Announcement Number: RIGA-2025-03

Hiring Agency: Embassy Riga

Position Title: Physician (All interested applicants - All Sources)

Open Period: 08/13/2025 - 09/12/2025

Format MM/DD/YYYY

Vacancy Time Zone: GMT+2

Series/Grade: LE - 0505 12

Salary: EUR €31,308 - EUR €31,308 /Per Year

Work Schedule: Part-time - 20 hours per week

Promotion Potential: LE-12

Duty Location(s): 1 Vacancy in Riga, LG

Telework Eligible: No

HR Section

371-6710-7050

The physician in this position is expected to provide primary urgent and emergency outpatient medical care services to all eligible American employees and their family members. Additionally, the incumbent will provide emergency and occupational health services to all employees of the Mission. Services will be provided through direct patient evaluation, examination, and treatment.

The physician is responsible for determining when hospitalization/medical evacuation is required and arranging all appropriate aspects of the patient's care. The physician will participate in after-hours call responsibilities with other health unit team members.

The job holder has significant impact on the entire embassy customer base in a variety of levels and fashions, including decisions on employees' abilities to work, continued ability to be posted in their overseas assignment based on medical conditions that require ongoing management, and medical evacuation decisions and implications.

The Front Office and Management Officer will look to this position to play a vital role in creating a healthier workplace, writing policies and providing advice on how to improve the health condition and awareness of the entire mission.

Schedule: This position may require availability during after-hours, weekends, or holidays. The incumbent will share in rotational call responsibilities that will require after-hours and weekend/holiday emergency services.

Physical Requirements: The majority of work will be completed in an office setting but there are increased risks for infectious disease contact in this environment due to nature of work, as well as the occasional need to assist in the lifting/moving of patients that are incapacitated. 

Qualifications and Evaluations

Start date: Candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time (4 weeks) of receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.

Medical Degree from an accredited Medical School and completion of appropriate post-graduate internship/residency/or fellowship is required

Must possess and maintain a current valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine within the host country, country of citizenship, or the U.S.

You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement. 

You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.

You must complete the application form and provide the required documents. Your application must address all the position qualifications and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed. If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position.

A minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience post-graduate training in primary care (Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, or Internal Medicine) with at least 50% of the provider's time involved with direct patient care during that time is required.

English - Level 4 - Fluent; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate.

Latvian - Level 4 - Fluent; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate.

Applicant must be a skilled and experienced physician who recognizes and understands the problems of delivering healthcare to a large and diverse group of personnel and their family members and be able to adjust his/her response and actions to varying medical and social situations.

Expert knowledge in technical medical terminologies.

Must be able to perform common office-based surgical procedures, primary care procedures, and have emergency response skills such as intubation of patients, IV insertion, ability to perform CPR, etc.

Position shall work with standard medical equipment and is expected to know how to operate basic laboratory equipment.

Must be proficient in use of computer including Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet functions including medical literature searches and use of common computer-based applications/programs.

Must be sensitive to needs and feelings of the patients and be approachable and personable in order to obtain and maintain the trust and confidence of employees and dependents.

Benefits and Other Info

Locally Employed Staff, including Members of Household (MOHs), and Third-Country Nationals (TCNs), working at the U.S. Mission in Riga, may receive a compensation package that may include health, separation, and other benefits.

For Eligible Family Member (EFM) applicants, benefits should be discussed with the HR Office. The pay plan is assigned by the HR Office and confirmed by Washington, D.C.

HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER 

* IMPORTANT: US citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) preferably Member Copy 4, Letter from Veterans Affairs which indicates the present existence of a service-connected disability, equivalent documentation, or certification. A certification is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given. 

** This level of preference applies to all FS employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau. 

For complete definitions of AEFM, USEFM, EFM, Member of Household, etc., please visit the3 FAM 7210 Definitions.   

The following apply to EFMs, USEFMs, and AEFMs only:   

The following apply to Locally Employed (LE) staff only:  

Click the Apply to This Vacancy button at the top of the page to begin your application. For an instructional video on how to apply click here. 

Please address all relevant experience, education, language skills (including English), and job related skills or requirements in your application.

You may edit your application any time before the vacancy closing date. If you fail to submit a complete application by the vacancy closing date of this vacancy, then your application may be disqualified for this position.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): The U.S. Mission provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.

The HR Office will contact successful applicants. 

For more information on applying for jobs or employment with us, please visit the U.S. Mission website (https://lv.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs/).

Thank you for your application and your interest in working with us.