The incumbent serves as a Program Specialist with the Chief of Staff office at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center responsible for the coordination of developing and directing the Facility Physician Recruitment Program. The incumbent is supervised by the Chief of Staff.

Duties

Duties include, but not limited to the following: Serves as the primary source for individuals inquiring about physician recruitment. Serves as the Subject Matter Expert in recruitment and placement of Title 38 Physicians. Liaisons with Universities and Colleges to ensure continued receipt of communication from qualified applicants. Advises and train managers on recruitment strategies, sources of recruitments and special programs. Identifies and recommend appropriate recruitment incentives for key positions. Develops and implement Branding techniques and materials for CNV AMC that will conform and naturally associate with the VA Branding tools. Maintains a database to track positions and candidates leads for short- and long-term use. Serves as local facility subject matter expert for Non-Citizen VISAs and the applicable standards and procedures for these types of appointments. Analyzes trends and forecast changes in workforce requirements and prepare reports and recommendations on a monthly basis as to most effective manner or recruitment. Develops a tracking system for biennial pay to ensure biennials are routed for processing sixty days prior to the due date. Manages and prepares reports and coordinates the establishment and tracking of HR metric and provide a weekly report to the Chief of Staff as to areas for improvement. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist (Physician Recruiter)/PD164240 Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: Not approved

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/30/2024. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: planning, organizing and implementing a health care delivery system recruitment program; applying HR policies, laws and regulations to develop program/protocols that standardize work in filling vacancies; applying data analytics in conducting physician salary surveys, meeting performance metrics, evaluating dashboard metrics, developing reports, track and trend progress and using performance improvement techniques (i.e. LEAN, LEAN Six-Sigma, etc.); identifying and managing various pay plans/tables/tiers, occupational series, incentives; managing a complex program for a medical school affiliated medical center; and facilitating presentations, conducting education classes and negotiating salaries. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AccountabilityAdministration and ManagementDecision MakingPlanning and EvaluatingProblem Solving 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: Regular and recurring work performed involves sitting at a desk, and/or attendance at conferences/meetings. Some physical demands evolve from stressful and protracted negotiations as the liaison with all services and in putting together customized recruitment packages that will successfully place a physician in needed positions within the medical center. 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 Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30901 US
• Name: Ashlyn Valenta
• Phone: (813) 897 - 0341
• Email: [email protected]