The position is in the Audiology Section at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The duties and responsibilities are performed throughout the clinical and patient care areas. This position serves as a Section Chief; manages programs in Complexity Level 1A (high complexity) facilities. The section or organizational entity is a major component of the medical center and the services or programs supervised are highly professional, technical, and complex.
Basic Requirements United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education: Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). HR office staff and management officials may verify a program's accreditation from ACAE at acaeaccred.org and CAA at caa.asha.org. OR Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly related field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the CAA in Audiology and 3 Speech- Language Pathology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AUD programs in audiology. Licensure: Individuals must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice audiology at the doctoral level in a United States state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia. Grade Determinations: Experience. At least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level GS13, must fully meet the KSAs at that level. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs).In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: Skill in promoting collaboration to accomplish goals. Skill in translating management goals and objectives into efficient service operations. Skill in balancing operational resources to ensure appropriate delivery of service operations. Ability to supervise a diverse staff. Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with local, VISN and/or national leadership. Ability to establish and monitor productivity standards, production and performance priorities to achieve management goals and objectives. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
The duties of the position include but are not limited to: Responsible for all professional, management and administrative aspects of the section or organizational entity; broad and overall responsibility for a section-level organizational unit and has full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management and supervision for the section. Autonomously manages substantive parts of specialized, complex, professional services that significantly impact Veterans' care; provides leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision and action. Monitors work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; interprets and processes a wide variety of data related to program planning and specialized needs of the Veterans, the section, and the medical center; and ensures policies or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted, and staffed. Advises executive leadership on implications, key issues, and relationships to interest groups (both internal and external) and recommend courses of action; coordinates and negotiates resolutions to complex problems. Assures compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and corrective action is initiated as needed. Responsible for professional and administrative management of an assigned area. Maintains interdepartmental relationships with other services to accomplish medical center goals. May prepare special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs and decision papers for the medical center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential and of a complex nature. Develops policies and procedures and may develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements. Monitors the clinical performance of staff, conduct performance appraisals, and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the section and the medical center has been satisfied. May set training objectives for staff and delegate responsibilities to subordinate sections. Promotes collaboration to accomplish goals: Manages and directs the work of others to accomplish program goals and missions. Supervises, motivates, and effectively manages a diverse clinical staff applicable to a section-level department in a large, complex, or multi-division facility. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00AM - 3:30PM Telework: Ad-Hoc. Telework eligibility may be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 92794-0 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized