This position is located at the Orlando VA HCS in Orlando, Florida and works within the Surgery Service, a large, complex, and very active clinical service including both in-patients and outpatient services across numerous sites. The sub-specialties of ENT, General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Thoracic, Vascular, Gynecology, Wound and Urology sections are present in the Service.

Duties

Handles, manages, and processes administrative correspondence. Maintains records and assures compliance of Safety and Competency testing. Initiates and completes all documents required for travel of clinical staff. Maintains database for trending in scheduling issues, patient care access and demand, consult management, etc. Collects and compiles statistics for workload. Provides initial and ongoing training to staff. Assists in the development of administrative policies and directives using the knowledge of the established requirements and the stated purpose of the organization. Work Schedule: M-F 8am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist/PD675-07289-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/31/2023. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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: Carefully read the following descriptions of the required specialized experience for the position. 1. Your resume must support your response. Applicants must have one (1) full year of specialized experience related to this position. This experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Handles, manages, and processes administrative correspondence. Maintains records and assures compliance of Safety and Competency testing. Initiates and completes all documents required for travel of clinical staff. Maintains database for trending in scheduling issues, patient care access and demand, consult management, etc. Collects and compiles statistics for workload. Provides initial and ongoing training to staff. Assists in the development of administrative policies and directives using the knowledge of the established requirements and the stated purpose of the organization. OR, EducationApplicants 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 of Experience & EducationApplicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an appropriate combination of specialized experience and education. (Transcript required). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AdaptabilityClericalCommunicationsCustomer ServiceInformation ManagementTechnical Competence 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 primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 US
• Name: Miguel Viera-Rodriguez
• Phone: 787-641-7582
• Email: [email protected]