Health Physicist (Radiation Safety Officer) Position Available In Orange, Florida

Health Physicist (Radiion Safety Officer) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Orlando VA Medical Center

• Veterans Health Administrion Summary The Health Physicist (Radiion Safety Officer) reports to the Medical Center Assistant Director.

Directs the managerial aspects of the Radiion Safety Program ensuring all procedures and regulory requirements are in compliance with Nuclear Regulory Commission (NRC) rules and regulions. Position plays the lead role in policy development for the organizions multicenter radiion safety program with technical and or expert assistance and support to other groups outside the organizion. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/10/2025 to 06/17/2025 Salary $105,383

• $137,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Monday
• Friday 8:00 am
• 4:30 pm Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12743456-25-JAS

Control number 838390500 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion. Duties Duties includes but are not limited to: Prepares correspondence, license amendments, applicions and such other written communicions required with the Nuclear Regulory Commission, Occupional Safety and Health Administrion, Food and Drug Administrion and the Environmental Protection Agency. Instructs as needed all personnel using sources of radioactive merial, but not less than once annually, concerning the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) program, safety procedures, disposal policy and procedures and compliance with regulions and local policy and procedures. Provides instruction using sources of ionizing radiion concerning the ALARA program, safety procedures, and local policy and procedures. Investiges overexposures, ALARA exceptions, accidents, spills, thefts, unauthorized receipts, uses, transfers, disposals, medical events, and any other deviion from approved radiion safety practice and implement corrective actions. Inspects all facilities where radionuclides are used and stored as needed by not less than once each year for compliance with Federal regulions and local policy and procedures. Maintains inventory records and performs required surveys and wipe tests for all facilities and sources assigned to the Radiion Safety Office. Manages the timely distribution and collection of personnel monitors and maintains records of personnel exposure including accounting for all missing or lost badges. Maintains written records of all activities of the Radiion Safety Office/Officer. Provides radiion safety support for each clinical therapeutic case. Completes other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

Monday

• Friday 8:00 am
• 4:30 pm Position Description Title/PD#: Health Physicist (Radiion Safety Officer)~/6 75-06536-0

Physical Requirements:

The work involves a certain amount of strenuous activity associed with small work spaces to change radioactive merial actived charcoal air flow filters, preparing radioactive merials waste in 55-gallon drums and the handling of such drums, lifting heavy boxes of liquid scintillion vials and other solid waste merials for disposal, as well as facility roof surveys via tall ladder and small space access for motor contaminion prior to equipment maintenance. Work is divided approximely equally between sedentary desk work and walking, bending and climbing required to inspect laborory and equipment installions. Some occasional crouching, stooping, reaching, and pushing of moderely heavy items such as carts may be required. Lifting up to 45 pounds in weight may occasionally be required. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigion Designed and/or random drug testing may be required May serve a probionary period Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Qualificions To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Individual Occupional Requirements

• Health Physics Series 1306

Basic Requirements:

A.

Degree:

Nural science or engineering th included least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mhemics, and/or calculus. B. Combinion of educion and experience

• Courses as shown in A above, plus approprie experience or other educion; or certificion as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus approprie experience and other educion th provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to th described in paragraph A.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion.

Preferred Experience:

5+ years of experience in Radiion Safety.

Minimum Qualificion Requirement:

GS-13 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the federal service); experience th equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA’s) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion.

Specialized experience includes:

Planning, directing, performing the execution of the radiion safety programs, Consultive of each different scientific/research/dental/medical areas. Advising other health physicist, researchers, technical, and medical personnel relive to the use of radioactive merials and devices producing ionizing radiions. Reviewing experimental procedures, clinical therapeutic dosimetry calculions, occupional dosimetry determinions for employees, and evaluive measurements for pient absorbed doses. Act to control and prevent ionizing radiion hazards. Developing and implementing radiion safety program and training. Managing the storage, handling, transportion, and transfers of all radioactive merials and decontaminion policies and procedure. Calibring radioactive sealed source. Mhemically and practically determines radiion shielding needs and the associed dose assessment model. Determining radiion dose assessment and Federal Regulory requirements for internal/external contaminions, establishing the emergency response to radiion accident incident. Establishing proper technique associed with physical detection and quantitive measurement of radiion. Applying radiion safety standards associed with the interaction of ionizing radiion exposure and contaminion upon living tissue. Establishing and overseeing the programs for all acquisition, storage, and use, of radioactive merials; and maintaining a budget with oversight of radiion safety equipment and personal dosimetry programs. There is no educional substitution for the GS-13 level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion There is no educional substitution for the GS-13 level. Additional informion Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . The following communiced to applicants for VA employment in a testing designed position and will also be included in all VA vacancy announcements for such positions: All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drugs use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website which can be found . Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee’s credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online and request informion about the Alterne Applicion process, please contact the Agency Contact listed for this Job Opportunity Announcement (JOA). Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Applicants referred in the order in which they were received. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies.

Documents Accepted:

Cover Letter Resume Separion Notice (RIF)

Transcript Documents Required:

Resume Transcript Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.

Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans’ Preference:

Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans’ Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position. Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/17/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the . To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion Jimmie Shaw Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 US Next steps After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Required Documents Documents Accepted:

Cover Letter Resume Separion Notice (RIF)

Transcript Documents Required:

Resume Transcript Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.

Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans’ Preference:

Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans’ Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position. Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/17/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . 1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the . To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion Jimmie Shaw Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 US Next steps After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/10/2025 to 06/17/2025 Salary $105,383

• $137,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Orlando, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Monday
• Friday 8:00 am
• 4:30 pm Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12743456-25-JAS

Control number 838390500 ., .