This position is the Section Chief in the Health Administration Service (HAS) for the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center (CNVAMC). The incumbent provides a high level of administrative support to HAS, upper management and clinical services. The incumbent directly supervises the Ward Administration Section, Enrollment & Eligibility, AODs, Data management and training, and data validation function.

Duties

Provides leadership and direction to Inpatient Operations within Health Administration. Manages and leads the programs for Ward Administration, Enrollment & Eligibility, AODs, Data management and training, and data validation function. Analyzing data for patterns and trends, ability to supervise and train. Coordinates follow up items with other Section Chiefs in HAS, Nursing and Clinical Service on admissions. Develops policies and procedures and procedures for the smooth operation of administrative functions of data validation of workload data, insurance and billing data and use of standardized tools by all people at the facility. Work Schedule: The operation is 24 by 7 so other days and hours including weekends and holidays may be required. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Administration Specialist (Inpatient Operations Section Chief)/PD# 016447-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement,07/26/2023. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: comprehensive knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, policies, guidelines and procedures; experience in the field of patient administration, both inpatient and outpatient, medical records and related fields of medical administration; varied functions of computer spreadsheets, database computer applications, etc., to produce and maintain a whole variety of documents; teaches, trains and orients other staff to data validation methods and monitoring systems. analyze and validates reports of data, workload and funding, etc. . You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AccountabilityAdministration and ManagementCommunicationsOrganizational AwarenessTechnical 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, but requires some walking, bending, stooping and carrying of light objects such as: manuals, documents, etc. Concentration and sustained performance under prolonged stress is required because of the time factors involved in completion of work assignments within deadlines. 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

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30901 US
• Name: Lois Auge
• Phone: 706-002-0094 X20094
• Email: [email protected]