Physician (Direct Hire)

NASA Johnson Space Center seeks an experienced undersea and hyperbaric medicine physician to serve within the Space and Occupational Medicine Branch supporting health and medical care of astronauts and other personnel in support of existing and future human spaceflight programs.

Serve as a subject matter expert on various aspects of human health and performance in altered pressure environments for existing and future human spaceflight programs.

Provide expertise in support of human systems approach to evaluation/integration of evidence from space medicine, research, operations, and engineering to define risk assessments and human standards requirements to safely sustain crews.

Serve as a health professional, supporting test team operations at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory and other NASA chamber facilities, including monitoring hazardous tests in altered pressure environments.

Provide expertise to human test and research programs, including human exposures to hyperbaric and hypobaric environments, and medical and exercise projects promoting astronaut health.

Attend and preside over various committees and meetings involving the JSC Clinic Medical Staff.

Provide clear, internally consistent communication with Human Spaceflight Program customers and stakeholders.

Provide training for astronauts, flight crews, flight surgeons and aerospace medicine residents in areas of expertise as required.

Contribute to or lead health and medical support and clinical care for NASA astronauts and human test activity participants, including treatments inside the hyperbaric chamber.