This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Fredericksburg Health Care Center of the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS), Fredericksburg, VA. This position is responsible for the administrative coordination of transportation and patient funds activities.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: Maintains communications with receiving facilities regarding beneficiaries return travel arrangements. Reviews requests for reimbursement of travel costs for the purpose of assuring compliance with regulations and procedures, completeness, accuracy, internal consistency, and agreement with basic authorization. Reconciles vouchers against authorizations for accuracy prior to preparing certification for payments. Responsible for balancing, reconciling, and adjusting invoices for payment. Determines legal entitlement to travel reimbursement, applies deductible requirements and computes amount to be paid to beneficiaries. Authorizes or denies beneficiary travel reimbursement accordingly. Process requests for travel reimbursement utilizing various systems to determine service connection eligibilities, hardship qualification, appointment verification at local and outside facilities, proof of address, and other criteria. Arranges all modes of transportation via air ambulance, commercial air, taxi, ambulance, bus and/or independent transports. Corresponds with physician, traveler, and vendor to determine the most dependable and economical mode of transportation. May keep in touch with traveler en-route to resolve potential problems. Acts as technical expert to the DAV Travel Office relative to criteria, VA Policies and procedures relevant to transportation activities. Establishes procedures for the effective movement of patients to and from private providers, utilizing all available resources, including DAV services. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm EST Telework: This position is not eligible for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Transportation Assistant/PD02764A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized 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, 10/16/2024. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05 grade level. 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. 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 level GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of VA regulations, procedures, and policies relative to beneficiary travel and patient funds activities; knowledge of validation, control and maintaining accounting records; basic math skills required to debit and credit accounts and to reconcile balances; accounting skills to analyze and audit invoices; skills in both oral and written communication; office automation abilities to include knowledge of email systems, MS Office, spreadsheets and other equipment to prepare correspondence; basic knowledge of medical terminology. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to DetailClericalCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Decision MakingManages 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. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary; however, some walking, bending, or stooping may be necessary. 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.

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 Central Virginia VA Health Care System 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard Richmond, VA 23249 US
• Name: Cindy Wilder
• Email: [email protected]