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HEALTH TECHNICIAN

Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units

MS 186 ARW

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP.

This Nional Guard position is for a HEALTH TECHNICIAN, Position Description Number PDD1724000 and is part of the Mississippi Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP.

This Nional Guard position is for a HEALTH TECHNICIAN, Position Description Number PDD1724000 and is part of the Mississippi Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Meridian, MS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $55,882 - $72,644 per year Pay scale & grade GS 8 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - INDEFINITE Occupions and job series 0640 Health Aid And Technician Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MS-13061480-AF-26-075

Control number 884409900 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Must be a CURRENT member of the Mississippi AIR Nional Guard. Duties Help As a HEALTH TECHNICIAN, GS-0640-8, you will serve as the functional expert for issues pertaining to Aerospace Medicine and Force Health Management programs. Incumbent manages essential programs, which impact individual medical readiness (IMR) and personnel fitness for continued worldwide deployability. The position occupant serves as a member of or an advisor to, management boards and committees as well as Wing leadership regarding Force Health Management and Aerospace Medicine. (1) Develops plans, procedures, goals and objectives in support of the Aerospace Medicine and Force Health Management Programs using an extensive knowledge of Department of Defense (DOD), Occupional Safety Health Administrion (OSHA), United Stes Air Force (USAF) and Air Nional Guard (ANG) directives, policies and standards. Programs include physical examinions and standards, flight medicine and reled aero medical and force health management concerns. Interprets directives and applies standards to determine worldwide deployability of personnel. Advises and makes recommendions to senior officials on force health issues reled to physical exams, standards and flight medicine activities to ensure compliance. Determines requirements, requests funding and administers accounts for procurement of supplies, equipment, and medical assessment in support of the physical exam process, flight medicine activities and reled programs. (2) Implements and maintains the informion management systems utilized for aerospace medicine and force health protection programs. Systems include preventive health assessment (PHA) and individual medical readiness (PIMR), Aero medical Informion Management Waiver Tracking System (AIMWTS), Physical Exam Processing Program (PEPP), Grounding Management Informion System (GMIS) and other reled programs. Compiles and completes various special and recurring reports utilizing these systems. Functions as the health systems program administror. Identifies, develops and implements training programs which support mission essential aerospace medicine and force health management requirements. (3) Administers the Physical Examinions and Standards (PES) program and serves as a medical expert on reled issues. Develops procedures to evalue the effectiveness of the PES program and implements processes to ensure individual medical readiness and deployability. Reviews and resolves concerns or conflicts made by the member, supervisor, and/or commander. Identifies reports, formules and recommends solutions to command personnel for resolution of compliance and delinquency trends and pterns which could negively impact medical readiness. Addresses complex medical issues with members, supervisors, commanders, ste staff, and higher headquarters. Identifies and analyzes abnormal findings through research using medical references and professional consultions. Using established guidelines, advises member of findings, determines additional requirements and refers to medical professionals as needed. Edits, reviews and valides physical examinions to determine qualificions for initial or continued military service. Conducts paraprofessional evaluions (an in-depth screening or interview for the purpose of ghering da for the healthcare provider) and interprets results. (4) Manages the Reserve Component Periodic Health Assessment (RCPHA) program. Reviews military unique individual readiness requirements. Identifies documents and ensures member is notified of abnormal laborory or diagnostic results. Tracks PIMR and reports noncompliance informion to leadership. Provides training for unit RCPHA monitors. (5) Acts as the Medical Group customer service expert. Addresses complex issues using independent judgment. Provides technical medical assistance to medical inquiries and responds to inquiry by researching, compiling informion, genering response and providing informion through written correspondence, telephone, electronic or in-person response. (6) Monitors the medical stus of military personnel. Identifies and profiles personnel with medical conditions impacting duty performance or assignment restriction. Reviews and valides profiles disqualified for worldwide duty. Notifies and advises commanders, supervisors and unit deployment managers when a member's medical/dental condition or duty restriction affects deployable stus. (7) Performs additional duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment This is an indefinite position, tenure 3, with a time limit determined by the needs of the agency. Any permanent military technician who is selected for this position come tenure 3. The selectee will receive the same benefits and entitlements as the tenure 1 employee, but considered tenure 3 for purposes of reduction in force. You can be termined any time with a 30-day notice. If a permanent resource becomes available, incumbent may be converted to a permanent appointment without competition.

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS

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Military Grades :

E6 - E7 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT & NOTES

1. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position. 2. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. 3. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. 4. May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime or compensory may be required. 5. For positions requiring the operion of motor vehicles, candides must have a valid ste driver's license. Qualificions

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED

: This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Nional Guard. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.

MILITARY MEMBERS WITH BONUSES

Upon acceptance of a military technician position military members who are currently receiving a military Reenlistment/Extension Bonus (REB) or GI Bill-SR Kicker may lose incentive eligibility and may be subject to terminion or suspension of incentive (includes indefinite and temporary technicians on assignment for more than 180 days in any continuous 12-month period).

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

: An applicant must have a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade. Experiences gained through military technical AFSC training schools (restricted to the one identified/allowed compible AFSC) are included in the two year on-the-job experience. An applicant must have a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: Experience th prepares the applicant to perform the duties of the position. The applicant's educional-degree study program or military or civilian academic courses may substitute for some specialized experience requirements. An applicant must demonstre the following specialized experience competencies (skills, knowledge, abilities and behaviors) to qualify for the ANG Public Health position. Must have least 24 months of experiences in performing public health program work and managing public health activities. Experienced in functions such as, routine food safety and defense inspection; sanitary evaluions; communicable disease control and disease intervention; occupional health; force health management activities, PHA cell, medical entomology programs and public health medical readiness programs. Knowledge is mandory of basic biological and physical sciences; preventive medicine; fundamentals of microbiology; chemistry; anomy; physiology; and phology of the human body; terminology; limited paraprofessional examinions; medical entomology programs; food science and technology; food handler training; food and wer safety and defense principles; food inspection; laborory procedures; sanitary evaluions; public facility sanition; prevention and control of foodborne; wer-borne; and vector-borne diseases; communicable disease prevention and control; epidemiology; occupional health (including hearing conservion); medical readiness (including medical intelligence, deployment processing, and deployment surveillance); personnel management and administrion; medical service organizion and function; basic medical informion management (including dabase management) and written and oral communicion. Must have a practical understanding or specialized competencies in regard to the Occupional Health and Safety Administrion (OSHA), Air Force Occupional Safety and Health (AFOSH) manded occupional health educion and training programs, and the applicable Department of Defense Instructions (DODI). Working knowledge of the OSHA and AFOSH manded occupional health medical surveillance program. Skilled in conducting the Bioenvironmental Engineering (BEE) Industrial Hygiene Surveys; and understands when to direct the employee occupional health medical examinions (OHMEs). Skilled in tasks th involve implementing, managing, and/or overseeing the Defense Occupional and Environmental Health Readiness System-Hearing Conservion (DOEHRS-HC) Hearing Conservion Program (HCP). Knowledgeable of the Air Force Reproductive Health Program. Experiences included the study and analysis of BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey da to determine chemical/workplace risks to fetal health. Skilled in executing

OSHA/AFOSH

principles, methods, and guidelines to evalue the presence of reproductive and fetal risk factors. Competent in analyzing BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey da in order to identify personnel potentially risk of exposure to blood and body fluids. Skilled in performing the

PIMR ASIMS

Hospital Employee Health Program (HEHP) dabase programs. Skilled in developing screening questionnaires th properly identified employees who are in a High-Risk and/or Exposure-Prone cegory, in accordance with current CDC definitions. Skilled in identifying immunizion and testing requirements and duty limitions for High-Risk and/or Exposure-Prone personnel. Experienced in working the occupional injury/illness workplace incidents. Skilled in analyzing medical diagnoses findings to determine if an injury or illness occurred. Skilled in determining if injury or illness incidents are work-reled and knowledgeable of the approprie follow-up actions. Knowledgeable of the Community Health Program. Experiences may have included formuling stregies for the identificion, control, prevention and eliminion of communicable diseases. Competent in evaluing epidemiological and toxicological phways. Experienced in developing and coordining health risk assessment activities. Skilled in reviewing, implementing and/or executing current policies and guidance for routine and mandory immunizion requirements. Knowledgeable in deployment-specific immunizions. Experiences may have included the development of medical actions required as part of the base-level Smallpox and Anthrax teams and/or other biological warfare agent prevention programs. Skilled in the identificion and providing referrals to allergist/health care providers for follow-up and skilled in completing record entries into the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website dabase when necessary. Knowledgeable of the

PIMR ASIMS

Air Force Complete Immunizion Tracking Applicion (AFCITA) dabase. If your resume does not include a narrive description of how you meet the

GENERAL, SPECIALIZED

experiences, and OTHER requirements, you may lose considerion for this position. Ensure th the Questionnaire is completed online in Applicion Manager.

NOTES TO CANDIDATES

a. Situions of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor. b. Candides may be screened and evalued on military tributes directly reled to the compible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment. c. Include any volunteer work experience in your resume. 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, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). d. Final selection based upon qualificions, suitability, and available manpower resources. e. This employer will provide the Social Security Administrion (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with informion from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorizion. f. Multiple vacancies may be filled from this announcement. g. If this announcement results in a temporary promotion for the selectee, it may become permanent any time without further competition dependent on funding and manpower requirements. Educion You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. A High School Diploma with completed courses in biology, chemistry, and general science is required. College course work in health care administrion, general science, biology, psychology, and chemistry is preferred. The successful completion of a full four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or least 24 semester hours in subjects directly reled to the position is desired. Must have successfully completed the Air Force Public Health Apprentice course. Must have successfully completed the Operional Entomology in-residence course and must have successfully completed the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology course. Must have a completed Hearing Conservion certificion. Must pass a Reading Aloud Test as defined in AFI 48-123 and Medical Standards Directory. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. RESUME Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain

SALARIES, HOURS WORKED PER WEEK, AND THE DATES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EACH JOB.

Example:

$55,000 per year; 40 hours per week, January 2001-July 2009 or January 2001-present. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position. 2. Transcript if

Applicable:

A High School Diploma with completed courses in biology, chemistry, and general science is required. College course work in health care administrion, general science, biology, psychology, and chemistry is preferred. The successful completion of a full four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or least 24 semester hours in subjects directly reled to the position is desired. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13061480 ~ A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Merche Copeland Phone 601-484-9790 merche.copeland@us.af.mil Address

MS 186 ARW 6225 M

Street Meridian, MS 39307-7112 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. RESUME Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain

SALARIES, HOURS WORKED PER WEEK, AND THE DATES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EACH JOB.

Example:

$55,000 per year; 40 hours per week, January 2001-July 2009 or January 2001-present. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position. 2. Transcript if

Applicable:

A High School Diploma with completed courses in biology, chemistry, and general science is required. College course work in health care administrion, general science, biology, psychology, and chemistry is preferred. The successful completion of a full four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or least 24 semester hours in subjects directly reled to the position is desired. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13061480 ~ A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Merche Copeland Phone 601-484-9790 merche.copeland@us.af.mil Address

MS 186 ARW 6225 M

Street Meridian, MS 39307-7112 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Meridian, MS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $55,882 - $72,644 per year Pay scale & grade GS 8 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - INDEFINITE Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

MS-13061480-AF-26-075

Control number 884409900