The Transportation Assistant is located at the VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System within the Health Administration Service (HAS) in both the Montrose and Castle Point Campuses. Employees arrange travel for Veteran beneficiaries and both employee and non-employee attendants in accordance with existing VA regulations.

Duties

Major duties include; Maintains current bus, train, and air schedules and fares and provides information to the traveler. Incumbent coordinates all medical supplies, administrative paperwork, blood, etc. between the Community Based Outpatient Clinics and the main facilities. Determines eligibility for those seeking VA transportation in accordance with existing VA rules, regulations and facility policies. Employee maintains a log of ambulance orders for control and billing purposes. Acts as liaison between contract ambulance service and this hospital. Incumbent reviews all available source documents to make a determination regarding the veteran's entitlement to travel at government expense. Incumbent advises members of the clinical staff of the criteria for other than public transportation and reviews medical records to ensure that the need for special travel is documented. Incumbent bears sole responsibility for authorizing travel. Incumbent informs Logistics of needs as contracts are awarded by that service. Incumbent serves on a hospital inspector team to go to the ambulance company and personally inspect vehicles, licenses, etc. incumbent must be knowledgeable in local transportation rates, increases. Incumbent must also refer to maps and similar guidelines in determining mileage allowance. Incumbent coordinates with Nursing Service. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not available Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Transportation Assistant / 02152A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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, 03/26/2024. 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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. 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-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 4 years of education above the high school level. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:Administration and ManagementCommunicationsPlanning and EvaluatingProblem SolvingTechnical CompetenceVeteran and Customer FocusExperience 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 may require some physical effort, such as standing, walking, bending or sitting. 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

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 4 years of education above the high school level.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital 2094 Albany Post Road Montrose, NY 10548 US
• Name: Christina Morel
• Phone: 845-831-2000 X215041
• Email: [email protected]