Responsibilities

• Conduct antemortem and postmortem inspection of meat and poultry products.
• Conduct foreign animal disease surveillance.
• Supervise and assist food inspectors on the inspection line to ensure compliance with federal regulations.
• Conduct inspection of egg products.
• Enforce federal meat and poultry inspection procedures, including animal welfare laws.

Benefits

FSIS provides an outstanding benefits package at approximately 38% over salary, including:

• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Regular pay increases with opportunities for performance bonuses, time and a half for overtime worked, and pay differentials.
• Professional and career development.
• A defined Federal benefit pension program that is guaranteed upon retirement, receives cost-of-living adjustments, and is not based on you individual investment return.
• Health, dental, vision, life and long-term care insurance options
• Flexible spending accounts
• Agency-paid work/life benefit programs for you and your family as well as an Employee Discount Center.
• Multiple leave programs, including Leave Share, Paid Parental Leave, Parental Bereavement Leave and other leave flexibilities.
• Learn more from our Employee Benefits Summary and our Understanding Your Benefits page.

For more information:

https://www.dm.usda.gov/obp/payandbenefits.htm

Recruitment and Retention

• Recruitment Incentives:
  • Incentive Pay: A multi-year recruitment incentive is available for newly appointed in-plant veterinarians to positions with a full performance level of GS-12 in all duty stations nationwide. This incentive is $5,000 per year for 4 years with a signed service agreement. The first payment is made after the first year of service is completed. Former employees with at least a 90-day break in service may also be eligible.
  • Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual (CSALA): CSALA may be granted for directly related, non-Federal or military experience for leave accrual purposes, allowing those that meet the requirements to potentially be placed in a higher leave earning category than they would otherwise have been placed. CSALA must be granted prior to entrance on duty.
• Retention Incentives:
  • Biweekly Incentive Payments: In-plant veterinarians with 5-11 years of service as an in-plant PHV receive biweekly retention incentive payments. In-plant employees with 15 or more years of service receive a retention incentive after completion of key 5-year milestones after 15, 20, 25, and 30+ years of service. 
  • Accelerated Promotions: Veterinary Medical Officers hired at the GS-11 level may be non-competitively promoted to the GS-12 level in as little as 6 months.
  • Financial Assistance for Continuing Education: $1,000/fiscal year reimbursement available to all veterinarians as part of the PHV Continuing Education Reimbursement program.