Responsible for providing overall management, supervision, and leadership for the DEHS program at the District Office, including professionally managing, developing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and delivering a comprehensive Environmental Health Services program for tribes in the community Environmental Health, Institutional Environmental Health, and Injury Prevention in accordance with Part 3, Chapter 11, Environmental Health Services, IHS Manual and other applicable guidelines.

Duties

Provides leadership, supervision, training, mentoring, review, evaluation of the quality and quantity of work, and coaching to the district's Division of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) professional staff that assures they can assess needs, plan, and implement a comprehensive DEHS program in accordance with applicable guidelines and priorities to reduce environmentally related injury and illness. Serves as the key consultant to Tribal Health Program Directors, Service Unit Chief Executive Officers (CEO), Tribal Leaders and Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHE) professional staff on all matters related to Environmental Health (EH) and Institutional Environmental Health (IEH). This includes development and/or implementation of EH and IEH-related policies, procedures, investigations, regulation, and training programs, the development of program performance indicators, setting program priorities and preparing and implementing EH and IEH program plans. Provides direct EH and IEH services to assigned tribes as needed and or as directed by the DEHS Director including routine EH and IEH surveys of commercial, tribal and federal facilities including retail food establishments, health care facilities, residential care facilities, gaming establishments, schools, Head Starts, day care centers, recreational water, etc. Serves as a principle consultant, advocate, and liaison officer for the advancement of IHS and Tribal DEHS program priorities when dealing with other federal, state, and local agencies. Provides technical consultation and leadership in the administration of a comprehensive community-based injury prevention program in the district.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S): Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Apply appropriate environmental health codes, standards and best practices when identifying risk factors for necessary mitigation; utilize written and verbal communication to teach and gain compliance with environmental health conditions; effectively evaluating and implementing environmental health control measures; Utilize the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) to ensure accreditation standards are met; apply the principles and practices of occupational safety and infection control in order to reduce injury and illness. SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR Per IHM Part 3 Chapter 11, 3-11.5D, Area positions at the GS-12 require professional registration as an Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) or registered Sanitarian (RS). Incumbent must possess professional knowledge of the theories, principles, practices, and techniques of Environmental Health required to provide: General environmental health and safety technical assistance, conduct epidemiological investigations, complete plan reviews, conduct health and safety inspections, and address environmental health issues during emergency events (disasters), as evidenced by Professional Registration as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) or Registered Sanitarian (RS) through the National Environmental Health Association or any U.S. State or Territory meeting the NEHA reciprocity requirements. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your certificate with your application. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.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 https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address California Area Indian Health Service 650 Capitol Mall Suite 7-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 US
• Name: Angela Peshlakai
• Phone: (916) 508-1593
• Email: [email protected]