Department Of Veterans Affairs Louisville , KY 40202
Posted 1 week ago
Summary
The purpose of the Program Support Assistant (PSA) located in the Healthcare System Robley Rex VA Medical Remote Patient Monitoring-Home Telehealth (RPM-HT) Program is to perform a variety of program support functions.
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Overview
Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
06/21/2024 to 07/01/2024
$44,117 - $57,354 per year
GS 6
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Louisville, KY 1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Yes-as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
None
0303 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant
No
Not Required
No
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
CBTG-12449788-24-MH
796683500
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This job is open to
Current federal employees of this agency.
Clarification from the agency
Open to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) only.
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Duties
Duties include but are not limited to:
Incumbent will serve as back-up for time and leave for Telehealth Services and may assist and back up for other timekeepers across the facility
Use database or spreadsheet software to create, enter, revise, sort or calculate, and retrieve data for reports
Serves as the point of contact for Veterans medical center staff, community agencies, and various others
Communicating with patients within the program, collaborating with clinical staff and vendors
Maintains a filing and tracking system; initiates new patient file folder
Complies statistical reports and cost accounting data
Handling and collecting data for patients enrolled in the RPM-HT Program
Runs Inventory reports at facility and national levels
Incumbent gathers, prepares, and interprets for various admissions, discharges, and patient census reports data for the RPM-HT staff
Assist with receiving and processing documents and reports in accordance with established procedures
Compute data entry, receive department calls, track and monitor supplies
The incumbent will standardize, organize, maintain patient data, and retrieve a variety of computerized data
Coordinating meetings and other assigned duties
Work Schedule: Monday
Friday 7:30am
4:00pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Program Support Assistant (OA)/PD40382-0
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Subject to background/security investigation
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/01/2024.
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.
Typing Proficiency Requirements: The Program Support Assistant (OA) Occupational Series 0303 includes a Typing Proficiency Requirement. To qualify for the position applicants must be able to type 40 words per minute typing speed
Grade Requirement: In addition to meeting the Typing Proficiency requirements, applicants will also need to meet the grade level requirement. You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Preferred Experience: Previous experience in Home Telehealth or Remote Patient Monitoring. Previous experience in an administrative/technical role. Experience in the use of Microsoft Office Products, Data Reporting, and Digital Technology Products.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Clerical
Communications
Computer Skills
Manages 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 mostly sedentary in nature. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there is walking, standing. bending and carrying of light to medium weight items such as equipment/devices, papers books, etc. often up and down flights of stairs across the VA campus.
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.
Additional information
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
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