The purpose of the Home Care Programs Home Based Primary Care and Homemaker/Home Health Aide is to provide home health services to eligible veterans when found to be necessary or appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of the veteran's medical condition/disability. The selectee is expected to serve as a liaison for the GEC to all other services of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (BPVAHCS), affiliations and the general public to represent administratively these programs.

Duties

The selectee provides a full range of office and administrative functions related to the planning and operations of the Home Based Primary Care and Homemaker/ Home Health Aide Programs. Plans, develops, and coordinates all administrative functions essential to program implementation and the delivery of services including initiation of corrective action. Manages the Home Based Primary Care Information System, collecting data, submitting reports, and correcting errors. Refers patients to community agencies to provide homemaker/home health aide services. Provides assistance and consultation to home health care agencies involved in the Homemaker/ Home Health Aide Program regarding timely submission of invoices, cost for Homemaker/Home Health Aide services, billing issues, duration of services, and need for quarterly summaries. Assists in responses to requests for special information from the offices of VACO, VISN, medical center director, Chief of Staff, and ACS for Geriatrics, Rehabilitation & Extended Care. Provides the technical assistance in revising program policies. Performs timekeeping duties for the HBPC staff through the electronic timekeeping system. Work Schedule: Monday, Thursday, Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant/PD0903400 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/03/2024. 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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to experience in Geriatrics Home Based Primary Care and or PACT Clinic, and preference in working with spreadsheets in Microsoft Office, specific knowledge of policies, procedures, and objectives of the Home Based Primary Care and Homemaker/Home Health Aide Programs, working knowledge of VA eligibility, medical center policies and patient administration, establishment and maintenance of accurate filing systems for pertinent data, manuals and reports. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ClericalCommunicationsComputer SkillsCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Manages and Organizes Information 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. 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/.

Contacts

• Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10000 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US
• Name: Hannah Henderson
• Phone: 813-816-7155 X100152
• Email: [email protected]