The position services as the Assistant Chief of the Health Administration Service of the Asheville VA Medical Center and its outlying Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/26/2023. 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-13 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level that includes progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. Experience must demonstrate the required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of an administrative healthcare professional managing a hospital, clinic or comparable healthcare facility. Specialized experience may have been gained in a hospital business office, medical center, clinic or similar environment where the applicant has knowledge of, and skill in applying: Supervisory functions in the operational aspect of a medical service, such as formulating and installing clinical, administrative, and clerical procedures to ensure expeditious and efficient processing of work; Thorough reporting, analytical comparisons, projections and advice; Providing essential data for planning, budgetary effectiveness, workload projections, etc.; Determining management needs and assuring timely data collection and meaningful reporting of service activities; Thorough application of management analysis techniques and promoting utilization of management principles and practices. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:Administration and ManagementCommunicationsDecision SupportExperience 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, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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.


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 Charles George VA Medical Center 1100 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805 US
• Name: Cymone Carrol
• Phone: 240-685-1330
• Email: [email protected]