The position is located at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The selected employee will work within Community Care, a large, complex, and very active administrative and clinical service providing support and oversight of both inpatient and outpatient services offered in the community through the facility's catchment area and often beyond. The hired employee will report to the Chief, Community Care.

Duties

The position is located at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The selected employee will work within Community Care, a large, complex, and very active administrative and clinical service providing support and oversight of both inpatient and outpatient services offered in the community through the facility's catchment area and often beyond. The hired employee will report to the Chief, Community Care. The main duties consist of, but not limited to: Responsible for analyzing and providing interpretations of workload and other data used in resource planning for management. Provides recommendation and guidance to management, service chiefs and professional staff throughout the medical center. Analyzes, evaluates, and develops recommendations on improving efficiency and effectiveness of organization, manpower utilization and management controls. Analyzes data generated from a variety of sources (e.g., Corporate Data Warehouse, VistA, DSS, FDCS) to identify and report issues by provider, program, clinic, and service. Utilize clinical, demographic, and administrative systems to develop information and data systems specific to Community Care coordination. Provides information and analysis support to management and clinical service teams. Research and or analyzes problems, issues, and/or program requirements. Determines pertinent issues and collects relevant information from a variety of sources. Reviews information and applies standard analytical techniques. Provides clinical and administrative teams with measurement consultation and support regarding custom data collection, analysis, and reporting. Manages all workload capture systems assuring all visits, procedures, consultations, and other forms of workload are completed in the appropriate timeframes. Designs studies, training programs and organizational strategies for identifying opportunities to improve customer service and process quality. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not eligible Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst/PD109650 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, 01/04/2024. 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 (GS-11): 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 include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of data aggregation, statistical and data analysis. Ability to present information in clear descriptive and/or inferential formats, meaningful to the audience, situation, or report. Extensive knowledge of Veterans Integrated Systems Technology Architecture (VISTA). Experience in the use of word processing, spreadsheets, database, graphics, and other applications and software programs for microcomputers are essential to the job. Proven experience designing and managing projects using standard applications software. Proficient with Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Excel or other comparable spreadsheet software. Ability to communicate a clear, logical, and concise explanation of information, both orally and in written format. Experience refining information for comprehensive reports, addressing elements such as cost analysis, work measurement, trend analysis, efficiency, effectiveness, productivity. Skilled in word processing to compose written reports, correspondence, and other presentations. -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 an LL.M. if related to the position. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED: If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.) -OR- Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond a master's degree. (UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT AND/OR CLEAR DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: If you do not submit the required document, your application may not be reviewed.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Data Management Manages and Organizes Information Project Management Research Team Building 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: Regular and recurring work is mostly sedentary involving sitting at a desk, although the position requires the ability to move from one geographic location of the facility to another. The incumbent works with a computer screen and keyboard. Some physical effort such as standing, walking, bending or prolonged sitting may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to walking to outlying areas. The work places no special physical demands on the employee. 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center 3701 Loop Road East Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]