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Position Title
Physician Assistant (Clinical/Administrative Leader)
Agency
Veterans Health Administration
Announcement Number
CBSR-12709169-25-GW Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, March 24, 2025 to Monday, March 31, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Are you an employee of the department/service line indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.

To verify your eligibility, you may be required submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50).  Please review the instructions in the announcement.  Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted).  Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
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2. Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?

If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
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Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
  • Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
  • Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
  • Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
  • Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
  • Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information (age, date of birth, marital status, protected health information, religious affiliation, social security number, etc.) on your resume or cover letter. We will not access web pages or encrypted, and digitally signed documents linked on your resume or cover letter to determine your qualifications.
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By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001). (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Internal Service Level Recruitment only: This position is open to current, permanent employees within Medical Service at the Dayton VA Medical Center only. 

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as the additional qualification requirements. Applicants pending completion of educational, training or certification requirements may be referred and tentatively selected, but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
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1. Area of Consideration: Are you a current, permanent employee within Medical Service at the Dayton VA Medical Center? (limit characters)
2. English Language Proficiency: Are you proficient in spoken and written English as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f)? (limit characters)
NOTE: Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA in this occupation series that are also performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification. (limit characters)
3. Education: Graduate of a training program which is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of PA (ARC-PA) or one of its predecessor organizations. 

Do you have 1) a master's degree in any discipline or 2) a bachelor's degree in any discipline with one year of experience as a PA?
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4. Certification: Have you successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE)?

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5. Licensure: Do you possess an active, current, full, and unrestricted license to practice in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia? (limit characters)
PA (Clinical Leader/Administrative Leader). PAs at the PA-IV grade level may serve as clinical leader or administrative leader. Clinical PA Leaders may be assigned to positions/studies where limited guidance exists as physician oversight is not required. Administrative PA Leaders are involved with strategic planning and administrative/managerial responsibilities for integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care. A PA clinical leader/administrative leader may monitor or evaluate services or programs with interaction of senior administration. (limit characters)
6. Experience: Do you have at least five years of experience which included leadership assignments that involved formulating program objectives and priorities, implementing plans and practices, and interpreting regulatory and organizational guidance to develop and implement policies and/or procedures? (limit characters)
Final Instructions: 
  • Resume/CV: Please make sure your resume provides your education details, professional license and/or certificates earned as well as your experience with beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year).
  • SF50 Notification of Personnel Action: You must provide a copy of your most recent SF50 to verify that you are a current, permanent employee of the Dayton VA Medical Center within Medical Service. 
  • License/Certification: Provide copies of your PA License and PANCE Certification.
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