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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. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
If you are not a current, permanent VA employee nationwide, you should apply to IM-10943281-21-RF.
11/01/2020 to 11/10/2020
$64,009 - $83,210 per year
GS 11
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
None
No
No
IM-109432820-21-RF
582123000
The clinician is an independently licensed master level clinical social worker assigned to the Specialty Mental Health Service at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Gladstone, MI. The clinician provides mental health services and education of patients, families, and hospital staff on mental disorders and related treatments. The clinician provides direct patient care, telephone conferences, and the clinician makes referrals as appropriate to groups, individual therapies, and other complementary services for specialty care.
Major Duties Include:
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: 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. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Receiving Service Credit or 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 employee's 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. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
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.
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If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
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. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/10/2020 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10943280.
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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. How would you like to join our highly engaged team to help us work on our shared purpose of providing compassionate care to Americas heroes?
The Iron Mountain VA Medical Center (http://www.ironmountain.va.gov/) is located in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is part of the VA's Great Lakes Health Care System in the Veteran's Integrated Service Network (VISN 12). The medical center and its 7 community-based clinics serve approximately 20,000 eligible Veterans in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (fifteen counties) and Northeast Wisconsin (nine counties). Clinics are located in Ironwood, Marquette, Hancock, Menominee, Manistique, Sault Saint Marie, MI and Rhinelander, WI.
Oscar G Johnson VAMC employs state-of-the-art telemedicine technology and is a leader in rural health care delivery in VHA. This facility is consistently rated nationally in the top five Best Places to Work by our highly-engaged work force. As a result, our Veteran's trust us, and we are consistently rated in the top three for Veteran Experience nationally. We believe in putting the right people in the right positions to get the best results.
