Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
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: TRTs must be proficient in spoken and written English. See 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
- Education: Individuals must have successfully completed a program in therapeutic radiologic technology, evidenced by a certificate or an associate's or higher degree accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology or other accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the subsequent completion of a 12-month ED accrediting body-approved program in therapeutic radiologic technology. 4 Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 C.F.R. Part 75. They must have successfully completed an educational program meeting or exceeding the standards described in that regulation and is accredited by an organization recognized by the ED, and be radiation therapists certified by the ARRT in Radiation Therapy (T).
- Certification: All applicants must be certified in therapeutic radiologic technology by the ARRT in Radiation Therapy (ARRT (T)).
- Loss of Certification: Once certified, a TRT who fails to maintain the required certification must be removed from the occupation, which may result in termination of employment.
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
Grade Determinations: In addition to meeting the basic requirements stated above, the following qualifications criteria must be met in determining the appropriate grade assignment of candidates.
Supervisory Therapeutic Radiologic Technologist (GS-12)
- Experience: At least one (1) year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level directly related to the position being filled (examples of experience include: instructing and training TRT staff on newly acquired equipment; providing orientation to staff, students, residents and others as requested; and assisting with staff scheduling, quality assurance, compliance, authoring, reviewing and updating procedures and policies; plans and implements work schedules to assure an even flow and distribution of work, adjusts work assignments as needed for daily operation; recommends methods to improve productivity and continuously reviews treatment procedure and delivery).
While we no longer require essay-style responses to our Knowledge's Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs), you must be able to demonstrate that you possess the (below) competencies which are necessary to perform the work of the position. Please ensure your resume/CV/application contains sufficient information to support the level of experience/education/training; otherwise, we will not be able to award you credit for the experience/education/training you claim. These are the KSA's for this subject position:
- Ability in managing daily operations of the department to include supervising radiation therapy staff; coordinating staffing, workload, and schedules; setting priorities; and delegating tasks and responsibilities.
- Ability to coordinate and develop the quality improvement program to include evaluating and implementing departmental policies and standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with the national program office, radiation accrediting agencies, hospital, and other outside governing body standards.
- Ability to perform administrative duties to include but not limited to reviewing qualifications and abilities of current and prospective employees; interviewing and selecting candidates; providing training and departmental orientation; overseeing technical operations; granting promotions; and reviewing competencies and conducting performance appraisals.
- Ability to provide oversight to lower level TRTs with tasks such as CT simulation, treatment delivery, Record and Verify System (or other similar treatment delivery systems), newly acquired equipment, devices, and other products within the service.
- Ability to successfully communicate with the radiation oncology team, internal customers, and external customers to manage the needs of patients and to accomplish the mission.
- Ability to adhere to radiation safety practices which include identifying and investigating treatment variations; reporting incidents; participating in quality assurance; addressing required reports, tasks, and action items; and completing other requests using research and systematic data collection.
- Knowledge of budget allocations and using resources within the budget, procuring of day-to-day supplies, investigating new equipment options, and planning for long-term replacement needs.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit
https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
Preferred Experience: Experience of managing day to day operations in radiation oncology.
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands of the work include moderate lifting 15-44 pounds and over pushing up to 8 hours; reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, good dexterity (both hands required) prolonged walking, prolong standing, both legs required; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneous, near vision correctable at 13 to 16 to jaeger 1 to 14; far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20.