The Veterans Health Administration has adopted the HR Modernization and Shared Services Implementation, which is a new model of organizing and consolidating essential Human Resource (HR) functions and services to the Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) level. This improvement to HR service delivery will support the needs of the VISN's diverse workforce and the expectations of management related to the acquisition, compensation, retention, and performance of staff.

Duties

This is NOT a remote position. The Physician and Provider Recruiter is responsible for local physician and provider recruitment and retention operations for the health system. Incumbent will serve as the senior strategic HR recruitment and retention advisor at the local VA health care system. Duties include but are not limited to: Serves as the case-manager for all physician and provider recruitment and onboarding activities ensuring effective and efficient processes that maximize recruitment outcomes and reduce Time-to-Hire (T2H) Primary point of contact (POC) for physician and provider candidate site visits/interviews and ensures an enhanced candidate experience through coordination of candidate travel, interview agendas, facility tours, local area community tours, formal contingent offers, and initiation of credentialing and privileging (C&P) Forges strategic and harmonious relationships with key stakeholders Serves as the HR subject matter expert (SME)/technical advisor in Title 38 physician, dentist and provider recruitments, onboarding, market pay administration, and retention and serves as the primary point of contact for the provider Works with Service Chiefs, Section Chiefs or other designated hiring officials and their designated support staff to develop short- and long-term facility recruitment strategies Function as the local health care labor market (LLM) SME and will conduct market/financial analyses/studies to determine efficacy of staffing models; e.g. hiring staff versus utilization of community- or contract-care Oversees local Health Professions Trainee (HPT) recruitment to include participation in VA Trainee Recruitment Events (VA-TRE) and continuous engagement with trainees, local affiliated training programs, and DEOs Assesses physician and provider recruitment and retention needs and develops short and long-term recruitment strategies to optimize recruitment and retention outcomes and achieve health care system objectives Meets with local hiring managers to conduct recruitment search assessments in order to develop tailored recruitment marketing and sourcing strategy Analyzes and evaluates facility program functions, identifies problems or deficiencies, provides workable solutions, and implements improvement plans to meet established goals and objectives Prepares and executes targeted recruitment and retention plans for the operation of an effective recruitment and retention program to increase the pool of qualified applicants and retain staff for the health system Meets regularly with COS, clinical service line managers, SSBP, DEO, PAO, SBU, and SSU to coordinate recruitment advertising and the sharing of recruitment information within the appropriate academic and/or professional community Conducts telephone screening interviews and completes candidate profiles, conducts calls/meetings with potential candidates, reviews resumes/Curriculum Vitae (CV) and pre-screens candidates, responds to employment inquiries, prepares and disseminates information regarding practice opportunities, provides candidates with information on compensation and benefits, provides copy of appropriate VHA total rewards brochure, and provides candidates with local community information Forecast's physician and provider vacancies, mitigates recruitment, hiring and retention challenges, and utilizes data from various sources (Veterans Service Support Center (VSSC), ATS, Workforce Succession and Strategic Plan, etc.) Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm CST; Monday - Friday Telework: This position is authorized for regular telework three or more days per pay period. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment/Placement) - Physician and Provider Recruiter/PD99721S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): This occupation is currently approved for a Critical Skills Incentive (CSI) through October 7, 2023. Candidate may be eligible for a pro-rated CSI amount if onboarded prior to the CSI expiration date. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking in offices, hospitals, convention centers, hotels, universities, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct recruitment, hiring and retention duties. Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the worksite.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/18/2023. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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. The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must meet one of the following: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Applying, a variety of HR staffing and recruitment principles, concepts, laws, regulations, techniques, guidelines, T2H Guidebook, and other VHA and industry best practices sufficient to: 1 ) supporting a MCD local recruitment and retention program; 2) assessing impact of recruitment and hiring processes on T2H and recommending solutions for improvement; 3) conducting job analyses on a wide variety of complex positions using research, interview, observation, and analytical techniques to gather, document, and analyzing information to develop qualifications rating factors; explaining the methodology to management; and 4) providing technical advice to medical facility leadership, SSBP, SBU and SSU in resolving the most difficult and controversial recruitment and retention problems including defining issues, determining applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identifying the most effective and efficient approach and technique to validate the correctness and propriety of the actions taken. Knowledge of effective marketing techniques needed to develop multi-faceted strategies to attract and appeal to various audiences, e.g. academic/faculty, and external physicians, providers and other professionals in hard-to-recruit occupations/specialties. Knowledge of professional communication techniques, persuasion, negotiation, and public speaking principles needed to successfully promote the features and benefits of a practice opportunity and the local community. Knowledge of Title 38 compensation including, but not limited to, physician, dentist, and podiatry pay setting; physician performance pay; nurse locality pay schedules; and Special Salary Rate (SSR) schedules. Interpreting qualification standards and other HR policies to make judgments on how qualified Title 38 and Title 38 Hybrid candidates are for targeted vacancies. Developing and conducting qualitative and quantitative studies related to turnover of personnel to develop appropriate recommendations to facility leadership for changes in recruitment and retention procedures or practices. Utilizing USA Staffing to prepare vacancy announcements, issue referrals to managers, and onboard selectees. ~OR~ Education: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. ~OR~ Combination: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the first two years) and specialized experience, as described above, to meet the total requirements. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria: Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes:

Education

QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUED:

• Applying, a variety of HR staffing and recruitment principles, concepts, laws, regulations, techniques, guidelines, and other VHA and industry best practices sufficient to: 1) supporting a MCD local recruitment and retention program; 2) assessing impact of recruitment and hiring processes on T2H and recommending solutions for improvement; 3) conducting job analyses on a wide variety of complex positions using research, interview, observation, and analytical techniques to gather, document, and analyzing information to develop qualifications rating factors; explaining the methodology to management; and 4) providing technical advice to medical facility leadership, SSBP, SBU and SSU in resolving the most difficult and controversial recruitment and retention problems including defining issues, determining applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identifying the most effective and efficient approach and technique to validate the correctness and propriety of the actions taken.
• Knowledge of effective marketing techniques needed to develop multi-faceted strategies to attract and appeal to various audiences, e.g. academic/faculty, and external physicians, providers and other professionals in hard-to-recruit occupations/specialties.
• Knowledge of professional communication techniques, persuasion, negotiation, and public speaking principles needed to successfully promote the features and benefits of a practice opportunity and the local community.
• Knowledge of Title 38 compensation including, but not limited to, physician, dentist, and podiatry pay setting; physician performance pay; nurse locality pay schedules; and Special Salary Rate schedules.
• Interpreting qualification standards and other HR policies to make judgments on how qualified Title 38 and Title 38 Hybrid candidates are for vacancies.
• Developing and conducting qualitative and quantitative studies related to turnover of personnel to develop appropriate recommendations to facility leadership for changes in recruitment and retention procedures or practices.
• Utilizing USA Staffing to prepare vacancy announcements, issue referrals to managers, and onboard selectees. ~OR~

Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• Applying, a wide variety of HR staffing and recruitment principles, concepts, laws, regulations, techniques, guidelines, and other VHA and industry best practices sufficient to: 1) supporting a MCD local recruitment and retention program; 2) assessing impact of recruitment and hiring processes on T2H and recommending solutions for improvement; 3) conducting job analyses on a wide variety of complex positions using research, interview, observation, and analytical techniques to gather, document, and analyzing information to develop qualifications rating factors; explaining the methodology to management; and 4) providing technical advice to medical facility leadership, SSBP, SBU and SSU in resolving the most difficult and controversial recruitment and retention problems including defining issues, determining applicable precedents, laws, or regulations, and identifying the most effective and efficient approach and technique to validate the correctness and propriety of the actions taken.
• Comprehensive knowledge of effective marketing techniques needed to develop multi-faceted strategies to attract and appeal to various audiences, e.g. academic/faculty, and external physicians, providers and other professionals in hard-to-recruit occupations/specialties.
• Thorough knowledge of professional communication techniques, persuasion, negotiation, and public speaking principles needed to successfully promote the features and benefits of a practice opportunity and the local community.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Title 38 compensation including, but not limited to, physician, dentist, and podiatry pay setting; physician performance pay; nurse locality pay schedules; and Special Salary Rate (SSR) schedules.
• Interpreting qualification standards and other HR policies to make judgments on how qualified Title 38 and Title 38 Hybrid candidates are for targeted vacancies.
• Developing and conducting qualitative and quantitative studies related to turnover of personnel to develop appropriate recommendations to facility leadership for changes in recruitment and retention procedures or practices.
• Utilizing USA Staffing to prepare vacancy announcements, issue referrals to managers, and onboard selectees.

Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities.

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

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix F1; Human Resources Specialist Qualification Standards GS-0201. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Contacts

• Address VHA VISN 15 Human Resources One Petticoat Lane, 1010 Walnut Street, Second Floor Kansas City, MO 64106-2149 US
• Name: Aisha Moody
• Phone: (314) 939-8849
• Email: [email protected]