This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center, Orlando, Florida. The incumbent serves as a VERA Management & Program Analyst who works independently in Fiscal Service. VERA stands for Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation and is the methodology used to allocate funding to each facility within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The position accepts and supports the mission, vision, and guiding principles of the Orlando VA Medical Center (OVAMC).

Duties

Duties consist of the following, but are not limited to: Responsible for analytical studies resulting in the identification of information needed to manage critical aspects of field operations responsible for OVAMC funding. Employee provides managers with objectively based information for making decisions on the administrative and programmatic aspects of the VERA process. Keeps facility staff informed of program/policy changes, developments of proposals impacting the medical center's revenue enhancement activities. Develops annual training and auditing processes used to best maximize VERA opportunities for the facility. Develop training materials to assist managers in utilizing data and reports that are produced. Serve as a technical advisor to facility and financial management providing guidance, recommendations and monitoring in the implementation, management and evaluation of VERA, ensuring that the program meets required standards and or criteria. Maintains and promotes an effective and productive relationship with healthcare center staff to assure facility activities are accomplished in the most cost effective way and maintains a working relationship with other facility management staff in coordinating cross-organizational activities and information. Provide results and recommendations in a timely, concise and accurate manner. Coordinates and disseminates data, special projects and other information pertaining to relevant program responsibilities with healthcare center staff for review and/or action. Employee handles competing activities such as varying initiatives, routine collaboration with service/departments, and ad hoc items needed throughout the year. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: 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#: Management and Program Analyst (VERA)/PD07200O 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, 01/18/2024. 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: 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: Gather, assemble and analyze facts, make conclusions from facts and devise solutions; Prepare oral and written reports and presentations; Experience with medical documentation requirements, coding requirements and guidelines, and resource utilization; Plan, develop and conduct formal and informal training sessions, programs or conference; Develop and conduct special studies and analyses, including feasibility studies, cost/benefit analyses, return on investment, FTEE/Productivity analyses, case mix analyses; Experience with CPT, ICD-9 and ICD-10 medical coding methodologies; Experience utilizing VISTA. 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. 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 the master's or equivalent graduate degree. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Oral CommunicationProblem SolvingTechnical Competence 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 primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Duties routinely require walking, standing, bending, carrying, etc. in a normal office environment. 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 Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 US
• Name: Juan Mendez
• Phone: 708-953-3885
• Email: [email protected]