- Position Title
- Supervisory Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTD-12731030-25-TAN Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, April 30, 2025 to Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Supervisory Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist (Assistant Chief) position with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of education and/or experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
English Language
Are you proficient in basic spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C 7402(d) and 7404(d)?
Are you proficient in basic spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C 7402(d) and 7404(d)?
2.
Education
Have you completed a full-time training course of at least 24 months duration (or the equivalent) in a post-high school diagnostic radiologic technology program, evidenced by a certificate or an associate's 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)?
Have you completed a full-time training course of at least 24 months duration (or the equivalent) in a post-high school diagnostic radiologic technology program, evidenced by a certificate or an associate's 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)?
2a.
Please enter the following information regarding your education in a Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist program accredited by Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) or from other accrediting agencies as recognized by the Department of Education (DOE).
Name of School:
Degree Obtained:
Conferred Date:
Name of School:
Degree Obtained:
Conferred Date:
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
3.
Certification
Are you certified in Advanced radiologic technology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology, Radiography (ARRT) (R)?Advanced ARRT certification is required for assignments that include computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or Mammography (M) duties performed independently, as applicable.
Advanced certification indicates that the incumbent can operate independently and has demonstrated specific clinical competency in the appropriate specialty and taken and passed the designated examination. In modalities that require advanced certification, to support their continued development, technologists who do not possess an advanced certification may be provided on the job training with oversight from a certified radiologic technologist.
(A COPY OF YOUR ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS POSITION)
Are you certified in Advanced radiologic technology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology, Radiography (ARRT) (R)?Advanced ARRT certification is required for assignments that include computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or Mammography (M) duties performed independently, as applicable.
Advanced certification indicates that the incumbent can operate independently and has demonstrated specific clinical competency in the appropriate specialty and taken and passed the designated examination. In modalities that require advanced certification, to support their continued development, technologists who do not possess an advanced certification may be provided on the job training with oversight from a certified radiologic technologist.
(A COPY OF YOUR ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS POSITION)
3a.
Please enter the following information regarding your certification in a Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist. All applicants must be certified in general radiologic technology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology, Radiography (ARRT) (R). Advanced ARRT certification is required for assignments that include computed tomography (CT).
Name of Certification:
Certification Obtained:
Certification Expiration Date:
Name of Certification:
Certification Obtained:
Certification Expiration Date:
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
4.
Grade Determination (GS-11)
At least one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) directly related to the position being filled that demonstrates the clinical competencies needed to provide services as a quality control technologist, DRT team leader, supervisory radiologic technologist, PACS technologist, clinical program director, or an assistant chief radiologic technologist. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following technical KSAs:
Do you possess the above experience and KSA's to qualify at the GS-11 level?
At least one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) directly related to the position being filled that demonstrates the clinical competencies needed to provide services as a quality control technologist, DRT team leader, supervisory radiologic technologist, PACS technologist, clinical program director, or an assistant chief radiologic technologist. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following technical KSAs:
- Ability to provide technical oversight and assign personnel and tasks to be accomplished in a manner that assures completion of the workload utilizing the personnel to the greatest advantage thus providing the optimal level of patient care within the workday.
- Ability to plan, direct, and distribute work assignments to DRTs at lower grade levels.
- Skill in instructing and training DRTs on newly acquired equipment.
- Ability to plan and project staffing needs.
- Skill to independently perform general and specialized diagnostic radiologic procedures in advanced levels of complex treatment situations
Do you possess the above experience and KSA's to qualify at the GS-11 level?
5.
GS-11 (Full Performance Level) Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Do you possess the above KSA's to qualify at the GS-11 level?
- Knowledge of overall radiology department operations, and the ability to judge effectiveness of the operation.
- Ability to monitor and evaluate subordinate supervisor's performance.
- Ability to formulate plans, delegate authority, and follow-up on delegated tasks.
- Knowledge of new and recent developments in the field.
Do you possess the above KSA's to qualify at the GS-11 level?