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Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Applicants must complete the required application steps, including an online assessment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Selected applicants must complete an online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel.
• A one-year probationary period or two-year trial period is required, as applicable.
• For current or former federal employees subject to time-in-grade rules, 52 weeks at GS-07 is required for the GS-09 position, with supporting SF-50 documentation.
• Qualifying specialized experience: one year equivalent to at least GS-07 involving computer systems for data entry and retrieval; locating and interpreting regulations; medical records, medical billing programs, and medical terminology; gathering, developing, and interpreting data from information systems; and reviewing reports and records and performing statistical analysis for accuracy.
• Applicants may substitute a master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D. for the experience requirement.
• Applicants may qualify through a combination of specialized experience and education beyond one full year of graduate-level education.
• Experience must be documented on the resume with job title, duties, start and end month and year, and hours worked per week.
• A transcript is required when education is used to qualify; qualifying education must be from an institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Clinic Profile Manager with clinic maintenance for the Facility Clinic Profile Management program.
• Help ensure completed clinic profiles reflect national, network, and local goals, directives, and policies.
• Assist with monitoring and conducting annual reviews of clinic profile accuracy so assigned clinics accurately capture and transmit workload for reimbursement and workload credit.
• Work with clinics to monitor grid validation, appropriateness of Managerial Cost Accounting identifiers, and count/non-count clinic status.
• Participate in facility task forces, committees, and workgroups to address problems and implement software or review data capture, scheduling directives, access, wait times, and clinic profile management.
• Support and assist with Electronic Health Record options, including the scheduling package, Fileman routines, and reports.
• Use VSSC reports to review utilization, access, MCA stop code assignments, encounters, workload, and other measures.
• Evaluate computer-generated appointment types and determine appropriate assignments in a timely manner.
• Work with the Clinic Profile Manager to determine whether future appointment slots should be redistributed or additional slots added.
• Assist with data retrieval and report analysis; prepare clinic-section reports on profile accuracy and utilization and communicate findings to the Clinic Profile Manager.
• Assist with facility training to educate staff and support accountability for clinic profiles, scheduling, and data management processes.
• Support quality assurance by assessing workflows and procedures to improve service delivery.
• Evaluate data-capture outputs, including clinic utilization, clinic parameters, and clinic naming standards, for compliance with scheduling directives and national guidance.
• Analyze clinic setup data, including count/non-count status, DSS/MCA identifiers, naming conventions, grids, and other clinic profile parameters.
• Review reports and assist in developing resolutions to identified problems.
• Routinely review assigned clinic profiles, identify and correct negative trends, and help staff project clinic needs through grid validation and utilization analysis.
• Annually evaluate and update clinic profiles, availability, utilization, DSS/MCA assignments, and related patient communications.
• Update and maintain digital workflows, forms, designs, and electronic records for clinic maintenance requests, including new clinics, modifications, inactivations, and cancellations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Newly appointed federal employees may request consideration of job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service for annual-leave accrual credit; approval is not guaranteed.