The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, at the Hershel "Woody" Williams VAMC, Huntington, W.V. in the Medical Service. This position reports to the Administrative Officer of Medical Service and provides support to the Administrative Officer, Chief of Medical Service as well as other Section Chiefs within the Service, including the Assistant Chief of Medical Service, the Section Chief of the Emergency Department.

Duties

Duties may include: The incumbent will collect data, track required measures of performance, and run various data reports.Incumbent will follow standard operating procedures for tracking and management of data. The incumbent collects, organizes, reviews, evaluates, maintains, and tracks data related to programs, services, and staffing for the Medical Service Develops training programs for users of service level personal computers and software packages and educational programs on an "as needed" basis for staff within the Service Serves as the primary Automated Data Package Application Coordinator (ADPAC) for Medical Service Incumbent serves as one of the primary Timekeeper for the Medical Service. Extracts all available data from VSSC and Dashboards on assigned topics. Conducts queries within VHA's Veteran Support Service Center (VSSC) for staff productivity, outpatient access, and wait times. Analyzes current data management procedures and practices to determine how effectively current goals are being met and how services could be improved. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 08:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management and Program Assistant/PD240970 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their life to the fullest. The VA is committed to Whole Health and values Veteran and Employee health and wellbeing. As a VA employee, you will practice Whole Health in an environment that supports personalized and proactive care.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/20/2024. 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. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade 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: Modify and maintain automated systems for tracking program effectiveness. Incumbent will assist in collecting data, developing reports and extracting canned and customized reports including Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) reports (i.e., monthly, and annual workload reports, Complimentary and Integrative Health (CIH) Care allocations, enrollment, and costs). Creates computerized files, templates, and databases to obtain automated and administrative data used by the AO and Chiefs to assist with production of managerial reports for local, clinical, regional and VA Central Office purposes. Revises training content as hardware and software programs are modified/upgraded or as new resources are acquired. The incumbent will support the Medical Service in day-to-day operations, which may include assisting with travel and meeting space requests for staff. Incumbent will receive telephone calls for the Chief, Assistant Chief and the Administrative Office of Medical Service and handle/direct calls as appropriate in a professional and confidential manner. OR, Education: Generally, not applicable You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementInterpersonal SkillsManages Human ResourcesPlanning and Evaluating 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. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as papers, books, or driving an automobile, etc. No specific physical demands are required to perform the work. Working Environment: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical or such places as offices, meeting and training rooms or other hospital areas. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. May require occasional travel and may be to locations that may present as uncontrollable environments. 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 Huntington VA Medical Center 1540 Spring Valley Drive Huntington, WV 25704 US
• Name: Mewael Teklehaimanot
• Phone: 4106057000
• Email: [email protected]