This position is located in the Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Service at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the service. In addition to the duties and responsibilities at the GS-13 grade level, the audiologist/speech-language pathologist has supervisory and clinical program responsibilities. Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. 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 Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The CAA is the only accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit entry-level audiology programs. HR office staff and management officials may verify the program accredited from CAA at www.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 USDE. NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the CAA in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AuD programs in audiology. Licensure. For those grades that require licensure (GS-12 and above), the incumbent must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license in a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia. Grade Determinations:GS-14 Experience. At least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level, 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: Experience. At least three years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level, 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: A. Skill in promoting collaboration to accomplish goals. B. Skill in translating management goals and objectives into efficient service operations. C. Skill in balancing operational resources to ensure appropriate delivery of service operations. D. Ability to supervise a diverse staff. E. Ability to effectively interact and collaborate with local, VISN and/or national leadership. F. Ability to establish and monitor productivity standards, production and performance priorities to achieve management goals and objectives. Assignment. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity and range of variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Audiologist service chiefs at this level typically manage programs in Complexity Level 1 (high complexity) facilities. The service or organizational entity is a major component of the medical center and the services or programs supervised are highly professional, technical and complex. They are responsible for all professional, management and administrative aspects of the service or organizational entity. They have broad and overall responsibility for a service-level organizational unit and have full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management and supervision for the service. They autonomously manage substantive parts of specialized, complex, professional services that significantly impact Veterans' care. They provide leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision and action. They monitor work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning and specialized needs of the Veterans, the service and the medical center; and ensure policies or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted and staffed. Audiologist service chiefs advise executive leadership on implications, key issues and relationships to interest groups (both internal and external) and recommend courses of action. They coordinate and negotiate resolutions to complex problems. They assure compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and corrective action is initiated as needed. They are responsible for professional and administrative management of an assigned area, including budget execution. They maintain interdepartmental relationships with other services to accomplish medical center goals. They 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. They develop policies and procedures and may develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements. They monitor the clinical performance of staff, conduct performance appraisals and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the medical center has been satisfied. They may set training objectives for staff and delegate responsibilities to subordinate sections. References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G29T The full performance level of this vacancy is GS 14. Physical Requirements: VA Directive and Handbook 5019 ["Supervisory and Clinical Management Responsibilities. Audiologist/Speech-Language Pathologist has supervisory and clinical program responsibilities for a large Audiology-Speech-Language Pathology service. The Incumbent is responsible for all professional, management and administrative aspects of the service or organizational entity. S/he has broad and overall responsibility for a service-level organizational unit and has full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management and supervision for the service. S/he autonomously manages substantive parts of specialized, complex, professional services that significantly impact Veterans' care. S/he provides leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision and action. S/he 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 service and the medical center; and ensures policies or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted and staffed. Audiologist - Service Chief advises executive leadership on implications, key issues and relationships to interest groups (both internal and external) and recommends courses of action. S/he coordinates and negotiates resolutions to complex problems. S/he assures compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and corrective action is initiated as needed. S/he is responsible for professional and administrative management of an assigned area, including budget execution. S/he maintains interdepartmental relationships with other services to accomplish medical center goals. S/he 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. S/he develops policies and procedures and may develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements. S/he monitors the clinical performance of staff, conducts performance appraisals and performs other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the medical center has been satisfied. S/he may set training objectives for staff and delegate responsibilities to subordinate sections. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is Not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required"]

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