Description:
This position is organizationally within the Radiation Safety Office of the Chief of Staff Service. The incumbent assists or works independently with the all aspects of the Radiation Safety Program. Provides staff support to the Associate Radiation Safety Officer and Radiation Safety Officer.Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/02/2026.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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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.
Individual Occupational Requirements:
- 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;
- 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.
- Must have a completed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 313A (RSO) form with one year mentoring
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: examining and analyzing observations of Thermoluminescent Dosimeter badges throughout the Health Care System and preparing continuous data profiles, searching for anomalies, and making preliminary conclusions as to their significance to the ARSO and RSO; taking measurements and wipe tests as required; reading and recording of wipe test results in accordance with standard operating procedures; responding as the subject matter expert concerning radiation to the hospital staff and members of the public; operating computers, radiographic, and scintillation counting equipment used to detect and monitor radiation; AND interpreting radiation detection levels to determine hazardous and safe levels of radiation exposure to patients and staff.
OR, - Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
OR, - Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
NOTE: We CANNOT accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's license.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Health Physics
- Attention to Detail
- Health Risk Analysis
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: Driving a Government vehicle is required. Preparation and radiological decommissioning of treatment rooms and user facilities during the patient radiation treatment process requires the incumbent to install a layer of paper on potentially contaminated surfaces to isolate potential radioactive material contamination. This requires the movement/lifting of furniture in the patient room. Some heavy lifting of radioactive waste containers and lead aprons used as personal protective equipment is 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/ .
Jan 28, 2026;
from:
usajobs.gov