The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center is currently recruiting for one (1) Safety And Occupational Health Specialist to work in the Safety Service Long Beach, CA. The incumbent performs the tasks to create a safe environment for our employees to work in. The incumbent ensures employees are working in a safe workplace that meets all regulatory guidelines. Welcome to VA Long Beach Tibor Rubin - History WMC Total Rewards - Power Apps

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Schedule, conduct, and perform difficult inspections to evaluate potential hazards, risks and unsafe environmental conditions associated with a wide variety of work environments and occupations (clinician, lab personnel, and engineers) that handle high level contaminants, toxins, ionizing and non- ionizing radiation, and infectious diseases at the Medical Center. Perform safety inspections, fire inspections, fire drills, disaster preparedness drills and training sessions in general patient care areas, employee work areas, and other occupied areas of the Medical Center. Conduct audits, evaluations, and inspections of Medical Center areas to locate potential or existing hazards or violations of safety code and policy as per Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) standards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) standards, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, American Congress of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA,) The Joint Commission, and various state and county regulations. Create all necessary documents to show thorough evaluation and recommends changes to alleviate a hazard or potential hazard to the using Service Supervisor. Schedule and performs required fire alarm tests and drills on all shifts and follows up the tests and drills with necessary reports. Critique and makes suggestions to supervisors or management and conducts thorough participant debriefing and question and answer sessions. Standardize tests and maintains any required documentation on the fire alarm system, automatic extinguishing systems, firefighting and other safety equipment located throughout the Healthcare Complex. Utilize techniques, investigates accidents, mishaps, or other occurrences, obtains statements from witnesses, and photographs the scenes where the accident occurred; records circumstances of accidents and the extent of injury, conducts accident trends and analysis, estimates costs of property damage and prepares reports of findings with recommendations to correct unsafe acts or conditions that caused personnel injury or property damage that fall within the jurisdiction of the Safety Service. Create safety plans and prepare supplements, guidelines, and written procedures to implement technical safety standards, codes and safety requirements for a variety of operations and activities for the different departments in the medical center, clinics, veteran's homes, CBOCs, and community nursing homes. Develop training for New Employee Orientation, CWT programs and all construction projects Contractor/Sub-Contractor personnel. Perform inspection of construction projects to determine compliance with occupational standards, design review for new areas that are being built or renovated and all safety designs and specifications are developed by the Safety Specialist before the construction crew begins work. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Safety & Occup Hlth Spec/PD11570 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/20/2023. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Must meet one of the following Education or Experience: EDUCATION: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- 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. 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 -11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS -9. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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: Specialized Experience GS-11: In addition to meeting the time in grade; You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS -9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to scheduling, conducting, and performing difficult inspections to evaluate potential hazards, risks and unsafe environmental conditions associated with a wide variety of work environments and occupations (clinician, lab personnel, and engineers) that handle high level contaminants, toxins, ionizing and non- ionizing radiation, and infectious diseases at a Medical Center: . OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have I possess Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR possess 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR possess LL.M., if related. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Specialized Experience GS-12: Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Managing safety or occupational health program elements. Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management. Applying safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements. Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards. Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses. Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards. Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards. Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards. Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects. Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse. 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The incumbent will be required to lift or carry moderately to heavy loads. Inspections and surveys will require regular and recurrent walking for long periods of time, climbing, stooping, bending, standing, crouching, working in high locations, climbing ladders, working on roofs, in basements, sub basements, and crawl spaces. Certification for the use of respiratory protective equipment may be required. 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/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Long Beach VA Medical Center 5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach, CA 90822 US
• Name: Derek Norman
• Phone: 562-826-8000 X5488
• Email: [email protected]