Training Specialist

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, seeks a Training Specialist to develop, coordinate, and maintain the hospital housekeeping training program in partnership with the Environmental Management Service (EMS).

You will oversee training guidance for current and future staff and work to ensure compliance with safety standards. Responsibilities include scheduling training to meet federal and state requirements, evaluating training needs,

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes teaching or instructing in adult education programs.
• Supervising or administering a training program.
• Development or review of training materials and evaluation of training results.
• Experience in training staff and new hires in a health or institutional setting.

Responsibilities

• Develops all training guidance for current and future staff.
• Coordinates training schedule to meet departmental, local, federal, and state requirements.
• Reviews and monitors training requirements to ensure staff are current and compliant with standards.
• Analyzes and makes recommendations on training issues due to policy changes or resource shifts.
• Formulates training policies, guidance and procedures for hospital housekeeping, laundry, recycling and waste disposal, safety and EMS environmental management.
• Identifies developmental training needs and arranges for necessary development.
• Monitors production efficiency and organizational structure to implement changes.
• Prepares briefings and reports on training issues affecting health, safety, and well-being of the facility.
• Performs space inspections in patient rooms, care areas and public areas, documenting findings.
• Develops work improvement plans and provides training-related guidance to workers.
• Ensures EMS employees comply with safety regulations and maintains training records.
• Schedules employees for training and maintains records; develops lesson plans; conducts research for each class.
• Serves as Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) trainer and provides training oversight for EMS program.

Skills

Adult education experience

Training program supervision

Teaching/instruction

Policy analysis

Education

Master's degree or higher

2 years of progressively higher graduate education

Job description

Summary

The incumbent develops - coordinates - and maintains the hospital housekeeping training program - in association with the Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS) - that emphasizes the training of environmental management staff and ensuring safety compliance at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. Incumbent serves as the Training Specialist for EMS. Incumbent develops all training guidance for current and future staff.

Summary

The incumbent develops - coordinates - and maintains the hospital housekeeping training program - in association with the Chief of Environmental Management Service (EMS) - that emphasizes the training of environmental management staff and ensuring safety compliance at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. Incumbent serves as the Training Specialist for EMS. Incumbent develops all training guidance for current and future staff.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/23/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. 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 would typically include - but are not limited to: 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. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. - if related. OR - Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of some specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level but less than one year - and have some graduate level education but less than one year. The computed the percentage of the requirements that are met - and the total is at least 100% of the requirement for the GS-9 grade level. 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/.

Duties

• Duties of the position include but are not limited to: Incumbent develops all training guidance for current and future staff
• Incumbent develops and coordinates the training schedule for meeting departmental - local - federal - and state requirements
• Incumbent reviews and monitors specific training requirements to ensure all staff are current and meet agency standards
• Incumbent will analyze - evaluate - and makes recommendations concerning current or future training issues that arise due to changes in policies - plans and/or required resources (i.e. - personnel - equipment - and funding)
• Incumbent will be responsible for coordination and formulation of training policies - guidance and procedures related to hospital housekeeping - laundry services - recycling - municipal solid waste disposal - regulated medical waste disposal - patient effects - and environmental management
• Incumbent will identify developmental and training needs of employees by providing and arranging for any needed development and training
• Monitors and analyzes both production efficiency and organizational structure to implement and/or recommend process and organizational changes
• Prepares briefings and reports on the status of training issues and polices as they affect the health - safety - and well-being of the facility
• Incumbent shall perform space inspections to include patient rooms - patient care areas - common/public areas - and work areas
• Inspections will be conducted and documented on the appropriate EMS local inspection form after the above-mentioned areas are cleaned and disinfected
• Incumbent develops work improvement plans - provides advice and counsel to workers related to training matters
• The incumbent assures that all EMS employees are trained and fully comply with the provisions of all safety regulations
• Schedules employees for training and maintains the employee-training records
• Establishes training sessions - prepares lesson plans as required
• conducts all research in preparation for each class
• Incumbent will serve as the Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) trainer and will provide training oversight for the entire program as it pertains to EMS Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 11:00am to 7:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Training Specialist/PD913990 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized