Public Notice for Direct Hire (STEM) - Health Physicist
Company
Department of Health and Human Services - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job)
Type
Full Time
Job Description
Summary
As a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives. In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health emergency management, whether through temporary assignments to emergency responses or sustaining other CDC programs and activities while colleagues respond. Join our team to use your talent, training, & passion to help CDC continue as the world's premier public health organization. Visit www.cdc.gov
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Conditions of Employment
Due to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) process enhancement to use Shared Certificates throughout the Agency, some of the requirements below may differ:
- US Citizenship is required.
- Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (http://www.sss.gov).
- May be subject to a Background/Security Investigation. Security clearance level may differ from the position announced when certificates are shared.
- CDC participates in the USCIS Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify). If selected, CDC will determine your employment eligibility using your social security number.
- Direct Deposit is required.
- One-year probationary period may be required.
- This position may be subject to a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- This public notice may be used to fill supervisory or managerial positions and selectees may be subject to 1 year supervisory or managerial probationary period.
- Positions may be filled as permanent or term appointments.
- This position may be subject to the OGE Financial Disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). CDC inspires public confidence in its trust responsibilities and mission by maintaining high ethical principles. If selected, you may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest and your prospective position with the agency. If identified, this will be an annual requirement.
- In accordance with Executive Order 12564 of September 14, 1986, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is A Drug-Free Federal Workplace. This position may require a Drug Test and be subject to Random Drug Testing. The position may require the submission of a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and be subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. If required to submit to urinalysis, the appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative test result.
Qualifications
- 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
- Combination of education & experience: courses as above, plus appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience & other education that provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that described above
- GS-11:
- At least 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR
- At least 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience performing personnel dosimetry investigations and evaluations to determine personnel exposure, identify program trends or discrepancies, and recommend control measure changes OR
- A combination of education & experience
- GS-12:
- At least 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating data to assess radiation dose reconstruction.
- GS-13:
- At least 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience planning and overseeing radiation dose reconstruction projects, such as researching and developing innovative radiation dose reconstruction techniques for accomplishing tasks for which there is no precedent.
- GS-14:
- At least 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience in health physics and radiation protection; and managing or providing technical assistance to State, Tribal, Local, and/or Territorial preparedness and response efforts to nuclear or radiological incidents.
- GS-15:
- At least 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service, to include experience in the reconstruction of occupational internal and external radiation doses at nuclear weapons research and production facilities, including the application of internationally accepted models and guidance to these doses, and the estimation of associated uncertainty.
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, 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.
Promotion potential: Promotion to the next grade level is at management's discretion and is based on your meeting qualifications and time-in-grade requirements, demonstrated ability to perform the higher-level duties, the continuing need for the higher-level duties, and administrative approval. Promotion to the next grade level is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied.
Education
A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Additional information
Remote: This position has been designated as remote anywhere in the U.S/territories and:
- The salary listed reflects the lowest and highest potential salaries for this position. The actual salary will be based on the geographic location of the individual(s) selected for this position. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages. Salary may be adjusted to include a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. COLA Rates may be found at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-systems/nonforeign-areas/#url=COLA-Rates.
- May be eligible for inclusion in the Bargaining Unit. The name of the union, local, and BU Codes will be provided upon selection.
- If selected, you will be required to sign a Workplace Flexibilities Agreement that details remote working conditions and expectations in accordance with the HHS Workplace Flexibilities Policy.
- For more information visit: https://www.usajobs.gov//faq/job-announcement/remote/
- This announcement includes Term positions which may be made for more than 1 year but fewer than 10 years up to the 10-year limit in increments determined by the agency IAW 5 CFR 316.301(c).
Applicant Expiration: Applications will expire 4 months after submission/resubmission. To remain eligible for consideration, reapplying is required.
The Federal government, as the largest employer in the Nation, can and should show the way towards achieving drug-free workplaces through programs designed to offer drug users a helping hand, and at the same time demonstrating to drug users and potential drug users that drugs will not be tolerated in the Federal workplace if declared a drug-testing position. The use of illegal drugs, on or off duty, by Federal employees is inconsistent not only with the law-abiding behavior expected of all citizens, but also with the special trust placed in such employees as servants of the public.
Incentives:
- Recruitment and/or relocation incentives may be authorized.
- Annual Leave for non-federal service may be authorized.
- Student loan repayment incentive may be authorized.
- Travel, transportation, and moving expenses may be paid.
- PCS Expenses may be authorized, subject to the terms of the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR).
Date Posted
09/30/2024
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