Total 1,876 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies

• Responsible for packaging draft and final audit reports and analyzing the reports to ensure that these audit reports do not contain personally identifiable information (PII).
• Responsible for using Adobe Acrobat software to redact PII from audit reports. Responsible for distributing draft and final reports issued from OAS Headquarters to HHS OPDIVs and keeping OAS Headquarters and Regional management apprised of the status of the report distribution.
• Responsible for ensuring that audit reports posted to the HHS-OIG Internet are Section 508 compliant and accessible to persons with disabilities.
• Responsible for analyzing the report for section 508 compliance and if necessary, remediating the audit report using the appropriate software tools.
• Assists Regional Program Support Specialists in making their audit reports Section 508 compliant.
• Design, develop, and maintain the OAS Intranet site.
• Ensures that reports prepared for the internet are complete, accurate, and uploaded in a timely manner.
• Implements enhancements in response to OAS changing needs.
• Prepare final audit reports for posting to the OIG website, in accordance with OIG Public Affairs guidelines.
• Coordinate posting of final audit reports to the OIG website by the legislatively required timeframe with Office of Management and Policy (OMP) technology staff.
• Coordinate with OIG Executive Secretariat on the processing and distribution of OAS draft and final audit reports.
• Keep OAS management and program support specialists apprised of the status of final and draft audit reports and other OIG correspondence.

This Registered Nurse (Infection Control) position is located in the Nursing Services at the Leeds, MA location. This position is full time at 40 hours per week.

Included but are not limited to:

The Infection Prevention and Control Registered Nurse is accountable to the Associate Director Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse.

• The Infection Prevention and Control Registered Nurse provides direct staff support to service line managers, service chiefs and others in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering the Infection Prevention and Control Program.
• The Infection Prevention and Control Registered Nurse:

1. Coordinates activities throughout the hospital to prevent and control infections.
2. Set standards for a safe environment.
3. Demonstrates leadership, experience, and creativity in the management of complex client care.

• Implements and maintains elements of specific Infection Control and Prevention Programs to evaluate the quality of patient care and/or the appropriateness and timeliness of services provided.
• Works with the Director of Performance Management and others to promote quality in clinical practice by collaborating in the development of guidelines and criteria for measuring the quality and appropriateness of patient care delivered.
• Analyzes data and reports information to identify the need for change in subscribed areas that may include the need to minimize risk and ensure effectiveness of clinical quality improvement.
• Provides support to CQI as an approach to assess and improve the quality of patient care.
• Applies CQI tools in data collection and identifies barriers to the achievement of quality improvement in circumscribed facility wide programs or committees, or in individual services.
• Advises and assists the Director of Performance Management in policy review, formulation, communication, implementation and evaluation and in setting of institutional priorities related to committees, services and/or program elements.
• Identifies patterns and/or trends and ensures that the identification of issues to modify and improve the program to facilitate the accomplishment of Performance Management goals and objectives.
• Assist in medical center activities and preparations for Joint Commission and other external reviews.
• Monitors the follow-up to recommendations specific to the utilization of risk resulting from Joint Commission and other external review visits and formulates communication through the Director of Performance Management to the Joint Commission and other external agents regarding these reviews.
• Utilizes clinical research results as a basis for identifying clinical issues that are appropriate for study.
• Researches, interprets, identifies, develops, and presents elements of educational programs for healthcare professionals and supports services regarding areas supported.
• Acquires and maintains current knowledge relevant to the principles, practices, and techniques associated with nursing, Infection Control and Prevention and other clinical professions through literature and periodical review, workshop attendance, and/or the use of sound benchmarking practices.
• Serves as consultant on clinical issues and/or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serves as coordinator of activities for the organization's Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA), Multiple Drug Resistant Organism (MDRO) program.

As a Health Communication Specialist you will:

• Develop and implement communication and marketing programs, projects, and strategies for the general public and other audiences.
• Develop, test, and disseminate science and audience-based products, tools, and messages to different audiences in a variety of formats.
• Support strategic plans to achieve health communication and marketing goals and objectives.
• Apply communication theories and models to communication campaign development.
• Serve as a liaison between program and other communication and marketing staff and with external stakeholders on program-specific issues.
• Review and edit materials developed by staff to ensure program objectives are being met.

As a Health Scientist you will:

• Serve as an advisor for planning, designing, implementation, and analysis of projects.
• Expert in the fields of epidemiology, survey research and public health surveillance, demography, statistics, and program development and evaluation.
• Design, oversee, implement, and conduct scientific surveys/studies or projects to identify and solve health system related problems.
• Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on scientific operations that are critical to the public health community at large.
• Conduct major statistical studies or continuing projects that represent an important segment of the center's primary investigative program.
• Lead scientists and program consultants in various aspects of the study or survey design process, and other study support duties including analyzing and reporting of data and data dissemination to audiences.
• Provide technical advice to state and local health agencies and to various other health-related organizations about measuring and evaluating public health capacity and performance at local, state and national levels.
• Review literature to maintain current knowledge on measuring and evaluating public health capacity and performance at local, state and national levels.
• Synthesize and interpret relevant literature and provides analytical review of current research.
• Make presentations to other scientific staff, federal, state and local health program managers and other health officials and health-related organizations.

As a Health Scientist, you will:

• Serve as an advisor for planning, designing, implementation, and analysis of projects.
• Expert in the fields of epidemiology, survey research and public health surveillance, demography, statistics, and program development and evaluation.
• Design, oversee, implement, and conduct scientific surveys/studies or projects to identify and solve health system related problems.
• Identify and analyze public health issues and their impact on scientific operations that are critical to the public health community at large.
• Conduct major statistical studies or continuing projects that represent an important segment of the center's primary investigative program.
• Lead scientists and program consultants in various aspects of the study or survey design process, and other study support duties including analyzing and reporting of data and data dissemination to audiences.
• Provide technical advice to state and local health agencies and to various other health-related organizations about measuring and evaluating public health capacity and performance at local, state and national levels.
• Review literature to maintain current knowledge on measuring and evaluating public health capacity and performance at local, state and national levels.
• Synthesize and interpret relevant literature and provides analytical review of current research.
• Make presentations to other scientific staff, federal, state and local health program managers and other health officials and health-related organizations.

As a System Protection Control Craftsman I and II, you will:

• Use test equipment to determine response of energy meters, line protection relays, telemetering, switchboard indication, power system recording systems, instrument transformers, substation data networks and other power system devices used for information and control. Legacy and new technology is used for repair of substation equipment. Follows accepted procedures to install, calibrate, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment.
• As required, makes arrangement for equipment outages with Operations and customer utilities.
• Prepare data reports and keep incidental records pertinent to the tests performed.
• Use technical documentation for maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment.
• Collect, scale, and annotate power system event and fault records.
• Keep test equipment in good safe working order.
• Under direct supervision, performs miscellaneous duties related to the maintenance of the power system.
• Assists in training of System Protection Control Craftsman Trainees.
• Performs special assignments related to System Protection Control work such as developing test programs, developing, and assembling special test circuits, performing novel tests, and developing trouble-shooting instructions. Provides advice on problems.

As a System Protection Control Craftsman I and II, you will:

• Use test equipment to determine response of energy meters, line protection relays, telemetering, switchboard indication, power system recording systems, instrument transformers, substation data networks and other power system devices used for information and control. Legacy and new technology is used for repair of substation equipment. Follows accepted procedures to install, calibrate, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment.
• As required, makes arrangement for equipment outages with Operations and customer utilities.
• Prepare data reports and keep incidental records pertinent to the tests performed.
• Use technical documentation for maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment.
• Collect, scale, and annotate power system event and fault records.
• Keep test equipment in good safe working order.
• Under direct supervision, performs miscellaneous duties related to the maintenance of the power system.
• Assists in training of System Protection Control Craftsman Trainees.
• Performs special assignments related to System Protection Control work such as developing test programs, developing, and assembling special test circuits, performing novel tests, and developing trouble-shooting instructions. Provides advice on problems.

As a Management and Program Analyst you will:

• Analyzes and Evaluate Organizational Management and Administrative Operations.
• Analyze and Evaluates Line Health Care, Health Regulatory, or Human Services Program Operation.
• Provide Technical Advice on Policies and Procedures
• Advise management and program officials on routine aspects of management or program-related policies and procedures
• Develop and Recommend Operational Policies and Procedures
• Review and evaluate established managerial and program policies and procedures to identify any problems.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides HRO program management/administration to ensure that programs/initiatives align directly with the journey to high reliability.
• Serves as the subject matter expert on the HRO mission and objectives.
• HRO Baseline Training, Clinical Team Training facilitator. Facilitates, coaches and trains staff at all levels of the organization on high reliability principles/concepts.
• Manages a portfolio of projects and works independently while responding to requests for information and support from all levels of the organization, including senior level managers.
• Responsible for the identification of information and analysis needed to manage critical aspects of operations as well as for the design and development of information sources, reports, analytical studies, and data templates.
• Develops and implements systems to assist in providing oversight of critical informatics and analytics functions.
• Interfaces with the QSV and hospital leadership to evaluate and incorporate best practices to improve patient care and ensure that standards set are met.
• Responsible for the oversight of the use and management of data for the HCS, including collection, reporting and analysis in support of its high reliability journey.
• Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects.
• Monitors and develops milestones for assigned portion of the execution of organizational plans, particularly those requiring physical relocation of personnel, work, and equipment.
• Supports new programs/initiatives that align directly with the journey to high reliability, which puts Veterans at the center of all processes, innovations, improvements, and changes.
• Serves as the primary supporting consultant for the development and implementation of program operations related to new programs and/or initiatives that have a direct impact on data management, processing, problem resolution, and process improvement along the journey to high reliability.
• Stay current on all aspects of the initiatives, identify potential risks and issues, collaborate with staff both internal and external to ensure necessary requirements are appropriately documented and met, and effectively lead and socialize the changes necessary for successful implementation.
• Applies knowledge of health care system delivery, performance and quality improvement and health care accreditation to provide technically correct and pragmatic advice.
• Conducts innovative analysis and extends accepted standards to achieve high reliability organization (HRO) principles and an operating plan the Medical Center.
• Prepares and delivers written and verbal review of findings and recommendations to HCS, VISN, and VHACO leadership to determine applicable requirements and feasible problem resolution.
• The incumbent provides detailed reports to senior leadership on the schedule, measures, and key change management components.
• The incumbent works in partnership with the National Center for Patient Safety, Office of Systems Redesign and Improvement, Quality Manager, Patient Safety Managers, Systems Redesign (Improvement) Coordinator and Clinical leadership to ensure planning, coordinating, tracking, reporting and communicating objectives to the various stakeholders both external and internal to VA.
• Have a clear working expert knowledge of the HRO mission and objectives with excellent communication skills.
• Continuous improvement of services to stakeholders requires significant interaction with a wide range of professionals and results in the incumbent assuming a highly visible role in representing the Medical Center at the VISN and national level.
• Have the ability to communicate orally and in writing about complex clinical and non-clinical matters with individuals with varying levels of understanding and authority.
• Performs Other Duties as Assigned.

As an Investigative Analyst (Polygraph Examiner Quality Reviewer), your typical work assignments may include:

• Developing and conducting polygraph examinations of investigative subjects identified in support of agency field offices.
• Identifying information and report polygraph conclusions for potentially pre-disqualifying misconduct described by an applicant assisting agency in determining an applicants' eligibility.
• Verifying applicant statements using polygraph disciplines to support adjudicative decisions by agency for the eligibility of applicants requiring public trust and access to national security.
• Advising various Staff Coordinators, Polygraph Program Manager, and Section Chief regarding polygraph operations and operations policy.
• Performing polygraph quality control (QC) review of DEA polygraph examinations and/or perform polygraph examinations.

• YOU WILL/MAY:
• Ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining non-compliance with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance and initiating enforcement actions, where warranted.
• Verify that meat and poultry slaughter and/or processing establishment's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements.
• Execute Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration of product.
• Review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Determine when regulatory control action is necessary. You will assess whether the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable and effective, if there are trends in noncompliance, or if an enforcement action is warranted.
• Conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters relating to other consumer protections (e.g., economic adulteration and misbranding).
• Have contact with plant managers, owners and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements, discuss operation of the plant's SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs.
• Communicate and defend determinations on non-compliance issues and discuss plans for addressing non-compliance.
• Work with a variety of individuals to resolve problems, clarify differences of interpretation concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection requirements.
• Advise other Agency inspectors, supervisors and officers on inspection and enforcement matters for which you are involved.
• Conduct various samplings, surveys and tests to obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends, or other issues of current interest to the Agency.
• Be involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria, etc.), residues or contaminants.
• Assure that products approved for import are in full compliance with all applicable Federal regulations governing the importation of meat and poultry products.
• Authorize entry of all meat or poultry products considered to comply with Federal regulations or refuse entry of any products which violate any of the requirements for admission into this country.
• Coordinate with other Federal agencies (e.g., the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on such matters as animal health restrictions and refused entry lots.

The Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Department of Education (Department) heads an independent and objective organization responsible for audit, investigation, and other inspection services related to programs and operations of the Department. The IG provides leadership and coordination and recommends policies for activities designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of programs and operations as well as to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in such programs and operations. The IG is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Department on the above matters and is responsible for keeping the Secretary and Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of the Department's programs and operations and the necessity for and progress of corrective action.

The Office of Inspector General consists of the following seven components:

Immediate Office
Investigative Services
Audit Services
Management Services
Technology Services
Legal Services/Counsel to the Inspector General
Enterprise and External Affairs

Investigative Services (IS) is responsible for all investigative activities relating to the Department's programs and operations and the prevention and detection of fraud and abuse in these programs and operations. IS also conducts, supervises, and coordinates investigations of suspected fraudulent activity by Departmental employees. Investigation Service is responsible for establishing the necessary procedures for coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on all criminal matters dealing with the Department's programs and operations.

The incumbent plans and conducts complex and sensitive investigations that may extend across several states. Investigations involve allegations of suspected violations of criminal statutes as they relate to fraud or corruption in various Department of Education programs. The allegations investigated usually involve matters of substantial delicacy involving individuals or institutions of prominence in a community or high officials in state or other Government positions.

MEDICAL REQUIREMENT: The duties of positions in this series require moderate arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms, and exposure to inclement weather. Manual dexterity with comparatively free motion of finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, and knee joints is required. Arms, hands, legs, feet must be sufficiently intact and functioning in order that applicants may perform the duties satisfactorily. Applicant must be able to pass an Audiometer test. Hearing loss exceeding a 30-decibel average in either ear in the conversational and speech range (500, 1000, 2000 cycles) is disqualifying. Applicant should possess uncorrected visual acuity of no less than 20/100 in each eye, correctable to 20/20 in one eye and 20/30 in the other eye. Ability to read, without strain, printed material the size of typewritten characters is required. Glasses are permitted. Normal depth perception: depth perception to the correctable standard of 80 seconds of ARC is permitted.

• YOU WILL/MAY:
• Ensure that regulated establishments produce a safe product by executing appropriate inspection methods, determining non-compliance with regulatory requirements, documenting noncompliance and initiating enforcement actions, where warranted.
• Verify that meat and poultry slaughter and/or processing establishment's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans meet regulatory requirements.
• Execute Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plans effectively to prevent unsanitary conditions and adulteration of product.
• Review records, observe plant operations and conduct hands-on verification to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and prepare detailed documentation (Non-Compliance Records) of non-compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Determine when regulatory control action is necessary. You will assess whether the plant's corrective or preventative actions are acceptable and effective, if there are trends in noncompliance, or if an enforcement action is warranted.
• Conduct regulatory oversight activities inside plants in matters relating to other consumer protections (e.g., economic adulteration and misbranding).
• Have contact with plant managers, owners and others to explain legal and regulatory requirements, discuss operation of the plant's SSOP, HACCP plan and other food safety programs.
• Communicate and defend determinations on non-compliance issues and discuss plans for addressing non-compliance.
• Work with a variety of individuals to resolve problems, clarify differences of interpretation concerning HACCP and other food safety or consumer protection requirements.
• Advise other Agency inspectors, supervisors and officers on inspection and enforcement matters for which you are involved.
• Conduct various samplings, surveys and tests to obtain pertinent data on potential problem areas, industry trends, or other issues of current interest to the Agency.
• Be involved in performing health and safety verification sampling and tests for detection of specific microbes (e.g., salmonella, listeria, etc.), residues or contaminants.
• Assure that products approved for import are in full compliance with all applicable Federal regulations governing the importation of meat and poultry products.
• Authorize entry of all meat or poultry products considered to comply with Federal regulations or refuse entry of any products which violate any of the requirements for admission into this country.
• Coordinate with other Federal agencies (e.g., the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on such matters as animal health restrictions and refused entry lots.

• Monitor contractual production. Identify and audit the processes used to comply with contract requirements.
• Monitoring Quality Control program. Ensure the contractor quality personnel understands the contractual requirements.
• Monitoring Performance. Analyze contractor performance, quality processes, and perform data analysis to ensure consistent contractor performance.
• Performs documentation to record contractor's performance. Perform duties as required by the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) / Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) I Support ACO (SACO) delegations.
• Support the Quality Assurance Director and Superintendent in Quality Assurance functions.

As a Health Scientist (Informatics), you will:

• Develop and implement scientific policies and procedures on informatics practices and principles.
• Develop and coordinate the sharing of health-related informational materials.
• Collaborate and provide expert scientific advice to a variety of nation-wide and international organizations to synthesize, develop and implement informatics policies and directions for future development.
• Plan and develop strategies for new models of health information interchange and automation in medicine and public health.
• Promote the development, use and dissemination of information and information technology in regards to health data systems, with an emphasis on public health applications.