The AO has final administrative decision-making authority, responsibility, and accountability on issues impacting the operations of the Mental Health (MH) Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP). The responsibilities encompass proper utilization/scheduling of clinics, material resources, space allocation, and the supervision of administrative staff. They perform administrative, analytical, and evaluative work related to operations to ensure integrated goals and priorities are met.

Duties

Duties include but not limited to: Responsible for short and long-range planning; Review of labor mapping for providers; Review of clinic utilization and workload (FPPE and OPPE) for all providers; Establishes operating guidelines, assigns work requirements, coordinates activities; Resolves technical work problems not covered by established policies and resolves differences between administrative personnel and clinical staff; Assists in developing independent VistA workload reports, to identify areas of inaccuracy or vulnerability, determine causes and develop corrective means and advise if necessary. Assist in the development of a yearly strategic plan with objectives and quantifiable goals to be reached by targeted time periods; Request customer service goals, equipment utilization and needs with thorough; Shares oversight responsibility with the Chief of Domiciliary Temple and the other Program Managers throughout the CTVHCS for performance appraisal and merit pay programs; Reviews appointments and recommends promotions, incentive awards, disciplinary and adverse actions, and separations; Primary liaison with the Union and the Equal Employment Office (EEO) Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work; Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments; Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employee on both work and administrative matters; Performs special investigations for the Medical Center Director provides written responses to patients' inquiries (Speak to the Director), Congressional, OIG, and Presidential inquiries for Medical Center Director's signature Assists MH&BM, as required, in matters regarding space, physical improvement to the residential programs and treatment areas, repairs and installation of equipment. Incumbent provides the administrative Officer, MH&BM budget submissions and forecast, overtime usage, fund control point usage, equipment management and inventory, personnel management, and space issues in order to present a total resource picture to the ACOS, MH&BM and higher management. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30AM - 4:00PM OR 08:00 AM - 4:30 PM Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Administrative Officer/PD080950 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
• Participation in the seasonal influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination programs are requirements for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/18/2023. 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-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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provide personnel administration and administrative Management and Supervision in a large, complex health services environment; uses computer applications such as word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, and database management for the execution and completion of administrative projects, reports, and official business; thorough knowledge of program planning, developing, and implementation of theories, development of long-range and short term development strategies, organizational development, and management and motivational techniques; a sound knowledge of the activities of all services within the integrated health care system, including service delivery, workload tracking, and patient flow, national and local initiatives and goals, special programs in effect at the medical centers and CTVHCS mission. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or, 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or, LL.M.., if related. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). 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 a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or, LL.M.., if related. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Manages and Organizes Information Manages Human Resources Communication 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 sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. 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: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

Note: If your school was accredited by the U.S. Department of Education at the time of graduation but is no longer listed on the DOE website, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.

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 Central Texas Health Care System 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, TX 76504 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]