Supervisory Public Health Specialist

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About the Position: This position is located at 78th Medical Group at Robins Air Force Base, Houston County, Georgia. It is located near the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens 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.

Basic Requirement for Supervisory Public Health Specialist: Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position.

This degree must be from an educational program accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting public health activities and programs such as food safety, security and sanitation inspections, disease prevention, medical readiness, or promoting health education and training.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR 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 or Health Policy and Management.

OR 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. Major Duties:

• Direct programs and activities of Public Health and Occupational Health within the Medical Treatment Facility, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, developing goals and objectives, and liaising with other organizations and/or customers.
• Develop Public Health policies and procedures that support Public Health missions, making recommendations to improve quality, timeliness, and efficiency of work.
• Conduct supervisory functions such as planning/assigning work and deadlines, preparing schedules, evaluating employee performance, handling grievances or minor disciplinary actions, identifying training needs, and selecting candidates for vacancies.
• Oversee funding management to identify requirements and initiate requests for additional resources, personnel, overtime, equipment, supplies, and space.
• Solve customer problems by researching issues, creating reports, and recommending appropriate action.