Health Physicist (Radiation Safety)

The Dayton VAMC is looking for a Health Physicist (Radiation Safety) to join the Therapeutic and Diagnostic Imaging Service. The incumbent functions independently to provide expert, comprehensive radiation safety oversight for medical use of radioactive material and state-of-the art diagnostic medical imaging and radiotherapy systems.

Note:

This is opportunity is limited to a two-page resume. Please see "How To Apply" for additional information.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/06/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement :

Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12.The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): A.

Degree:

natural science or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and/or calculus. OR B. Combination of education and experience•courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described in paragraph A.

Specialized Experience:

Specialized Experience GS 12•You will have to have one year specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GS 11) in order to qualify for the GS 12 level. Specialized experience can include but is not limited to: maintaining radiation safety, regulatory compliance, training, reporting, and budgeting. Specialized Experience GS 13•You will have to have one year specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GS 12) in order to qualify for the GS 13 level. Specialized experience can include but is not limited to: development of radiation safety programs, overseeing the work of others, program planning, advising on complex problems, reporting, and budgeting. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .