JP 4-02 Health Service Support - DMRTI - Defense Medical ...

Joint Task Force Surgeon’s Office
(1) The deputy joint task force surgeon (DJTFS) is normally a senior medical planner
from the Army, Navy, or Air Force. It is recommended they complete the joint medical planner’s
course and the JTF senior medical leader seminar. The role of the DJTFS is often seen as one of
filling in the “gaps” when the staff requires specific detailed guidance, facilitating JTFS’s staff
actions that support the CJTF, serving as the JTFS in the absence of the incumbent, and providing
and reinforcing the JTFS’s guidance and intent. Specific responsibilities of the DJTFS may
include:
(a) Assisting the JTFS with:
1. Determining office manning, equipment, and transportation requirements.
2. Developing guidelines for types of medical supplies needed, supply
procedures, stockage levels, sizes and location of medical supply installations, and medical
equipment maintenance support.
3. Assigning responsibilities to individual sections or individuals as
appropriate, to include the assignment of liaisons to the JTF J-4, civil-military operations center
(CMOC) as required, joint civil-military coordination board as required, humanitarian assistance
survey team (HAST) as required; joint interagency coordination group and membership duties
to the joint planning group (JPG) and other JTF organizations as required.
procedures.
4. Maintaining oversight on the implementation of JTFS’s policies/
5. Supervising augmentation medical teams, as required.
6. Ensuring that the appropriate training is conducted for JTFS’s staff .
7. Maintaining a master policy file and monitoring the JTFS’s office standard
operating procedures (SOP).
8. Monitoring JTFS’s staff actions and functions to ensure compliance of
assigned taskings (to include common administrative tasks).
(b) Supervising the plans and operations section of the JTFS’s office and the
development of HSS and FHP plans.
(c) Keeping the JTFS informed on the status of HSS and FHP throughout the JTF
by monitoring the status of patient beds, evacuation requirements, joint blood program, medical
logistics, veterinary support and food safety service programs, dental services, and deployment
health surveillance and preventive medicine programs.
(d) Forming, organizing, and supervising appropriate JTFS medical boards, offices,
and cells as required.
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