Environmental & Occupational Health Lead

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Position Description:

The Environmental & Occupational Health Lead serves as the VA MDE program's premier clinical authority on toxic exposure, environmental hazards, and occupational health–related disability conditions. Leveraging deep expertise in Preventive and Occupational Medicine, they guide and oversee all examiners conducting environmental exposure related evaluations, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to VA standards. This leader safeguards exam quality in highly scrutinized PACT Act domains—including Agent Orange, burn pits, contaminated water, industrial toxins, and airborne hazards—while advancing best practices across the provider network. Their oversight ensures veterans receive scientifically sound, legally defensible evaluations that withstand VA adjudication and appellate review.
This position is located in our Fairfax, VA or Lafayette, LA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Clinical Leadership & SME Functions
Serve as the program's senior clinical authority for all Environmental & Occupational Health DBQs and toxic exposure cases (e.g., burn pits, Agent Orange, contaminated water, chemical/toxin exposure). 
Maintain mastery of evolving PACT Act exposure categories, presumptive conditions, and emerging VA guidance and ensure timely integration into examiner training and workflows.
Program Quality, Oversight & Compliance
Lead clinical quality assurance processes for environmental and occupational health evaluations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and defensibility of all DBQs.
Conduct case reviews and provide remediation coaching to examiners who produce insufficient or inconsistent reports.
Collaborate with Quality & Compliance teams to ensure adherence to prescriptive VA forms, documentation rules, and disability rating sufficiency standards.
Provider Network Guidance & Training
Develop specialized training (initial and recurring) for examiners on environmental exposures, toxicology principles, and exposure–condition linkage analysis.
Mentor examiners on differentiating environmental vs. non environmental etiologies and documenting impairment aligned with VA rating criteria.
Interdisciplinary Coordination
Work with the Medical Director, Mental Health Lead, Audiology Lead, and Program Operations to align environmental/occupational protocols with broader clinical governance.
Advise technology, analytics, and workflow teams on identifying exposure related claims, streamlining triage, and improving accuracy in exam pathways.
Veteran Centric Outcomes
Ensure exam processes reflect trauma informed, exposure informed evaluation methods, especially for veterans with long term toxic exposure concerns.
Partner with operations to reduce rework, accelerate cycle times, and improve overall trust and satisfaction among veterans undergoing exposure related assessments.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Education
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree.
Completion of an ACGME accredited residency in Preventive Medicine and/or Occupational Medicine.
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Preventive/Occupational Medicine. (Explicitly required for this role.)
Licensure
Full, current, unrestricted medical license issued by a U.S. state medical board.
Demonstrated good standing with no history of disciplinary actions.
Experience
Minimum 3 years of experience completing VA disability examinations or equivalent IME experience.
Documented expertise assessing:
Hazardous environmental exposures (e.g., Agent Orange, burn pits, PACT Act exposures).
Occupational exposures, chemical hazards, respiratory exposures, and toxicology related impairment.
Demonstrated ability to lead, instruct, and quality assure multidisciplinary clinical examiners.
Core Competencies
Deep understanding of VA disability DBQs, sufficiency standards, and adjudication expectations.
Ability to translate complex environmental exposure science into clear, defensible DBQ narratives.
Strong communication and clinical documentation excellence.
Hazardous environmental exposure experience (Agent Orange, PACT Act)
Desired qualifications/non essential skills required:
These skills strengthen a candidate's profile but are not mandatory.
Experience with World Trade Center Health Program, industrial toxicology programs, or large scale exposure assessment programs.
Prior service as a Chief Medical Officer, government physician, or senior DoD/VA clinical leader (bonus/“extra credit”).
Familiarity with VA technology systems, electronic DBQ tools, or EHR related project implementation.
Background in occupational epidemiology, environmental risk modeling, or exposure surveillance program design.
Experience working within large federal health programs, IME organizations, or contractor based medical service environments.

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $127,500.00 $310,700.00.

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:  
.    Competitive compensation
.    Comprehensive insurance options
.    Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
.    Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
.    Paid parental leave
.    Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
.    Wellness and Well being programs
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·  Mentoring and coaching
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