This position will serve as a Supervisory Police Officer - Lieutenant at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System ensuring a safe and secure environment across all VA Administrations with various settings, including a variety of jurisdictional environments, such as VHA Medical Centers and facilities, Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics, domiciliary and administrative sites throughout the United States.
Duties include but are not limited to: Supervises a team of police and other law enforcement staff at varying levels of responsibility. Establishes priorities to coordinate, plan, organize and complete work in accordance with sound time-management methodology. Monitors and reviews status/progress of work and makes adjustments to ensure the workload is balanced.
Revises work schedules to meet changes in workload considering factors such as peak loads, availability of manpower and processing time requirements. Empathizes, engages, and communicates with all individuals encountered to ensure a positive and safe environment. Plans work schedules and sequence of operations daily to assure an even flow and distribution of work and meeting schedules and deadlines. Prepares performance standards and performs staff performance evaluation.
Receives and resolves formal and/or complex complaints of employees. Identifies the development and training needs for police staff supervised. Develops, implements and makes revision recommendations to departmental policies and procedures. Makes independent decisions to take/direct/coordinate immediate steps to preserve life and property.
Takes disciplinary action as deemed necessary and/or proposes to higher authority specific disciplinary action consistent with the problem and facts. Analyzes, interprets and makes deductions from varying facts/circumstances. Investigates incidents and takes steps to mitigate further risk and resolve situations. Serves as a lead on and personally conducts investigations, apprehensions, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of criminal activity.
Identifies and preserves evidence, writes comprehensive incident reports, prepares case files, and testifies in court as it pertains to enforcing laws and regulations. Keeps abreast of policing best practices, the latest policing technology, and the latest criminal and policing laws, rules, and regulations to provide advice and guidance. Identifies developmental and training needs of subordinates.
Conducts classes and coordinates specialized training in a variety of forums to ensure appropriate and timely training of staff. Provides instruction to staff regarding policing procedures to properly conduct search and seizure of evidence/contraband, pursuing and apprehending individuals, and serving warrants and subpoenas. Ensures compliance of physical security standards, rules and regulations.
Evaluates security situations and determines the most appropriate course of action. Provides emergency response coordination as needed. Designated Drug-Testing Position: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received. Work Schedule: Compressed/Flexible Schedule. Candidates must be willing to work weekends, irregular work hours and extended hours if determined by the needs of the service. Furthermore, candidates must be willing to be placed, detailed, or temporarily assigned to other related services and/or locations, if necessary.
Position Description Title/PD#: Supervisory Police Officer/PD00246A Virtual: This is not a virtual position. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The work requires, on a regular and recurring basis, considerable and strenuous physical exertion such as running, frequent climbing of multiple flights of stairs, and carrying items weighing over 50 pounds.
It requires stamina, physical agility, dexterity, and the strength to pursue, apprehend or detain persons who are often uncooperative, assaultive, and/or armed.
WORK CONDITIONS: The work involves both moderate and high risks and possible endangerment of life or serious injury that requires the exercise of safety precautions and use of personal protective equipment The work is performed in settings in which there is regular and recurring exposure to moderate to severe discomforts and unpleasantness, such as high temperatures in confined spaces, high temperatures due to mandatory protective personal equipment, or adverse weather conditions during extended periods of traffic and patrol duties.
The work involves moderate risk requiring exercise of safety precautions when working around hazardous materials such as toxic gases, explosives, infectious biological materials, and others that pose a moderate risk of exposure.
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
V19USAJOBS@VA.GOV · 719-227-4600
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $76454 – $99396/yr.
Applications close on 2026-08-31.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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