Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

About the Position: This position is located within Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with Director for Quality, Occupational Safety at Bethesda, Maryland. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Plan, implement, administer, and evaluate a 24 hour safety and occupational health program for military and civilian personnel, covering medical, dental, research and medical support facilities. Develop and issue local directives and procedures establishing technical and administrative safety and occupational health requirements for the command's healthcare facilities. Evaluate the effectiveness of the safety program to include collecting and maintaining records of accident statistics for the hospital. Provide oversight for the correcting of deficiencies found during inspections by representatives of the various departments for the development and implementation of national safety standards. Determine the need to improve existing and new equipment and operational procedures. Provide safety education to hospital staff. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirements for Safety and Occupational Health Specialist: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing occupational safety and health program activities; developing and recommending safety policies; and applying safety and health laws, regulations, principles, and practices to advise on and resolve technical occupational safety and health issues. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Preferred but not required: Candidates with experience and working knowledge of occupational safety management and reporting systems such as Enterprise Safety Applications Management System (ESAMS), Defense Health Agency Safety and Occupational Health Management System (DHA-SAS), Air Force Safety Automated Syste

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As an integrated health care system, the Defense Health Agency delivers healthcare services across the Department of Defense and enables combat support to the Joint Force as a strategic partner. Through a robust healthcare delivery system, and a dedicated team of inspired professionals, the Agency ensures the worldwide delivery of medical, dental, and pharmacy programs to more than 9.5 million uniformed service members, retirees, and their families, by improving health and building readiness Anytime, Anywhere-Always.