This position serves as a Supervisory Program Analyst for the VA Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS) Medical Service with a duty station Mather/Sacramento, CA. This position reports to the Chief of Ambulatory Care and Benefits Section, and will be stationed at the Sacramento VA Medical Center or one of the Community.

Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: The incumbent will assist the Medical Center's administration and/or Site Manager's Office with the coordination, delivery and monitoring of all Health Administration Service program goals, objectives and operations; assists in new or revised Business Office or Outpatient Clinic instructions, policies, procedures and guidelines concerning assigned positions. The incumbent will work closely with the Medical Center's administration and/or Site Manager's Office to formulate workable solutions to identified problematic areas within the BDMS purview, making realistic recommendations for implementation and providing oversight to the problem resolution. The incumbent will consult and collaborate with the BDMS Education and Training Coordinator, on a regular basis, for issues that involve educating a large audience of administrative and clinical personnel on BDMS and performance measure requirements. Incumbent must thoroughly understand the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and Veterans Health Information System Technology and Architecture (VistA) computer systems. The incumbent is responsible for personnel administration of all subordinate supervisors assigned to the section, which includes, but is not limited to, leave approval and scheduling; establishing performance standards; performance appraisals; maintaining and improving employee moral and motivation; and initiating disciplinary actions, such as warnings and reprimands, or recommending other actions in more serious cases. The incumbent plans work to be accomplished by subordinate Transportation Assistants, sets priorities and designates suspense dates for completing work. Incumbent serves as the BDMS Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for Bene Travel. The incumbent will complete and maintain all mandated COR education and training requirements. Contracts are with private-sector vendors for services provided in the following areas: Beneficiary Travel transportation services including ambulance, ground transpiration and other modes of transpiration; Business Office frontline clerical support services; and other areas as assigned or needed. Incumbent will maintain ongoing communication with the BDMS office of the Chief with regards to contract status, requirements, and issues affecting patients, vendors, or medical staff. Incumbent will provide assistance to the Chief of BDMS with coordinating budget requirements for all BDMS fund Control Points; these will include those in which s/he has direct oversight and those in coordination with other BDMS CORs to include coding, transcription, and record storage. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday. 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Analyst/PD10395O 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, 09/04/2023. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. Preferred Experience: 3 years of VA experience preferred. COR Certification and VA timekeeping/VATAS experience highly preferred. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-09: 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: - Knowledge of the theory and principles of management and organization, including administrative practices and procedures common to organizations, such as those pertaining to areas of responsibility, channels of communication, delegation of authority, routing correspondence. (This experience must be well documented in your resume.). OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Master's degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level or LL.B. or J.D., if related graduate education leading to such a degree in a major field of study related to the work of the position which provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of this position. (NOTE: TRANSCRIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION MATERIALS. CONFERRAL OF DEGREE(S) EARNED SHOULD BE PRESENT ON TRANSCRIPT(S). UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT(S) IS OK.). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond bachelors degree. [Note: To combine education and experience, first determine how much of the qualifying experience and education you have, as a percentage of what is required for each. Add the percentages together, and if the total is 100% or more, then the combined education and experience is qualifying for the position. EXAMPLE: To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond the first 18 semester hours (i.e. beyond the first year) by 18. Add the two percentages together. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify.] (NOTE: TRANSCRIPT(S) MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH APPLICATION MATERIAL. CONFERRAL OF DEGREE(S) EARNED SHOULD BE PRESENT ON TRANSCRIPT(S). UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS OK). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ReasoningCommunicationsComputer SkillsContract AdministrationPlanning and EvaluatingTeaching 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: Most assignments are completed in an office environment; the work is primarily sedentary and requires regular use of a keyboard and computer, virtual meeting space, and telephone. Standing, walking, bending and lifting is required, primarily to manage administrative materials and supplies. 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 Northern California Health Care System 10535 Hospital Way Mather, CA 95655 US
• Name: Sydnee Holmes
• Phone: 504-635-8084
• Email: [email protected]