Summary

This position falls under the Audiology Section of the Rehabilitation Service at the Santa Rosa community based outpatient clinic (CBOC). Serves as the Supervisory Audiologist for the Santa Rosa CBOC Audiology Section and is responsible for the supervision, administrative management, and direction of the Audiology program at the Santa Rosa CBOC. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the Santa Rosa Audiology Clinic and all Audiology clinics in the Northern VA CBOCs.

Duties

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Major duties.

In carrying out the clinical duties and responsibilities of this position, the incumbent:

Clinical

• Diagnoses audiologic disorders, conducts audiologic or neuro-audiologic assessments, treats auditory disorders through a various modalities and provide adjunctive interventions for the treatment of medical disorders.
• Consults with medical center staff on various patient care issues.
• Participates in program evaluation, teaching, training and research activities.
• Provides individual, family and/or group audiologic rehabilitation.

Administrative

• Skill in conflict resolution to facilitate positive working relationships between employees, team leaders and managers.
• Skill in applying evidence-based practices in a professional area.
• Ability to analyze organizational and operational challenges to develop and implement solutions.
• Ability to develop the abilities and strengths of current employees.
• Ability to balance responsibilities, set priorities and delegate tasks to meet multiple deadlines.
• Ability to analyze data to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the section

Education

• Provides orientation/training of medical staff.
• Assists in orientation and training of new staff
• Keeps current with theory and practice through continuing education programs, journals, textbooks, and other literature, and in-service programs.
• Provides patient and family education including informed consent.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm or as determined by supervisor

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 10659F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

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.

Citizenship: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Education:

(1) 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

(2) 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.

NOTE: all applicants must provide a copy of their licensure with their application.

Grandfathering Provision: may qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must meet the following grade requirements.

Supervisory Audiologist, GS-13.

(1) Experience: At least two years of experience as a professional audiologist, with at least one year comparable to the next lower grade level.

(2) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the KSAs required at the full performance level, the following KSAs are required:

• (a) Skill in conflict resolution to facilitate positive working relationships between employees, team leaders and managers.
• (b) Skill in applying evidence-based practices in a professional area.
• (c) Ability to analyze organizational and operational challenges to develop and implement solutions.
• (d) Ability to develop the abilities and strengths of current employees.
• (e) Ability to balance responsibilities, set priorities and delegate tasks to meet multiple deadlines.
• (f) Ability to analyze data to manage workload, quality, performance and productivity within the section

Preferred Experience: 3 years of experience with strong communication skills. Ability to apply evidence-based best practices, participate in training audiology staff and audiology technicians, and have strong organizational skills and schedule management.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for 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. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. 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.

During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

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.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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