Total 16 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

• Demonstrates the fundamental knowledge of the unit and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and participating in process improvement initiatives.
• Responsible and accountable for the direction and supervision of specific orientation, training, development of staff, and evaluation of individual staff performance.
• Function as a role model, educator, practitioner, and member of the interdisciplinary team to remove barriers and implement new evidence-based cutting-edge, programs/processes.
• Participates in the development of care delivery models and environmental design, ensuring evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care.

This position is responsible for supervising the VISN R&P SSU Staff and administering the VISN's Federal recruitment, placement, and staffing programs. Provides expert level human resource advice and guidance on these programs to the VISN and MCs' management and staff.

Major Duties and Responsibilities to include but not be limited to:

• Manages the daily operations of the R&P SSU with the responsibility for integrating and coordinating all areas of the R&P program
• Implements R&P policies and regulations; developing of local policies and procedures, and briefing VISN and medical centers' (MC) management on the status of these programs
• Provides expert level human resource advice and guidance on these programs to the VISN and Medical Center management and staff
• Trains subordinate staff and management regarding the latest information; preparing communications regarding current and future requirements and information and serving as the VISN's policy and regulatory subject matter expert (SME) for these programs
• Plans and conducts studies and analyses of the VISN and MCs' staffing needs and requirements; reviewing data from feedback mechanisms, performing analyses, summarizing information, identifying trends and developing and implementing recommendations
• Prepares and completes study reports and making recommendations to VISN and Medical Center management
• Advises management on a wide range of staffing issues such as workforce shaping/reduction-in-force, special placement programs, recruitment methods, and special pay incentives
• Performs other related duties as assigned

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

The Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement) supports the Human Resources Management Service Shared Services Unit (SSU) Team.

Duties Include:

• Plans and conducts studies and analyses of the VISN and Medical Centers' (MC) staffing needs and requirements.
• Provides Recruitment and Placement (R&P) guidance and renders decisions on complex issues/situations unresolved by subordinates on a continuous basis through review of completed work and production goals achieved.
• Manages the daily operations of the R&P Shared Service Unit (SSU) with the responsibility for integrating and coordinating all areas of the R&P program.
• Oversees advisory services based on the VISN and MCs priorities and takes proactive measures to anticipate these future needs by prepositioning work products (vacancy announcements, job descriptions, skills assessments, etc.) in expectation of new projects and programs.
• Advises management on recruitment strategies, sources, and special programs. Provides managers and employees with information and interpretation of the VA's HR policies.
• Hears and resolves minor complaints from employees; refers group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher level supervisor or manager; effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious cases.
• Plans and directs staffing section operations.
• Provides guidance and renders decisions on complex determinations unresolved by subordinates on a continuous basis through review of completed work and assessment of results obtained.
• Oversees the daily operation of the unit and ensures that agency policies and priorities are being followed.
• Reviews past R&P practices and local labor market conditions to advise on future staffing strategies.

• This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• Time-in-Grade Restriction: 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. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
• Veterans' Preference: Veterans preference does not apply to internal announcements.

This position is eligible for 100% remote, selectee must reside within a 50-mile radius of the Brockton, Massachusetts or Augusta, Maine VA facilities.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

The Human Resources Specialist (R&P) SBU Outreach applies a wide range of HR concepts, principles, laws, regulations, and practices, to include OPM requirements, VHA specific policy and labor organization agreements for Title 5, Hybrid T38 and full Title 38 positions. Human Resources Specialist provides custom recruitment strategies and consultative services based upon occupational knowledge of current local and regional market area and resolves difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems. Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Advises and consults on targeted recruitment strategies and non-traditional recruitment opportunities specific to the local and regional market area, such as targeted job fairs, social media, recruitment campaigns, community outreach events, etc;
• Provides technical advice and assistance to the human resources staff and management officials in all areas of staffing and recruitment, including priority placement, direct hiring, special hiring authorities, etc;
• Evaluates trends in missions, technology, manpower, fiscal resources, and other factors influencing future needs;
• Applies quantitative and qualitative data to advise local, regional and national leadership in regard to recruitment trends, such as providing data in annual workforce planning cycles and advanced recruitment strategies; and
• Recommends strategies for overcoming employment barriers;
• Resolves difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems building coalitions and consensus through persuasion;
• Provides custom recruitment strategies and consultative services based upon occupational knowledge of current local and regional market area;
• Prepares vacancy announcements based on Position Description (PD) and/or functional statements (FS) and Subject Matter Expert (SME) analysis of the position, qualifies/disqualifies applicants, and maintains all documentation for the job announcement;
• Utilizes HR database systems to query, retrieve, and analyze information to complete and monitor routine and special assignments;
• Serves as a consultant to managers in providing authoritative HR services and conducting detailed analyses of complex functions within serviced organizations.

Lead Duties:

• Ensures the organizations strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
• Leads the team in identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established work flow, skill level and/or occupational specialization, making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks, and ensuring each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects and provides or arranges for specific administrative or technical training necessary for accomplishment of individual and team tasks.
• Ensures work assignments, such as Classification actions, Consultations on classifications, position management and functional statements, Desk Audits, Consistency Reviews, reports, etc. are executed by the team in a timely manner.
• Advises, supports, and assists Classifiers to prepare network-wide written and oral communications and recommendations to customers, formal evaluation statements, appeal packages, desk audit questionnaires, trainings, position management and functional statement guidance, etc. and to apply VHA, VA and OPM guidance and regulations.
• Distributes, summarizes, and/or presents information to the Classifiers from network leadership, the CCU Supervisor, and from VAH and VA specialists.
• Offers recommendations and/or summaries of current problems and secures assistance from the CCU Supervisor as needed on controversial situations.
• Fully addresses informal complaints by Classifiers and refers the most egregious situations to the CCU Supervisor.
• Provides on-the-job training to new Classifiers ensuring they have the resources, tools, link, access to systems, etc. to be a contributing team member.

• Reviews Position Descriptions (PDs) and classifies positions, explains findings through in-depth written evaluation statements, and signs Optional Form-08 for PDs, including one-of-a-kind complex, rare, unusual and standardized PDs.
• Considers the applicability across VHA for like positions with comparable complexities and determines the state of regulatory compliance, classification accuracy, and other classification program requirements.

• Participates in meetings (in-person, online, or over the phone) to interpret and correlate policy, procedures, and guidelines related to controversial or contentious actions and recommends solutions.
• Conducts position management assessments, identifies any inconsistencies or missed opportunities, and makes recommendations on position and organizational design.
• Provides advice on Functional Statements (FS) formatting and answers questions related to their development and use.

The Lead Human Resources Specialist (LHRS) reports directly to the Senior Strategic Business Partner (SSBP) in the Strategic Business Unit (SBU). The LHRS is experienced in all HR matters onsite at a designated facility and its components.

Major duties includes but not limited to the following:

• Provides expert management consultative service to the SSBP and local leadership involving the full spectrum of HR functions(e.g., recruitment and placement, employee performance, and conduct issues) on highly complex VISN-wide or equivalent issues.
• Leads staff by managing day to day workload and assignments for the HR Employee Relations section.
• Advises leadership in the resolution of administrative grievances, post separation reviews, Congressional, Off ice of Inspector General (OIG), Off ice of Special Counsel (OSC), Equal Opportunity Employment (EEO), Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) or department level complaints.
• Assists in providing guidance and renders decisions on complex determinations unresolved by subordinates on a continuous basis through review of completed work and assessment of results obtained.
• Gives on the job training and trains team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects and provide or arrange for specific administrative or technical training necessary for accomplishment of individual and team tasks.
• Coaches the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem solving methods and techniques, provide advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assist the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.
• Develops appropriate techniques, identifying key progress indicators and other metrics, sequences and scheduling necessary activities.
• Estimate and report to the team on progress in meeting established milestones and deadlines for completion of assignments, projects and tasks, and ensure that all team members are aware of and participate in planning for achievement of team goals and objectives.
• Serves as a Senior quality reviewer for all Staffing personnel actions to include reviewing and releasing actions.
• Ensures data fields on personnel actions are coded appropriately, to include verifying the correct nature of action and legal authority codes are being utilized.
• Reviews and consults with the CCOE on valid wage evaluations, ensuring the integrity of comparable data from reliable sources are utilized as evidentiary support of establishment/update/continuance of compensation considerations
• Examines the forecasted data to project managerial strategies, organizational processes, competencies, and human resources interventions necessary to create the required cultures to support new and establish VHA initiatives.
• Reviews and analyses problematic or potentially controversial situations and provides expert advice to management to resolve those situations (pay, Professional Standards Boards, records and processes compliance).
• Troubleshoots and resolves difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems.
• Ensures that all placement actions meet regulatory requirements
• Analyzes trends in turnover, separations and grievances to determine support or actions needed to adjust unfavorable trends.
• Advises and consults on targeted recruitment strategies and non-traditional recruitment opportunities specific to the local and regional market area.
• Skill in written and oral communication techniques related to developing and delivering various forms of correspondence to managers, such as briefings and status/staff reports to cultivate understanding and acceptance of findings and/or recommendations

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The Lead Medical Support Assistant (LMSA) in V16 Clinical Resource Hub is assigned to the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas. The LMSA will normally work at the HUB located on 900 South Shackelford Road, Little Rock, AR or remotely. The LMSA Performs duties related to the receipt, intake and indexing of health and administrative information and will interface with personal computer (PC) applications as well as numerous Vista applications. The LMSA monitors and makes work assignments, provides input on performance, resolves daily workplace issues and maintains efficient workflow.

The primary duties of the Lead Medical Support Assistant (LMSA) may include but are not limited to:

• Assuring coverage of all areas of responsibility.
• Conducting ongoing reviews to ensure quality of work.
• Ensuring accurate and timely scheduling of appointments.
• Providing guidance to staff members to include changes in policies and procedures.
• Distributing and balancing workload.
• Creating and maintaining employee work schedules.
• Orienting and providing on-the-job training for new and current employees.
• Ensuring all training requirements are met.
• Organizing the work structure of the assigned areas.
• Acting as a liaison between MSA and staff in order to resolve day to day conflicts.
• Planning and organizing work with general assistance from the supervisor.
• Reporting special assignments and only referring the non-routine and high technical problems to the supervisor.
• Reporting backlogs, difficulties in meeting deadlines, uncooperative physicians, and difficulty in securing information from clinicians or the record.
• Maintaining confidentiality of the information obtained to carry out required duties.
• Communicating with physicians, case managers, and other allied health professional staff regularly while using sound interpersonal skills.
• Working independently to make decisions based on guidelines, precedents and regulations and performs duties in such a manner that minimal supervision is required.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

This announcement is for a Temporary promotion or Detail NTE 120 days. Open WMC wide only.

This announcement will close on 11/21/2024, the first 75 applications received will receive first consideration. Applications that are submitted after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the date in which the initial cut-off number has been reached will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

The Program Manager is responsible for providing overall leadership and direction for the program as well as overseeing the planning, implementation, and management of the program within the Veterans Health Administration. The incumbent provides overall management and support of Scholarship and Clinical Education programs including daily communication with various customers and stakeholders at all levels of the organization, charter groups and arrange meetings, collect and analyze data, formulate and implement program development and improvement activities, assist in survey administration and the management of funds.

Major Duties Include:

• Performing application evaluation and explaining eligibility criteria to candidates.
• Identifying current and future program needs and establishing priorities.
• Preparing responses at the request of Congressional staff offices related to program area.
• Collaborating with other agencies for application selection.
• Preparing annual and supplemental requests for funding and decision documents.
• Collecting and analyzing data for purposes of determining funding needs for program support, identifying additional disciplines to include in legislative proposals and determining cost-effectiveness of educational assistance opportunities.
• Serving as a national technical expert on the laws, regulations and policy that govern the operation of Scholarship and Clinical Education programs.
• Creating and justifying the annual budget of programs along with management of received funds.
• Developing budget reports and assisting in budget allocation and execution for the program and monitoring the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds.
• Collecting, inputting, managing, and maintaining data, record keeping, and creating and generating budget and financial reports.
• Developing comprehensive plans and processes to attract program candidates based on projected
  occupational needs.
• Developing policy/guidelines, instructional methods, materials, etc. to support program participation to meet Administration recruitment needs.
• Providing subject matter expert analysis and advice on agency-wide student loan financial recruitment &
  retention programs.
• Collaborating with Third Part Vendors for processing of payments.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

Duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for assigning, monitoring, and reviewing the work performed by subordinate team members;
• Serves as a technical reviewer for all personnel actions to include reviewing and releasing actions;
• Provides advice and guidance to management officials on a variety of complex Human Resources problems as they relate to HR Systems;
• Coaches team members in the selection of problem-solving methods and techniques of technical skills;
• Provides suggestions on team building, training, and other ways to enhance production and team cohesion;
• Conducts research and completes analysis to recommend improvements regarding all HR Smart functional areas;
• Reviews and analyzes problematic or potentially controversial situations and provides expert advice to the appropriate supervisor to resolution;
• Uses data results and reports to implement corrective actions;
• Communicates observations and findings to leadership, the Quality Shared Services Unit (SSU), and the Training and Development SSU to aid in the competency development and overall compliance of the Network; and
• Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.

• This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• This position is covered by locality pay.
• Travel and relocation expenses are not authorized.
• May be required to attend conferences at other facilities or other VA sites on occasion.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• Time-in-Grade Restriction: 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. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

These are remote positions in support of VISN 1 VA New England Health Care System. Salary will be determined by the selectees duty location.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain position management in HR Smart to ensure positions are not over allocated or miscoded.
• Use evaluative and analytical techniques to identify, analyze, and resolve problems within the position management and staffing arena through use of information systems.
• Create, update, and maintain information for all VA positions, whether incumbered or vacant.
• Conduct periodic data cleanses to ensure accuracy and currency (i.e., auditing HR·Smart positions against approved organizational strength).
• Advise HR staff and stakeholders regarding organizational Position Management and the efficient use of positions.
• Verify authorized Position Description (PD) numbers on organizational charts and performs position builds, as needed.
• Serve as a SME for position changes involving organizational reorganizations and/or realignments;
• Monitor and update vacancies for recruitment and strategic planning purposes.
• Independently correct completed actions on a routine basis.
• Troubleshoot errors independently and complete a thorough analysis of records.
• Correct any discrepancies prior to data entry for updating.
• Answer requests for retroactive HR actions that require tracing position history.
• Examine and processes position changes related to a variety of personnel action requests including but not limited to accessions, reassignments, and promotions.
• Route errors to the appropriate staff when discrepancies are found, and provide information to assist in correcting the discrepancy.
• Audit position data in various modules of the system.

• This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• Travel and relocation expenses are not authorized.
• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• Time-in-Grade Restriction: 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. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.
• Employee must meet requirements by the closing date of this posting.
• Current VA Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

This position is part of the Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN-12) for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The Lead Human Resources Specialist position is aligned under the Shared Service Unit (SSU) with Recruitment and Placement (R&P) and will be assigned to provide services to any of the 8 facilities in VISN 12 which are located in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for the general working oversight of HR Specialists, GS-0201 series, in regard to Recruitment and Placement (R&P).
• Operates independently and receives assignments in terms of overall goals and objectives.
• Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with staff workflow.
• Instructs employees in specific task and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials, and supplies.
• Provides on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Identifies management problems and analyzes them from the management viewpoint.
• Provides technical advice and assistance to the human resources staff and management officials in all areas of staffing and recruitment.
• Troubleshoots and resolves difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems.
• Responsible for the quality review of Staffing, Recruitment and Placement information management systems and its management to ensure compliance with regulations and interpretation of the organization's Personnel Accountability, HR policies and procedures to address issues that require substantial interpretation.
• Reviews and analyzes problematic or potentially controversial situations and provides expert advice to management to resolve those situations (pay, Professional Standards Boards, records and processes compliance).
• Advises staff on difficult and unusual recruitment, placement and pay issues or problems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday through Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: May be Authorized
Remote: Authorized
Position Description/PD#: Lead Human Resources Specialist - Recruitment and Placement/PD99974S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Major Duties:

• Program Planning and Implementation:
  • Participates in short and long term National and Region-wide telehealth planning.
  • Manages National, Regional & cross-VISN TMH and Tele Primary Care clinical projects with specific emphasis on technological connectivity between participating provider and recipient Health Care System Medical Centers, CBOCs and other VA facilities.
  • Assists participating provider sites and individual veterans with establishing home based CVT (hCVT) services including provision of mobile device solutions, installation and operation.
  • Obtains and consolidates information for presentation to the Clinical Resource HUB Director and to respective National, VISN and facility leaders/staff for use in the planning, development, and the operation of integrated regional programs.
  • Develops and coordinates internal review systems for tracking equipment, technological capacity and inter-system connectivity for planning and operations.
  • Provides technical expertise in the field of Tele Health care planning and systems redesign.
  • Identifies the development, training and orientation for TH network needs.
  • Provides or arranges for the needed training and skills development for equipment operation and integration with existing facility IT Departments and facility Telehealth coordinators.
• Evaluates Programs/Monitors Data:
  • Develops and maintains systems to ensure that hCVT workload is captured properly and reimbursement is optimized for cost recovery.
  • Analyzes telehealth data, identifies trends and issues of concern with emphasis on technological challenges and solutions to surmount identified obstacles.
  • Develops, monitors and reviews trend analyses regarding clinical care connectivity and performance improvement activities.
  • Reviews material and monitors operations with regard to compliance with the standards of internal and external accrediting agencies.
  • Develops background and management options available to deal with complex National/Regional/VISN planning and implementation issues with regard to CVT-based services.
  • Recommends action or adjustments necessary to achieve required objectives.
  • Ensures proposals/initiatives submitted for VACO/VISN approval are complete and all implementation requirements are accurately identified.
• Reports Results/Monitors Remedial Actions:
  • Compiles final reports including comprehensive analyses; notes discrepancies and planned initiatives for effecting remedial actions.
  • Provides consultation to VISN leadership across VISN 9 and possibly other VISNs and implements resolutions based on provider and service sites mutual interests.
  • Establishes process controls to ensure recommendations and actions are completed as approved.
  • Monitors action items within the organization and ensures appropriate progress to remedy problems and to mitigate risk management.
  • Recommends new policies and procedures and recommends revision for existing Region/VISN policies and procedures in keeping with National guidelines and priorities.
• Program Review and Documentation Preparation:
  • Ensures effective reporting for the VISN 9 healthcare telehealth delivery system.
  • Serves as the point of contact for network operations information, reports, data pulls, controlled correspondence and local, VISN or national suspense items relevant to technology, equipment, software and IT systems management.
  • Ensures communications are accurate, professional and complete. and that written documents are completed according to organizational formats/guidelines
  • Drafts new and revised Regional/VISN Memoranda and Bulletins and upon review and concurrence of the VISN 9 Clinical Resource HUB Director and concerned services, disseminates these documents and publications.

This position is for a temporary promotion, not to exceed 1 year. You may be returned at any time to the position from which you were temporarily promoted, or to a different position of equivalent grade and pay.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Ensures the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services.
• Articulates and communicates assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.
• Coaches the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem solving methods and techniques, provides advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assists the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.
• Leads the team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization, making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks, and ensuring each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
• Trains or arranges for the training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects and provides or arranges for specific administrative or technical training necessary for accomplishment of individual and team tasks.
• Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checking on work in progress and reviewing completed work to see that the supervisor's instructions on work priorities, methods, deadlines and quality have been met.
• Serves as coach, facilitator, and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Patient Care: Practitioners are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate. and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness. treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Practitioners arc expected to demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical. clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others. The practitioner should be experienced in the therapy of patients with acute hematologic malignancies as well as the performance of autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic blood progenitor transplantation.
• Clinical Judgment: To ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
• Professionalism: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and understanding and sensitivity to diversity, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession.
• Systems-Based Practice: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate both an understanding of the contexts and systems in which health care is provided, and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve optimizing health care.
• Practitioners are expected to provide inpatient and consult service during off tours (nights, weekends, and holidays, as needed by the organization.
• Clinical Management including indirect patient care: open encounter & open consult management, CPRS documentation rules and requirements, adherence to clinic procedures for patient scheduling & access, ensuring staff productivity. oversight of relevant performance measures, and participation in the development of the new focus on the Medical Home and Patient Centric Care, Utilization, Quality, and Patient Safety oversight, process improvement (system redesign)
• Education: Supervision of residents is a major duty of this position. Practitioners are expected to show effectiveness in teaching, monitor and coordinate educational activities, and comply with necessary trainee supervision.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: HR Specialist Total Rewards

The duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
The Supervisory HR Specialist, (ER/LR) Performance, provides technical guidance and assistance to management and senior leadership regarding Employee Labor Relations issues in a wide variety of occupations including Title 5 General Schedule (GS), Wage Grade (WG), administrative and clinical, Hybrid and Title 38. The overall responsibilities of the Supervisory HR Specialist (ER/LR), include, but are not limited to:

• Providing expert management consultative service involving the full spectrum of HR functions on highly complex VISN-wide or equivalent issues.
• Provides technical guidance, advice and counseling to management officials and supervisors to address issues with workforce-related conduct and performance.
• Explains rules and procedures to employees and management to help them understand rights and obligations.
• Delivers training to management and employees on a variety of employee relations topics.
• Provides consultation on associated program areas, such as leave management and actions of a disciplinary or adverse nature.
• Researches and interprets legal and regulatory program guidance, including case law, United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and VA Handbooks and Directives.
• Develops management strategies to respond to labor issues.
• Works with leadership, staff, and operational officials, to develop and explore Labor Relations alternatives to improve policies, techniques and procedure