Social Worker - Home Health (Home Based Primary Care)
Company Name:
Department Of Veterans Affairs
United States Citizens Permanent Full Time
Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 1267288
VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
Note: The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12. The Professional Standards Board (a peer-review group) will review the selected candidate's education and experience and recommend the step at which the candidate will be placed. The salary is based on the step approved for the selected candidate.
Appointment Information: An applicant selected for this position may be placed into a temporary appointment, not to exceed one year and one day, pending completion of the boarding process.
The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Social Worker functions as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team in the HBPC program. In addition to the assigned HBPC duties, the HBPC Social Worker coordinates the Adult Day Health Care Program. The incumbent provides and coordinates health care services to veterans in their home environment.
U.S. Citizenship Must pass background investigation Must be proficient in written and spoken English Must pass pre-employment physical examination Must possess Master's in Social Work Degree (MSW) Must possess and maintain active state driver's license Must possess advance practice level social work license Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS - Incomplete packages will be rated INELIGIBLE
The incumbent functions as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team in the HBPC program. In addition to the assigned HPBC duties, the HPBC Social Worker coordinates the Adult Day Health Care Program. HBPC provides and coordinates health care services to veterans in their home environment.
Provides assessment and treatment of patients requiring social work services within the home care setting. Is a resource to the HBPC staff in the area of community resources and psychosocial needs of patients. Participates in the interdisciplinary team care planning process and performance improvement plan.
Collaborates with the HBPC Interdisciplinary Team in developing a comprehensive treatment and discharge plan. Is responsible for the integration of psychosocial aspects of treatment including interpersonal, family, economic, social service and case management functions when appropriate.
Interfaces with VA Hospice & Palliative Care Coordinator as the patient advocate in supporting hospice care referrals.
Directs efforts toward continuing communication and cooperation with VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) staff other VA facilities and community agencies to facilitate effective access to treatment and support services for HBPC patients.
Identifies program needs within HBPC and makes recommendations for program structure, social work activities and priorities.
Responsible for a variety of accountability practices, e.g., compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards and monitoring quality assurance practices.
Provides social work participation in education and orientation for health care professionals assigned to the service and continuing education as requested. Acts as a mentor for University of Nevada Social Work students during their VA practicum.
Provides appropriate documentation including psychosocial evaluations, case notes and treatment plans according to HBPC and Health Care System policy. Generates Fee authorization for services. Verifies billing invoices and completes certification process to ensure prompt vendor payment.
Acts as Case Manager for identified HBPC patients who will benefit primarily from psychosocial case management. The incumbent provides age related care which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient. He/She demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in the HBPC caseload.
Responsible for his/her own personal growth and development and participates in educational services for himself/herself and others.
Incumbent will be required to travel to patient's homes in the community.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation (moving) expenses will not be paid for this position
Relocation/Recruitment incentive _may be_ authorized
Work Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
This position is covered by the bargaining unit
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
Citizenship: Citizen of the United States (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy)
Education: Must possess a Master's Degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the school of social work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the Master's Degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to the CSWE website to verify if that social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a Master's in Social Work Degree (MSW)
Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the Master's Degree level. Current state requirements may be found on the OHRM website
Physical Standards: Applicants must meet physical standards for the position. A physical examination prior to placement is required. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019
English Language Proficiency: Individuals appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d)
Creditable
Experience: Knowledge of Current Professional Social Work Practices. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics associated with current professional social work practice. The experience or education must be post-MSW degree. Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional social worker, as defined by the appropriate state licensing board.
Quality of
Experience: Experience is only creditable if it is obtained following graduation with a master's degree in social work and if it includes work as a professional social worker directly related to the position to be filled. Qualifying experience must also be at a level comparable to social work experience at the next lower level.
Advanced Practice Level: Advanced Practice Level is defined as the ability to provide independent and expert clinical psychosocial and case management services in a specialized area of practice to veterans who tend to have serious and severe crises, may lack any familial and community support, may be poor self-monitors, may frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, or may have major deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support. Work involves intensive social work services requiring the exercise of mature professional judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of complex social work practice skills not typically required in routine social work interventions.
GRADE REQUIREMENTS:
_GS-12: Senior Social Worker_
Experience, Education, and Licensure: Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. At least two years should be in an area of specialized social work practice. Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an ASWB advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice). Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty (see paragraph 3a(c)). In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs listed below:
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
1. Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services.
2. Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with polytraumatic injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
3. Advanced knowledge and expert skill in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services. Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on empirical findings.
4. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications.
5. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the profession, demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs. Ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the specialty population or specialty treatment program.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard GS-185
APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: 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. Applicants must, therefore, only report attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:
All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.
Physical Requirements: In the process of providing patient care, the work involves regular and recurring periods of walking, standing, sitting, bending, pulling, lifting, reaching and carrying. Manual dexterity is required to operate medical equipment and perform clinical and administrative activities.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.) or dates of impending separation.
Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference with required proof as stated on the form. For more information, please review the information for disabled Veterans in the application _checklist_ or visit
Your application, r sum and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
For additional assistance with the online application process, please view the video at the following link:
YOU MUST INCLUDE VA FORM 10-2850c IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY. You may upload the completed form to your Application Manager account if you apply online. Then you can use the uploaded form again and again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide for more information on uploading and re-using the form in your applications. Other required forms and documents can also be saved in your account and used the same way. Applicants are urged to apply online; this process is much easier and faster.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on _Thursday, December 11, 2014_ to receive consideration.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
_Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents:_
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper 1203FX form as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
If you completed the occupational questionnaire online and are unable to upload supporting document(s):
1. To fax your documents, you must use the following cover page and provide the required information. The Vacancy ID is 1267288
2. Fax your documents to
If you cannot complete the Application Package online, you may fax all of your materials. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on _Thursday, December 11, 2014_ to receive consideration. Keep a copy of your fax confirmation in the event verification is needed.
To complete the occupational questionnaire and submit via fax:
1. Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire
2. Print the 1203FX form, follow the instructions and provide your responses to the occupational questionnaire items
3. Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to . Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, December 11, 2014
All applicants are _ required _ to submit the following supporting document type(s):
OF-306
Other (VA 10-2850c)
Resume
Transcript
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
Cover Letter
DD-214
Other Veterans Document
SF-15
SF-50
VA Form 10-2850c:
Optional Form 306:
After we receive your complete application package (including any required documents) your qualifications will be reviewed to decide if you meet the basic requirements. You will be notified when this decision is made.
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional dollars and cents benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at
Receiving Service Credit for 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 employees 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.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Department Of Veterans Affairs
United States Citizens Permanent Full Time
Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 1267288
VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
Note: The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12. The Professional Standards Board (a peer-review group) will review the selected candidate's education and experience and recommend the step at which the candidate will be placed. The salary is based on the step approved for the selected candidate.
Appointment Information: An applicant selected for this position may be placed into a temporary appointment, not to exceed one year and one day, pending completion of the boarding process.
The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Social Worker functions as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team in the HBPC program. In addition to the assigned HBPC duties, the HBPC Social Worker coordinates the Adult Day Health Care Program. The incumbent provides and coordinates health care services to veterans in their home environment.
U.S. Citizenship Must pass background investigation Must be proficient in written and spoken English Must pass pre-employment physical examination Must possess Master's in Social Work Degree (MSW) Must possess and maintain active state driver's license Must possess advance practice level social work license Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS - Incomplete packages will be rated INELIGIBLE
The incumbent functions as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team in the HBPC program. In addition to the assigned HPBC duties, the HPBC Social Worker coordinates the Adult Day Health Care Program. HBPC provides and coordinates health care services to veterans in their home environment.
Provides assessment and treatment of patients requiring social work services within the home care setting. Is a resource to the HBPC staff in the area of community resources and psychosocial needs of patients. Participates in the interdisciplinary team care planning process and performance improvement plan.
Collaborates with the HBPC Interdisciplinary Team in developing a comprehensive treatment and discharge plan. Is responsible for the integration of psychosocial aspects of treatment including interpersonal, family, economic, social service and case management functions when appropriate.
Interfaces with VA Hospice & Palliative Care Coordinator as the patient advocate in supporting hospice care referrals.
Directs efforts toward continuing communication and cooperation with VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS) staff other VA facilities and community agencies to facilitate effective access to treatment and support services for HBPC patients.
Identifies program needs within HBPC and makes recommendations for program structure, social work activities and priorities.
Responsible for a variety of accountability practices, e.g., compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards and monitoring quality assurance practices.
Provides social work participation in education and orientation for health care professionals assigned to the service and continuing education as requested. Acts as a mentor for University of Nevada Social Work students during their VA practicum.
Provides appropriate documentation including psychosocial evaluations, case notes and treatment plans according to HBPC and Health Care System policy. Generates Fee authorization for services. Verifies billing invoices and completes certification process to ensure prompt vendor payment.
Acts as Case Manager for identified HBPC patients who will benefit primarily from psychosocial case management. The incumbent provides age related care which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient. He/She demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in the HBPC caseload.
Responsible for his/her own personal growth and development and participates in educational services for himself/herself and others.
Incumbent will be required to travel to patient's homes in the community.
Relocation Expenses: Relocation (moving) expenses will not be paid for this position
Relocation/Recruitment incentive _may be_ authorized
Work Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
This position is covered by the bargaining unit
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
Citizenship: Citizen of the United States (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy)
Education: Must possess a Master's Degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the school of social work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the Master's Degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to the CSWE website to verify if that social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a Master's in Social Work Degree (MSW)
Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the Master's Degree level. Current state requirements may be found on the OHRM website
Physical Standards: Applicants must meet physical standards for the position. A physical examination prior to placement is required. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019
English Language Proficiency: Individuals appointed to direct patient care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d)
Creditable
Experience: Knowledge of Current Professional Social Work Practices. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics associated with current professional social work practice. The experience or education must be post-MSW degree. Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional social worker, as defined by the appropriate state licensing board.
Quality of
Experience: Experience is only creditable if it is obtained following graduation with a master's degree in social work and if it includes work as a professional social worker directly related to the position to be filled. Qualifying experience must also be at a level comparable to social work experience at the next lower level.
Advanced Practice Level: Advanced Practice Level is defined as the ability to provide independent and expert clinical psychosocial and case management services in a specialized area of practice to veterans who tend to have serious and severe crises, may lack any familial and community support, may be poor self-monitors, may frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, or may have major deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support. Work involves intensive social work services requiring the exercise of mature professional judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of complex social work practice skills not typically required in routine social work interventions.
GRADE REQUIREMENTS:
_GS-12: Senior Social Worker_
Experience, Education, and Licensure: Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. At least two years should be in an area of specialized social work practice. Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an ASWB advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice). Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty (see paragraph 3a(c)). In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs listed below:
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
1. Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services.
2. Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with polytraumatic injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
3. Advanced knowledge and expert skill in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services. Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on empirical findings.
4. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications.
5. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the profession, demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs. Ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the specialty population or specialty treatment program.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard GS-185
APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: 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. Applicants must, therefore, only report attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website:
All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.
Physical Requirements: In the process of providing patient care, the work involves regular and recurring periods of walking, standing, sitting, bending, pulling, lifting, reaching and carrying. Manual dexterity is required to operate medical equipment and perform clinical and administrative activities.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.) or dates of impending separation.
Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference with required proof as stated on the form. For more information, please review the information for disabled Veterans in the application _checklist_ or visit
Your application, r sum and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
For additional assistance with the online application process, please view the video at the following link:
YOU MUST INCLUDE VA FORM 10-2850c IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY. You may upload the completed form to your Application Manager account if you apply online. Then you can use the uploaded form again and again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide for more information on uploading and re-using the form in your applications. Other required forms and documents can also be saved in your account and used the same way. Applicants are urged to apply online; this process is much easier and faster.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on _Thursday, December 11, 2014_ to receive consideration.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
_Faxing Applications or Supporting Documents:_
You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
NOTE: If you applied online and your application is complete, do not fax the paper 1203FX form as this will overwrite your prior online responses and may result in you being found ineligible.
If you completed the occupational questionnaire online and are unable to upload supporting document(s):
1. To fax your documents, you must use the following cover page and provide the required information. The Vacancy ID is 1267288
2. Fax your documents to
If you cannot complete the Application Package online, you may fax all of your materials. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on _Thursday, December 11, 2014_ to receive consideration. Keep a copy of your fax confirmation in the event verification is needed.
To complete the occupational questionnaire and submit via fax:
1. Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire
2. Print the 1203FX form, follow the instructions and provide your responses to the occupational questionnaire items
3. Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to . Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, December 11, 2014
All applicants are _ required _ to submit the following supporting document type(s):
OF-306
Other (VA 10-2850c)
Resume
Transcript
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants:
Cover Letter
DD-214
Other Veterans Document
SF-15
SF-50
VA Form 10-2850c:
Optional Form 306:
After we receive your complete application package (including any required documents) your qualifications will be reviewed to decide if you meet the basic requirements. You will be notified when this decision is made.
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional dollars and cents benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at
Receiving Service Credit for 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 employees 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.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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