience.
- Experience with vaccine-related, neurological, immunologic, or autoimmune conditions.
Key Responsibilities: - Review complete case files, including petitions, medical records, affidavits, depositions, and exhibits.
- Identify key medical issues, analyze petitioner's theory of causation, and assess scientific validity and medical reasonableness.
- Prepare draft and final expert reports with clearly stated opinions on causation, standard of care, merit, liability, and damages, including supporting literature.
- Respond to interrogatories and questions from DOJ and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, with cited references.
- Provide testimony (in-person, teleconference, or video) and participate in pre-hearing preparation with DOJ.
- Advise VICP/CICP on vaccines, countermeasures, adverse events, and vaccine safety questions as requested.
- Protect PHI/PII, comply with Privacy Act and federal records requirements, and securely return/shred/destroy records within 30 days of case closure.
Job Tags
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