The position is located in the department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Health Association (VHA) at the Huntington VA Medical Center in the Health administrations Service under transportation section. The primary position is to service as the travel coordinator responsible for overall planning, coordination, implementation, scheduling, management and evaluation of clinical applications of patient transportation with particular emphasis on improving and facilitating care.

Duties

Major Duties May Include: The incumbent demonstrates flexibility, integrity and accountability with a work ethic that emphasizes excellence and quality. Responsible to review for accuracy and process beneficiary travel claims for the purpose of reimbursement of veterans for travel to and from the VA and community care veteran appointments. Reviews eligibility of each Veteran before finalizing beneficiary travel reimbursement. Compile and submit daily clerk reports summarizing all vouchers processed. Coordinates routes/scheduled based on planned and unplanned maintenance on veteran transport vehicles ensuring adherence to eligibility rules. Ensures all trips are properly logged and closed with veteran transportation system software in order to ensure accurate reporting and statistics are reported to management and national program office. Communicates and interacts with patients and their family members in a manner which is appropriate to cognitive, emotional chronological maturation needs of the adult geriatric patient. Contacts approving official to authorize obligations and request for additions, deductions, and or movement of funds. Work Schedule: 8am-4:30pm Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. 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#: Transportation Assistant/PD210340 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/19/2024. 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. 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 will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementAuditingClerical 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Huntington VA Medical Center 1540 Spring Valley Drive Huntington, WV 25704 US
• Name: Chanel Smith
• Phone: 410-605-7000
• Email: [email protected]