Job Announcement: Health Scientist (Inspector)

Position Title: Health Scientist (Inspector)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Sub-Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Organization: OPHPR/Division of Select Agents and Toxins
Series & Grade: GS-0601-13
Who May Apply: US Citizens
Job Announcement Number: HHS-CDC-D5-16-1813652
Open: Wednesday, 9/28/16
Closes: Thursday, 10/13/16
 

Please Note
This vacancy was originally announced under HHS-CDC-D5-16-1771930. You must reapply to this announcement if you wish to be considered. This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy announcement HHS-CDC-M5-16-1813650 under merit promotion procedures. Please review that announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration under merit promotion procedures. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT), Operations Branch (OB), Atlanta, GA.

PHS Commissioned Corps Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps (not as a career/career-conditional employee) are encouraged to apply under the merit promotion announcement indicated above.

Additional selections may be made within the same geographical location CDC-wide.

CDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Description

As a Health Scientist (Inspector), you will:

• Conduct on-site inspections that include Biosafety Level (BSL) 2, 3, and/or 4, and Animal Biosafety Level (ABSL) 2, 3, and/or 4, facilities registered under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 42, Part 73 at various locations in the United States.
• Prepare written compliance reports of inspection findings based upon regulatory requirements.
• Facilitate the registrations of entities that possess, use and/or transfer select agents and toxins and review applications from entities required to register.
• Provide training on all aspects of 42 CFR Part 73 and/or 42 CFR Part 71.54 to internal and external audiences.
• Respond to emergencies involving select agents and toxins.
• Develop operation and policy decisions, standard operating procedures, and guidance materials.
• Communicate specific compliance-related requirements to the regulated community (federal, state and local public health laboratories; private industry; and private and public universities).

Qualification Requirements 

Basic Qualifications:

Degree:  A full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree or higher with major study in an academic field related to the health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position.

In addition to meeting the basic qualifications, applicants must meet the specialized experience as stated below.

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 level of difficulty and responsibility in the Federal service as defined in the next paragraph.

Specialized experience is experience at or equivalent to which is directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position to include experience inspecting and identifying laboratory safety and establishing biosafety approaches for Biosafety Level (BSL) 4 laboratories.

Foreign Education: Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the education requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: http://wwwdev.cdc.gov/employment/newhire/foreigned.html.

For more information and to apply

Click the following link for complete announcement and application instructions: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/451934900