Program Specialist

USAJOBS is seeking a Program Specialist for the Lebanon VA Medical Center. The incumbent will oversee employee engagement initiatives and develop strategies to enhance the workplace environment, ensuring alignment with the healthcare system's goals.

Responsibilities

• Provides input to top executive leadership and Service Chiefs/Managers to ensure initiatives are in line with the strategic priorities
• Develops programs to ensure that employee engagement provisions are planned, developed and implemented to promote and achieve a culture of service excellence and employee engagement
• Develops a survey process and metrics that will enable the facility to track employee engagement progress at both an institution wide and unit level
• Uses management tools such as qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques and oversees development of evaluation criteria and monitoring mechanisms for programs
• Participates in discussions, meetings, conferences and conference calls with managers, senior subject matter and technical personnel, and other stakeholders to secure and provide information; present conclusions, recommendations, and alternatives; obtain concurrence; develop alternate courses of actions; and mutually resolve problems
• Examines and analyzes data as it relates to the current work environment and level of engagement
• Prepares for and participles in site visits by accrediting and review bodies such as JC, CARF, ACGME, and IG
• Evaluates Health Care System-wide programs against short- and long-range objectives
• Reviews and reconciles large amounts of data

Skills

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• 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
• Specialized Experience GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one full year of graduate level education
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level
• Specialized Experience GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07
• 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
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level
• Specialized Experience GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a PhD. or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level
• A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education
• 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

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
• 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.
• The credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which your fitness and continued employment will be evaluated.
• Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests are available if you believe you have a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.
• The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.
• Veterans and Transitioning Service Members have access to career-search tools, career development services, and coaching and reintegration support through VA for Vets.
• It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
• Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted.
• HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities.

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