USA remote
PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST
About this role
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Professional and Scientific Positions, General Medical and Healthcare, Series 0601 + IOR. BASIC REQUIREMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Education Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: 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 from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education(external link) 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: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-09, or equivalent in other pay systems.
Examples of specialized experience includes professional knowledge and ability applicable to a wide range of public health biological science duties; and the skill to modify standard practices and adapt study procedures or techniques to solve a variety of complex problems; adapt precedents or make significant departures from previous approaches to similar projects to provide for the specialized requirements of projects; and apply standard practices of other related health program disciplines; and conduct medical data collection, statistical analysis, reporting, and provide community awareness for the purpose of disease management and prevention.
In-depth knowledge of public health regulations and operating procedures to advise the medical treatment facility commander of appropriate control measures for communicable diseases or conditions of public health significance. In-depth knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodologies of public health including types of communicable diseases, epidemiology, preventive medicine techniques, bacteriology, disease transmission to man, and community environment characteristics.