Clarification from the agency

Career or Career Conditional, status candidates, veterans, special authorities

• Serve as the point of contact that provides expertise and professional, technical, and clinical expertise to the management and administration of the occupational health program and Occupational Health Unit(OHU).
• Interpret clinical program requirements; formulate policies, methods, and procedures; and monitor, review, evaluate and assess the integrity and quality of clinical aspects of NCTR's occupational health and safety program.
• Provide physical examinations and first aid for all on the job injuries or illnesses.
• Provide OHSA mandated training in the areas of respiratory protection and blood borne pathogens/universal precautions and oversees a medical surveillance program.
• Responsible for all medical evaluations, training and fit testing associated with Respiratory Protection Program.
• Provide advisory services, maintains professional competence, and serve as a source of information and advice to senior scientific researchers, laboratory personnel, and others, on occupational health-related issues and concerns.
• Maintain professional competence through continuing education, membership in professional societies, attendance at conferences and seminars, and keeping abreast of current publications in area of specialization.

Conditions of employment

• Citizenship Requirement: You must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this advertisement unless explicitly stated otherwise.
• Selective Service Registration: All males born on, or after, 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service System OR have an approved exemption. VIsit www.SSS.gov for more info.
• FDA participates in e-Verify: All new hires must complete the I-9 form; this information will be processed through e-Verify to determine your employment eligibility. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the matter.
• Background Investigation Requirement: All employees must pass a security investigation. Failing to pass the background check may be grounds for removal or legal action. If hired, you may be subject to additional investigations at a later time.
• Time-in-Grade Requirement: If you are applying as a current Federal employee, you must meet the time-in-grade requirements described in the Qualifications section, generally, 52-weeks of comparable experience at the next lowest grade.
• You must meet ALL requirements by the closing date of this announcement to be considered. Only education, experience, and qualifications attained by this date will be considered. You must continue to meet all requirements through the hiring process.
• Certification of Accuracy: All information concerning eligibility and qualification is subject to investigation and verification. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection, or appropriate legal action.
• Direct Deposit: You will be required to have all federal salary payments electronically deposited into a bank account with a financial institution of your choice.
• Additional selections may be made from this vacancy, within the same geographical area, by other organizational elements from within FDA, through shared corporate recruiting activities.
• Pre-employment physical required: NO
• Drug testing required: NO
• License required: YES - NURSE LICENSE
• Mobility agreement required: NO
• Immunization required: NO
• Bargaining Unit Position: YES (3591)
• Incentives authorized; NO
• If you are serving, or have served in the last 5 years (from ) as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee, HHS/FDA may be required to obtain approval by the OPM prior to beginning employment.
• You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
• If you have served or are currently serving, you must provide a copy of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, documenting this appointment.
• In addition, you will be required to respond to the question in the assessment and certify your responses to the questionnaire. Political Appointees FAQ - OPM

Qualifications

The position of NURSE falls under the 0610 occupational series. To qualify for this position at grade GS-12, you must meet Time-in-Grade requirements by 11:59 pm EST on 09/18/2018.
Applicants must possess the Basic Requirement, License Requirement and Specialized Experience as follows:

BASIC REQUIREMENT:
Possess a degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time I completed by the program. (Please submit appropriate documents) Failure to provide appropriate document will result in no further consideration for this position.

AND

LICENSE REQUIREMENT:
A. Have an active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. NOTE: An applicant who has graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months may be appointed pending State registration as a professional nurse within 6 months of appointment. No person appointed pending registration may be retained beyond 6 months, or promoted, if registration has not been attained. OR

B. Have an active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States, BUT I have graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months and my registration as a professional nurse is pending.

AND

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade of GS 11 or band level of responsibility in the Federal service managing or administering an occupational health program; applying and implementing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations to a research facility/laboratory and its employees; and providing nursing care/medical tests to employees.

In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

If you are applying based on some other qualifying eligibility (i.e. you are not applying as a current Federal employee), you must meet the specific requirements of the eligibility you are claiming, and must have sufficient past experience to demonstrate that you are minimally qualified for this position. See Unique Hiring Paths on USAJOBS for more information about various ways you may be eligible to apply!

PHS Commissioned Corps Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps may apply online to this announcement. Candidates will be referred to (CC) personnel and not as candidates for conversion to a permanent career or career-conditional appointment.

You must submit supporting documentation to verify your eligibility to apply for this vacancy. For most applicants, an SF-50 will be required. However, if you are applying as a Veteran, individual with a qualifying disability, or a displaced employee, you will be required to provide other supporting documents as applicable. See the Required Documents section for more details.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Veterans Preference: If you plan to apply based on Veterans Preference, please pay careful attention to the "Required Documents" section for more information about what to provide in your application. USAJOBS Veterans Site.

• Schedule A: If you plan to apply under Schedule A based on a disability, please pay careful attention to the "Required Documents" section for more information about what to provide in your application. USAJOBS Individuals with Disabilities Site.
• Career Transition Programs: If you are a displaced Federal employee and plan to apply under CTAP or ICTAP, please pay careful attention to the "Required Documents" section for more information about what to provide in your application. USAJOBS Career Transtion SIte.
• Financial disclosure statement, OGE-450, required: NO

1. NURSE PRACTICES
2. HEALTH CARE PRACTICES
3. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
4. ORAL COMMUNICATION