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The Physician and Provider Recruiter is the office of responsibility for local physician and provider recruitment and retention operations for the health system. Serves as the senior strategic HR recruitment and retention advisor at the local VA health care system; provides strategic recruitment and retention services to health system leadership and service line managers; provides input to health system leadership on short & long-range analyses of recruitment, hiring and retention requirements.
Learn more about this agency12/03/2024 to 12/13/2024
$108,178 - $140,626 per year
GS 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
None
No
No
CBSP-12625282-25-MO
822001500
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Certain current or former term or temporary federal employees of a land or base management agency.
This announcement is open to all Federal employees serving on a career/career-conditional appointment, Veterans eligible for VEOA, and those individuals eligible for CTAP.
*Recruitment/Relocation Incentive Approved*
Position serves as the case-manager for all physician and provider recruitment and onboarding activities ensuring effective and efficient processes that maximize recruitment outcomes and reduce Time-to-Hire (T2H). The incumbent will focus on hiring quality physicians and providers as quickly as possible to meet the unique needs of the health care system. The incumbent is the primary point of contact (POC) for physician and provider candidate site visits/interviews and ensures an enhanced candidate experience through coordination of candidate travel, interview agendas, facility tours, local area community tours, formal contingent offers, and initiation of credentialing and privileging (C&P).
Provides case management and facilitation of the onboarding process. Responsible for the recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing retention life cycle for physicians and providers within the health care system, and as such, will forge strategic and harmonious relationships with the following key stakeholders: 1) facility and VISN leadership; 2) National Recruitment Service (NRS); 3) affiliated university leaders; 4) regional professional associations; 5) community leaders; and 6) HR personnel in SBU and SSU; and 7) other key stakeholders as needed. Serves as the HR subject matter expert (SME)/technical advisor in Title 38 physician, dentist and provider recruitments, onboarding, market pay administration, and retention and serves as the primary point of contact for the provider. Position is involved with recruitment of other mission-critical occupations as needed. The Physician and Provider Recruiter works with Service Chiefs, Section Chiefs or other designated hiring officials, and their designated support staff, to develop short- and long-term facility recruitment strategies. The Physician and Provider Recruiter works with these partners to conduct recruitment search assessments to clarify position requirements and preferences in addition to posting announcements, review qualifications, issuing certificates, assist with pre-employment, physician market pay, and job fairs. Responsibility also includes securing necessary documentation of approvals for recruitment, relocation and retention incentives (3Rs), Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), and Permanent Change of Station (PCS) relocation. Serves as the HR technical advisor for physician, dentist and podiatrist pay decisions. Serves as the SME for recruitment and placement of non-US citizens and facilitates processes with SBU and SSU HR personnel, NRS, and VHA's Workforce Management and Consulting's (WMC) Center of Expertise (COE).
Meets with local hiring managers to conduct recruitment search assessments in order to develop tailored recruitment marketing and sourcing strategy. Obtains critical information about the vacancy during recruitment search assessment that will enhance marketability of the opportunity and improve the likelihood of sourcing best-fit candidates.
Meets regularly with COS, clinical service line managers, SSBP, DEO, PAO, SBU, and SSU to coordinate recruitment advertising and the sharing of recruitment information within the appropriate academic and/or professional community.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30pm including some Nights and Weekends
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Remote: This is not a remote position.
Position Description/PD#: Human Resource Specialist (Physician Recruiter) Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/PD99721S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes courses and programs in HR, HR development, HR management, business, business management/administration, industrial relations, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational psychology, organizational development, management, organizational behavior, pre-law/law, legal studies, health care management/administration, public administration, public policy, human services, leadership and/or humanities.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix F1; Human Resources Specialist Qualification Standards GS-0201. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
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.
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. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ " target="_blank">"http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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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 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 12/16/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12625282.
If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
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