This position is located within the Health Administration Service of the Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA HCS) and serves as the senior trainer to develop and implement training and programming for employees at the medical center and Community Based Outpatient Clinics. This announcement is limited to the first 50 applicants. The announcement will close on the date indicated, or when 50 applications are received, whichever occurs first.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Develops and implements training module(s) for new and existing employees for inpatient/outpatient, CBOC MSAs, HBAs, Travel clerks, and other medical center staff(clerical, administrative, and clinical). Performs work in the development and/or evaluation of courses for training programs, implements changes based upon evaluations of courses/programs. Provides instruction covering a wide variety of topics in well-established areas of a subject matter field, which includes training healthcare providers and MSAs, HBAs, and travel clerks. Identifies and determines training priorities, conducts and administers training programs, and develops and improves training guidance as it relates to VistA, CPRS, and other computer applications. Trains and orientates users (clerical, administrative, and clinical) in selected program and applications (VISTA, CPRS, and TMS). Develops, obtains, and adapts current instructional material. Performs duties involving the instruction of training courses or the modification of course content and/or material. Uses a wide range of teaching methods or tools, depending on the students learning requirements. Initiates educational programming which is responsive to changes in the policy/procedure/technology, and promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization. Identifies problems, selects/implements alternative learning strategies, sets daily objectives, documents progress including discussing with employee, and formally reports to immediate supervisor for potential action. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Training Specialist/PD12007A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved 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, 08/24/2023. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): The Training Instruction Series 1712 has a minimum qualification entry requirement: Specialized Experience: Experience that demonstrated a practical knowledge of the subject area of the position and of the methods and techniques of instruction. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Teaching or instructing in an adult education program, secondary school, college, military installation or industrial establishment in the appropriate field(s). Supervising or administering a training program. Development or review of training/course materials, aids, devices, etc., and evaluation of training results. Work in the occupation or subject-matter field of the position to be filled that required training or instructing others on a regular basis. OR, Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study--education or a subject area related to the position to be filled. AND, You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: skill in performing technical aspects of the program, such as scheduling, electronic programs, medical software, etc. in order to plan, organize and facilitate training for all program staff; knowledge of program objectives, policies, procedures and regulatory requirements in order to effectively plan, direct and administer the training program for the service, including coordinating with the facility Education Department, other agency program offices and outside organizations; knowledge of an extensive body of rules, procedures and/or operations in training to perform a wide variety of interrelated of nonstandard procedural assignments and to resolve a wide range of problems; ability to design, evaluate and develop programs, training plans, course methods, materials and aids and training records; skill in oral and written communication with a variety of people from different backgrounds and different levels of understanding (i.e., clerical, technical, administrative and professional (medical and non medical) people at all levels in the agency); skill in the use of computer equipment with a wide variety of software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Internet and VHA databases to develop training aids and materials, extract and organize data, produce letters, memorandums, conduct data searches and to prepare a variety of specific working documents and forms such as spreadsheets, databases, word processing, desktop publishing, graphics and other similar projects. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a 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: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an equivalent combination of specialized experience and education beyond the graduate level as described above to meet total experience requirements. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communications Education and Training Interpersonal Skills Teaching Others 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: No special physical demands such as above average ability, dexterity, or strength are required to perform the work. Work is sedentary and the employee may sit comfortably. The position requires frequent travel to all divisions and CBOCs by government vehicle. 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 VA SALT LAKE CITY HCS 500 Foothill Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84148 US
• Name: Christina Dirkach
• Phone: 479-305-6540
• Email: [email protected]