Serves as a Administrative Officer that provides the overall direction and support to Surgical Service. In conjunction with the Service Chief , duties will include planning and organizing the ongoing developments of Surgical Service, as well as analyzing, evaluating, advising and coordinating administrative, clinical and business/fiscal activities. Responsibilities will include management improvement, productivity improvement, management controls and short and long-range planning.

Duties

Duties:: Provides policy guidance and advisory assistance in the development of strategies for Provides policy guidance and advisory assistance in the development of strategies for applying quality management to core business areas. Develops reporting procedures, sampling techniques and measurements at various points in the business cycle to identify problem areas. Consults with technical experts to develop effective quality program objectives. Monitors quality program implementation and indicators designed to prevent erroneous results and ineffective work practices to verify adherence to quality plans and requirements. Analyzes adverse quality trends and initiates corrective action. Responsible for ensuring that annual Competency Reviews are performed and documented in accordance with policy. Assists Leadership with administrative duties and provide guidance on issues such as leave administration, incentive program awards, motivation and morale, recruitment and placement, position management, classification, and continuing education activities. Ensures contract approvals and funding obligations are obtained and act as a liaison between the service and those the Service is contracting with. Provides advice and assistance to Leadership on funds availability and how to maximize actual dollar allocations. Maintains accurate status of funds at all times to coincide with Fiscal Services Work Schedule: 8:00AM-4:30PM; subject to change based on the needs of the facility. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Administrative Officer/PD037170 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, 08/29/2024. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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. To qualify at the GS-9 grade, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level or higher and/or meet educational requirements or a combination of specialized experience and education. Specialized Experience: Experience with procurement and contracting operations Experience with administrative management in a clinical service Experience with program management and process improvement activities OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related OR Combination of Specialized Experience and Education: Combination of successfully completing 1-full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement education and specialized experience as described above to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 (excess of 18 semester hours to fulfill the 1 year full-time study requirements). (transcripts required). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementCommunicationComputer Skills 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. Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate controlled office, but may require occasional travel. 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 Biloxi VA Medical Center 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS 39531 US
• Name: Brittne Pence
• Phone: 7138257943
• Email: [email protected]