This position is located at a large and complex Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Facility. The purpose of the work is to plan and carry out all Ambulatory Care Service activities pertaining to program analysis.

Duties

Analyzes and evaluates on a quantitative or qualitative basis the effectiveness of Ambulatory Care program operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Analyzes new or proposed legislation or regulations to determine impact of medical facility programs. Identifies data required for use in the management and direction of programs. Reviews, analyzes and evaluates the accomplishment of Ambulatory Care programs by review of reports, studies, projects, and information provided by personnel, contractors, and other agencies. Identifies existing or potential problem areas and recommends corrective action of preventive measures. Makes informal presentations outlining the history, current status, and objectives of functional responsibilities.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/07/2024. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Coordinate activities, resolve conflicts, conduct studies, prepare staff reports, deliver briefings to functional managers and to professionally represent the organization at meetings. Apply pertinent laws, regulations, policies and precedents which affect the outcome of patient care and related support sources in all clinical and non-clinical administrative activities. Execute advanced office automation functions such word processing, creating and entering data into spreadsheets or databases, retrieving data from specified electronic records, and transmitting and receiving electronic documents. Identify, bargain, and resolve issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature. Using qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques such as: literature search; work measurement; task analysis and job structuring; productivity charting; organization design; development and administration of questionnaires. Use of automated data processing applications (i.e. Office Automation products, VistA, CPRS, and GUI) utilized within the hospital in order to: enter requests for computer access codes; troubleshoot basic software and hardware problems; serve as liaison with Medical Center's IT department; basic troubleshooting skills required to identify and correct basic software and hardware problems. OR, Education: Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree, successfully completed two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, LL.B or J.D. if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. OR, Combination: Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the first year) and specialized experience, as described above, to meet the total requirements. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Information Management Administration and Management Manages Resources Database Management Systems Customer Service 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 sedentary. Some work may require movement between clinical activity overseen by Mental Health Product Line (MHPL). Traveling off station and between divisions to meeting is necessary and working some overtime hours 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

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/.

Note: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

Contacts

• Address VA Central Texas Health Care System 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, TX 76504 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]