Medical Readiness Specialist

Duties
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• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the Medical Readiness Program ensuring program comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.
• Coordinate with other entities to identify hazards and threats to the MTF (Military Treatment Facility), update MTF plans and procedures, and disseminate to working groups and leadership.
• Develop criteria for exercise contingency responses plans, checklists, program reviews, and quality assurance reviews.
• Conduct inspections and audit to measure the effectiveness of the various medical readiness functions in meeting goals and objectives, contingency response practices, and planning.
• Research and determine or recommend actions or interpretation of issues that impact the organization.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for base-level Home Station Medical Response (HSMR) requirements related to Medical Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (MC-CBRN) sustainment.
• Plan and manage the Medical Readiness Training Program by working with readiness response teams in the development, execution, and monitoring of training programs.
• Train personnel as needed on how to input training completion into the Medical Readiness Training Program's system-of-records and access training requirements.
• Identify unit Medical Readiness Program resource requirements for inclusion in the unit Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Execution Year budget submission.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
• Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DoDI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights. Visit https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/DoD-Issuances/140025/.
• This position is designated as Mission Essential in the event of severe weather conditions, other such emergency type situations, nature or man-made disaster the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work to support missions.
• Incumbent must successfully complete the Medical Readiness Management Course (MRMC) IAW DAFI 41-106's paragraph 2.2 guidance within 6 months from employment.
• Incumbent must complete the initial level of the Public Health Emergency Management Course (PHEM) within one year of designation as an MEM and complete sustainment training every subsequent 4 years in the role IAW DoDI 6200.03's paragraph 4.b.
• Frequent shifts in working hours and extended periods of overtime may be required. Night or weekend shifts can be expected if situation warrants immediate medical contingency response action.
• Work may occasionally require travel away (approximately 5% of time) from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Due to work location/environment is hospital setting - This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination. A candidate tentatively selected for appointment to this position (Continue below)
• will be required to sign a statement consenting to annual seasonal influenza vaccination. job offer to an applicant who is not a current employee subject to this requirement will be withdrawn if the candidate refuses (Continue below)
• to agree to undergo seasonal influenza vaccinations for other than medical or religious reasons. Such reasons must be supported by an acceptable statement from a credible, verifiable source.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

• Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)
• Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting planning, organizing, and directing the Medical Readiness Program ensuring program comply with legal and regulatory requirements, monitoring unit emergency response program operations and requirement, and conducting inspections to measure the effectiveness of the various medical readiness functions or managing the Medical Readiness Training Program. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

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Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Public Health, Emergency Management or Homeland Security, Medical Readiness, Program Management.

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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications .

Additional information

• U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
• If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Reg 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
• Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations. Pay retention will not be offered as an incentive for employees moving between overseas positions.
• Selectees may receive certain foreign area benefits such as: Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) or government quarters, home leave, etc. Selectees will have their eligibility for foreign area benefits determined at the time of hire IAW Department of State Standardized Regulation (DSSR) and DoDI 1400.25 volume 1250.
• LQA may be authorized subject to Command's Budget approval.
• For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws and agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information and direct questions concerning a specific country (Foreign Duty Location) to the appropriate Human Resources point of contact prior to the acceptance of employment and your entrance on duty.
• The initial length of this overseas tour is 36 months.
• Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized.
• Recruitment or relocation incentives is not authorized.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the IRS considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• PCS allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the JTR and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests : If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodation-Information