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The incumbent is the Associate Director of the Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY. S/he serves as a full associate to the director in the discharge of all the Director's duties. S/he acts as the Director in the absence of the Director
from this active tertiary and university affiliated medical center. The Syracuse VAMC provides acute medical, neurological, surgical and psychiatric inpatient care.
10/27/2020 to 11/06/2020
$126,810 - $164,858 per year
GS 15
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
15
Yes
No
STIMP-10948477-21-PFB
582745100
The Associate Medical Center Director acts as a member of the Senior Management team as a full assistant to the Medical Center Director. The Associate Director works on a day-to-day basis as a peer with the Chief of Staff and Nurse Executive. The Associate Director must demonstrate advanced knowledge and ability to direct complex administrative management systems, plus a working knowledge and understanding of general clinical systems as they relate to patient care, the primary mission of the health care system. The Associate Director will assist the Director in the organization, direction, and coordination of all administrative functions of the medical center and may serve as Acting Director in the Director's absence. Administrative functions may include direction of resources; human resources and information resources management; logistics; facilities and health care environment management; and health services administration. In addition, the Associate Director has lead responsibility for strategic and tactical planning, systematic internal reviews, and receives special analysis projects and studies
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Associate Medical Center Director/PD040130
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
· Technical - Uses specific technical experience in leading and managing in a healthcare organization
· Interpersonal Effectiveness - Uses ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external groups and individuals; how you have had to negotiate to achieve cooperation among people with varying opinions and views.
· Customer Service - Uses ability to design work processes and systems that are responsive to customers and your use of customer feedback to improve service to either an internal or external customer.
· Creative Thinking - Uses ability to generate new and innovative solutions to problems by challenging assumptions and looking beyond the status quo and where you championed new ideas, identified actions and engaged staff to accomplish the desired results.
· Organizational Stewardship - Uses ability to provide leadership, support and resources to staff to enable them to carry out the organizational mission; uses ability to manage organizational outcomes with limited budget and staff while maintaining quality and access; uses ability to create an environment to ensures compliance with ethical standards and resolve ethical dilemmas.
· Systems Thinking - Uses knowledge of the complexities of VA healthcare and how it's delivered and how you were instrumental in coordinating a strategic change across multiple organizational functions.
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: Most of the work performance is at a desk, in an office setting. Position may require minimal walking for direct supervision, survey and environment of care issues. The incumbent occasionally carries books and papers to and from meetings and conferences.
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/.
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
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. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. 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.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
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/.
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.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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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.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/06/2020 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10948477.
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