The incumbent serves as the Quality Assurance Specialist for Environmental Management Services with the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. The incumbent is responsible for training all VAMC environmental staff who are responsible for the Charleston VA Medical Center, including the Mental Health Research building, and VA Fisher House. In addition, the incumbent provides VA cleaning criteria to contractors responsible for several leased sites of care.

Duties

Major Duties include (but not limited to): -Reviewing production activities and capabilities in light of contract quality requirements -Reviewing written quality or inspection procedures for adequacy and evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of quality/inspection systems, including sampling plans -Verifying by test of inspection, using sampling inspection or intensive product inspection techniques, that products comply with requirements -Preparing reports or charts, computing data, and summarizing results -Investigating customer complaints and deficiency reports, and providing identification of causes to appropriate authorities -Reading, interpreting, and applying technical data such as blueprints, engineering drawings, product specifications, or technical manuals -Reviewing and evaluating supply systems operations and procedures through periodic audits and surveillance inspections. -Training of all VAMC EMS staff. -Advice, assistance, and support to top management in developing and implementing procedures, policies, and programs. -Ensuring policies and programs meet OSHA, American Hospital Association, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals Organization, Environmental Protection Agency, and any other applicable accrediting bodies. -Prepares supplemental instructions, inspection forms, and guidelines for pre-established VA Standards. -Develops formal Quality Assurance Plan for EMS to be issued as a Medical Center Memorandum. -Conducts inspections and/or reviews of all areas and programs in which EMS is involved, recommending appropriate changes to reflect changed conditions and to conserve resources. Promotion Potential: Position is at full performance Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 430pm Telework: Ad-hoc. VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Quality Assurance Specialist - Environmental Management Service/PD079860 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/07/2024. 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-09. 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. In most cases, we cannot verify your time-in-grade based only on your current grade and step. Being above a Step 1 does not automatically mean you have held the grade for at least 52 weeks. Refer to the Required Documents section for additional information on acceptable SF-50(s) submissions. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: This job series has both an Individual Occupational Requirement and qualifications using specialized experience, education, or combination. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: . Reviewing production activities and capabilities in light of contract quality requirements Reviewing written quality or inspection procedures for adequacy and evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of quality/inspection systems, including sampling plans Verifying by test of inspection, using sampling inspection or intensive product inspection techniques, that products comply with requirements Preparing reports or charts, computing data, and summarizing results Investigating customer complaints and deficiency reports, and providing identification of causes to appropriate authorities Reading, interpreting, and applying technical data such as blueprints, engineering drawings, product specifications, or technical manuals Reviewing and evaluating supply systems operations and procedures through periodic audits and surveillance inspections. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Graduate education in excess of 2 full years can be combined with experience towards meeting total qualification requirements (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AuditingCommunicationsCompliance InspectionCustomer ServiceHazardous MaterialsLearningQuality Assurance 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 duties involve frequent walking, bending and stooping to inspect quality of work performed by service employees and prolonged standing to observe equipment utilization and production techniques. Work environment involves frequent exposure to hazardous wastes, toxic pesticides and caustic chemicals. Exercising care in working around conveyors and other production equipment. 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401 US
• Name: Katie Sidler
• Phone: 785-260-0789
• Email: [email protected]