Program Specialist - Temporary Promotion NTE 1 Year
What you'd do
This position is in the Veterans Administration (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid Atlantic Healthcare Network (VISN 6), Fayetteville VA Medical Center (MC). The incumbent serves as Program Analyst in the Office of the Associate Director for Patient Care Services, working in Nursing Service. A significant function of this position is to analyze workload data throughout Nursing Service and make recommendations regarding resource utilization.
Major duties
A significant function of this position is to analyze workload data throughout Nursing Service. This includes reviewing, analyzing and maintaining an awareness of available resources, costs, such as hours per patient day (HPPD), overtime, staffing and agency costs, sick leave usage, budget call, budget projections, workload, pulling data for PMC requests, tracking Gains and Losses, and making recommendations regarding resource utilization. This requires reviewing and analyzing all data collected, compiling existing data and ensuring the accuracy of same or collecting new data and generating reports (i.e. Annual and analyzing data, Congressional Report, NNEI, Salary Surveys). Conducts management studies/analysis for the Associate Director of Patient Care Service and the Health System Specialist (HSS) comprised of workload, Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) and expense data to improve processes, determine economy-of-scale, efficiency of operations and for decision-making purposes. Provides managers with objective, fact-based information relative to administrative and programmatic decision making for the Fayetteville VAMC and outlying clinics. Analyzes trends in workload reporting and cost data. Interviews action officers, supervisory personnel and subject matter experts to research records, reports, functional statements and other pertinent data to the analysis of an issue in order to recommend changes and offer problem resolutions. Reviews expense data allocation with department managers or clinical personnel to assess accuracy of allocation factors. Develops, manages, administers and ensures maintenance and operations of database system with Patient Care Services. determines organization of data in the database and assigns names and definitions to the various records and fields. maintains the SharePoint for PCS. Provides training to Associate Director of Patients Care Services, Health system specialist, chief Nurses, and Nurses Mangers on procedures and systems. Maintains up-to-date knowledge and proficiency in technical and analytical systems, procedures, and standards by completing monthly, quarterly and yearly training. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday - Friday, 0730 - 1600 Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist - Temporary Promotion NTE 1 Year/PD081640 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
This is a temporary promotion not-to-exceed 1 year (may be extended up to 5 years) and may be made permanent without further competition. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/17/2026. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Ability to prioritize and analyze problems in order to take into full consideration the wide range of factors and requirements which affect the management of the health care delivery system; Ability to manage various computer data base programs; interpret, prepare, and present research data in a variety of ways; Ability to develop and maintain database and access information from national reports, studies and commissions to improve patient care; Skill in applying analytical and evaluative techniques to the identification, consideration, and resolution of issues or problems of a procedural or factual nature; Knowledge of the theory and principles of management and organization including administrative practices and procedures common to organizations; Ability to handle situations independently under pressure, meet program deadlines and continually prioritize workload to meet changing demands effectively. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related? This must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED - If you do not submit a copy of your transcript, your application will not be processed). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond graduate level. 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/.
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