Training Instructor
What you'd do
This position is located within the Environmental Management Services at the Marion, IL VA Health Care System.. This position is under the direct supervision of the Hospital Housekeeping Officer or designee.
Major duties
Major Duties: Serves as a Training Instructor providing on-going training service and instruction for EMS's Training Program. Performs regular assignments related to training course development, delivery, modification, and evaluation. Conducts various training-related studies and analysis and coordination activities. Serves as technical advisor/instructor for applying intensive practical knowledge of sanitation and disinfection application within health care environment. Provides instruction covering a wide variety of topics in well-established areas of hospital housekeeping and other EMS-related subject-matter fields. Uses a wide range of teaching techniques, methods, and tools, depending on the students' learning requirements. Ensures courses are well structured and have the appropriate training materials. Trains employees within EMS, and provides instruction, and modifies course content with an emphasis on biological cleanliness and infection control. Serves as a participant in the Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Program collaborating and working with others, such as Nursing Assistants throughout the hospital and clinics on activities related to environmental sanitation. Manages all aspects involved with instructing courses in a classroom and medical simulation laboratory training environment. Plans and organizes, coordinates, and integrates training guidance with other VHA's and EMS's functional activities. Makes the necessary adjustments to training material and guidance, and training methods used as needed, to ensure training material is appropriate for providing instruction. Collaborates with EMS managers to develop a waste management automated tracking system to record performance inspections. Ensures data entry requirements are reflected using "competency question and answers" for portion of each inspection and reviews conducted by service supervisors. Creates a data collection system for all waste management activities used to track required information and to complete numerous VACO reports regarding waste management. Reviews updated policies from regulating authorities and incorporates into coursework development, including regulating authorities such as The Joint Commission (TJC); USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Office of Inspector General (OIG); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN); World Health Organization (WHO); Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC); and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Sources (HHS). Participates on committees relative to sanitation and waste management operations and provides information and assistance to the Infection Prevention and Control Committee (IPC) as a Representative of Environmental Management Service (EMS). Incumbent communicates to the pertinent facility, VISN and VACO training initiatives to staff. This may include government and nongovernment initiatives (i.e., State, County). Actively supports the team concept and functions as a team. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm M-F Position Description/PD#: Training Instructor/PD99770S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/21/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS-07 grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a position you must have served 52 weeks at the . The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Knowledge Management Organizational Awareness Problem Solving Quality Assurance Quality Management Reading Comprehension Self-Management Teaching Others Teamwork Individual Occupational Requirements Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- education or a subject area related to the position to be filled. or Experience Specialized Experience: Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation, or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Supervising or administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is largely sedentary. However, physical demonstrations to staff are required to include sanitation processes and techniques, equipment usage, as well as lifting heavy weights while demonstrating proper lifting techniques, etc. Physical demands are required to perform work such as sitting, pushing, pulling, standing, walking, bending, and stooping. Job also requires using audiovisual equipment while teaching that may involve lifting and/or pushing the equipment. There will be some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, driving of an automobile and the expectation of obtaining GSA approvals for vehicle usage. Work will involve travel to all campuses, and community-based outpatient clinics to provide training. Duty hours shall vary according to the training need of the facility in consultation with supervisor. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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