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Industrial Hygienist (GEMS)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Kerrville, TX $76K – $99K Apply by Sep 7, 2026 Industrial Hygiene ENTJESFJESTJISTJ OperationsHealthcare
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The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) Coordinator is the key member of the STVHCS GEMS Committee responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of the VA GEMS across STVHCS organizational elements.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties include but are not limited to: Coordinates the efforts of health care system staff to ensure that the environmental program is developed and implemented in accordance with national, agency, state and local policy and guidance.
- →Coordinates an effective health care decontamination team in compliance with standards of the Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Joint Commission.
- →Performs on-site inspections of new construction to ensure compliance with all applicable codes, standards, and health care system policies.
- →Manages medical center environmental programs and coordinates efforts of organizations that relate to environmental matters.
- →Keeps abreast of latest development in environmental management systems, respiratory protection, and health care decontamination by review of technical publications, attending technical conferences or professional society meetings, and discussions with industry representatives.
- →Is the technical authority for the health care system with the responsibility for assuring adequacy of the Green Environmental Management System program, respiratory protection, and decontamination requirements for the operations and maintenance of such programs.
- →Develops, evaluates, and provides corrective actions for respirator programs.
- →Recommends and approves remedial actions.
- →Conducts internal annual gap analysis of program in preparation for evaluation by higher level office.
- →Reviews implementation of policy and procedures and reports the status to national level.
- →Discusses deficiencies and remedial action with appropriate local leadership and committee.
- →Approves preventive and corrective actions.
- →Reviews how expansion, modifications, or closures of existing facilities and infrastructure and new constructions will affect the environment, and provides information that will minimize adverse impacts to human health and the environment and reduce the health care system's vulnerability.
- →Conducts education program for employees in the prevention of occupational exposures and diseases (hazard communication program) and documents all training.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Approved training opportunities may require travel to location of training.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit:http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.NOTE: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 62b5b238-5576-4f5d-a692-af1124f53109
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