HEALTH PHYSICIST

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***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.

Please see Additional Information section below.*** You will serve as a HEALTH PHYSICIST in the RADIATION HEALTH DIVISION, RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL OFFICE in the Yokosuka Detachment of PSNS and IMF.

FOR GS-12: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: preparing reports, evaluating, analyzing, inspecting, consulting, developing, and implementing radioactive data and equipment for propulsion plant program and other programs (e.g Industrial Radiation Health, medical health physics assessments, and special health physics projects).

FOR GS-11: In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: evaluating, analyzing, inspecting, and consulting on radioactive data and equipment for the propulsion plant program and other programs (e.g Industrial Radiation Health, medical health physics assessments, and special health physics projects).

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/health-physics-series-1306/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

• You will conduct inspections and surveillances of operations performed by other organizations to determine compliance with requirements, and determine and recommend appropriate corrective action concerning deficiencies identified.
• You will prepare and evaluate reports of investigations, analyses, and surveys to provide assessments, conclusions, and recommendations of program changes/modifications to fulfill the objectives of the Radiation Health Division.
• You will work jointly or independently on special health physics projects which range both in complexity and scope from practical problems to projects involving applied research.
• You will develop calibration procedures, perform calibrations of the equipment, evaluate the necessity for and recommend additional equipment/facilities to improve the effectiveness of Radiation Health Division operations.