Clarification from the agency

This job is open to: 1. current permanent Battle Creek VA Medical Center employees and 2. Department of Veterans Affairs employees. Ensure that you submit an SF-50 per the required documents section to receive consideration NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position.

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Major duties include but not limited to:

• Oversees radiologic imaging process improvement, performance monitoring, quality measures, reporting, and planning.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for radiologic imaging processes and collaborates with service chiefs and internal stakeholders to ensure imaging needs are met.
• Engages with the VISN Diagnostics ICC and Radiology community of practice.
• Chairs the Radiology Safety Committee and co-chairs the local Diagnostics ICC and MRI Safety Committee.
• Ensures timely completion of all local, VISN, national, and service-area Radiology actions.
• Coordinates Radiologist coverage with the Chief of Staff officeEnsures all Radiology staff maintain compliance with hospital safety, infection control, universal precautions, and radiation safety standards.
• Reviews and evaluates requisitions, collaborates with clerical and technical staff, and consults with physicians and radiologists as needed.
• Partners with the Radiology Physicist/Radiation Safety Officer to ensure compliance with national and local regulatory requirements, including NHPP, OSHA, and TJC.
• Coordinates with Biomedical Engineering and Facilities leadership on planning, acquisition, and replacement of Radiology equipmentImplements improvements in methods of delivering radiologic patient care to meet evolving customer needs.
• Communicates service goals, expectations, and mission effectively to supervised staff.
• Manages, forecasts, and monitors Radiology budgetary needs.
• Serves as the Records Control Manager for Radiology.
• Conducts employee evaluations, competency assessments, and performance appraisals.
• Communicates performance expectations, provides feedback, and addresses performance or conduct issues through corrective interviews when necessary.
• Collaborates with union representatives on matters within the scope of immediate supervisory authorityImplements personnel management programs, including EEO, career development, departmental policies, and safety practices.
• Resolves workplace conflicts within supervisory scope and elevates only when necessary.
• Approves leave, ensures staffing coverage, and verifies timecards and overtime requests.
• Ensures completion and accuracy of documentation and data required by the diagnostic section.
• Compiles, analyzes, and reports data related to section activities, ensuring effective and efficient operations.
• Identifies and addresses operational problems and resource needs, proposing solutions related to staffing or equipment.
• Coordinates diagnostic equipment repairs with Engineering Service or external vendors.
• Creates and submits personnel action requests and updates organizational charts through Human Resources.
• Collaborates with Human Resources to build job announcements, interview candidates, select, and onboard new Radiology staff.
• Prepares for and conducts monthly staff meetings.
• Reviews, updates, and maintains departmental memoranda, policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures in alignment with Central Office, VISN, Diagnostics ICC, and VA directives.
• Serves as faculty advisor to educational affiliates and oversees development of externship clinical training components.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm
Telework: May be available per supervisor approval
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency. DRTs must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and 7407(d).
• Certification. All applicants must be certified in general radiologic technology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology, Radiography (ARRT) (R).
• Education. Completion of a full-time training course of at least 24 months in duration (or the equivalent) in a post-high school diagnostic radiologic technology program, evidenced by a certificate or an associate degree, accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) or from [other accrediting agencies as recognized by the Department of Education (DOE).

Creditable Experience Knowledge of Current Radiologic Technology Practice. To be creditable, experience must have demonstrated possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (also referred to as clinical competencies) associated with current radiologic technology practice. This may have been evidenced by the equivalent of one year of active practice, which is paid or nonpaid employment as a DRT as defined by ARRT.

Note: Experience is only creditable if it was earned after completion of the basic certification requirements identified in paragraph 2b above. Experience as a graduate DRT is creditable provided the candidate functioned as a DRT and subsequently passed the certification examination.

Supervisory Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist. Assignment to this grade level is restricted to those serving as the chief radiologic technologist at medical facilities with comprehensive and complex radiographic and imaging programs. Employees in these assignments plan and direct the radiologic technology program at active, affiliated medical centers with critical care and emergent inpatient services, and have full supervisory responsibility for a large staff of subordinate personnel, including GS-10 DRTs, at least one subordinate team leader or supervisor at the next lower grade level, and may include clerical or administrative support staff. At this level, the radiologic technology program typically includes the full variety of comprehensive and complex modalities.

Grade Determinations: At least one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level of GS-11 directly related to the position being filled that demonstrates the clinical competencies needed to provide services as a quality control technologist. The candidate must demonstrate all of the following technical KSAs and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment-specific asterisked KSAs below:

1. *Ability to perform the full range of supervisory duties, including responsibility for assignment of work performed; performance evaluations; recommendations for appointments, awards, advancements, and, when appropriate, disciplinary actions; and identification of continuing education and training needs.
2. Ability to serve as a consultant to other facility personnel in evaluating and planning radiologic technology services for the most complex cases.
3. *Ability to participate in research studies and/or as a consultant to others conducting research.
4. *Ability to consult with staff and resident physicians through patient presentation, attending ward rounds, and specialty clinics and/or conferences, etc.
5. *Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the delivery of radiologic technology services at the facility.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is a GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is a GS-12.

Physical Requirements: This work required is mainly sedentary. There will be some walking, sitting, and carrying of light to moderate items.

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.

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; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.