Human Resources Specialist (Recruitment & Placement-Physician Recruiter)

Summary
At VA, as a physician provider recruiter, you are instrumental in recruitment case management of physicians and providers. You are responsible for conducting market research, outreach and providing superior customer service. This position is eligible for a 15% Critical Skills Incentive (CSI). CSI's are authorized for GS-201 Human Resource Specialists who are performing at the fully successful level or higher.
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Duties
This position functions as the Physician and Provider Recruiter. The Physician and Provider Recruiter is the office of responsibility for local physician and provider recruitment and retention operations of the health system. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Works directly with medical staff management to determine hiring needs, best recruitment avenues, and compensation packages for medical staff positions.
• Provides input to health system leadership on short- and long-range analyses of recruitment, hiring and retention requirements.
• Serves as the senior strategic HR recruitment and retention advisor at the local VA health care system (VA Medical Center and community-based outpatient clinics).
• Applies analytical techniques that frequently require modification to accommodate a wide range of variables within the facilities local labor market area.
• Provides outstanding customer service and "white glove" recruitment practices to ensure applicants for medical staff positions choose VA.
• Resolves facility recruitment and retention problems and issues that often involve conflicting or incomplete information.
• Builds coalitions with local educational institutions, professional organizations, and other relevant recruitment sources.
• Serves as 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 strategic recruitment and retention services to health system leadership and service line managers.
• 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).

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm CST
Compressed/Flexible: May be available for highly qualified candidates, after 90 days onboard.
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework after 90 days onboard. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Selectee will be required to report onsite at the applicable VA facility.
Position Description/PD#: Human Resources Specialist (Rec/Plac)/PD99721S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): This position is eligible for a 15% CSI. CSI's are authorized for GS-201 Human Resource Specialist who are performing at the fully successful level or higher.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Above Minimum Rate or Leave Credit for non-federal work experience: May be available for highly qualified candidates.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May serve a probationary period
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job. Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Your resume must clearly detail your experience as it relates to the selective placement factor. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration.
The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Physician or advanced practice provider recruitment experience in either a Federal or Private Sector Hospital or Health Care System.
The BASIC REQUIREMENT for the HR Specialist GS-0201 series is presumed met if found qualified at the GS-0201-7 level and above.
GS-12 Grade:
To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet one of the following listed Criteria:
Criteria 1- Graduate Degree and Specialized Experience: Successful completion of a graduate level degree or higher and three years of progressive specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical, or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector.
NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. You must submit a copy of your unofficial transcript. Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• Explaining recruitment and placement policies, processes, and rules to managers in developing recruitment packages including job analysis, crediting plans, and performance-based interview questions.
• Analyzing recruitment and staffing issues or problems and developing and recommending possible approaches, alternatives, and solutions.
• Interpreting and applying qualification standards/requirements to determine applicant qualifications.
• Providing technical guidance and consultation regarding rules and regulations laws, policies and procedures pertaining to recruitment and staffing and personnel actions.
• Conducting recruitment and placement activities from cradle to grave for variety of professional, administrative, and technical positions.

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Criteria 2- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in federal service that demonstrates HR management knowledge, concepts and principles and the performance of work in one or more of the HR specialty areas. Such experience may be gained in administrative, professional, technical, or other responsible work positions in the public (i.e., Government or military) or private sector.
NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. Qualifying specialized experience includes:

• Interpreting and applying Title 38 compensation laws, regulations, CFR, VA Directives, VA qualification standards, and other guidelines.
• Maintaining a database/management information system to track candidate leads for short term and long-term use.
• Routinely evaluating the recruitment program and preparing reports for executives to make informed decisions.
• Utilizing effective marketing techniques needed to develop multi-faceted strategies to attract and appeal to various audiences, e.g., HPTs, academic/faculty, and external physicians, providers, and other professionals in hard-to recruit occupations/specialties.
• Applying and providing technical guidance on Title 38 compensation including, but not limited to: physician, dentist, and podiatry pay setting, physician performance pays, nurse locality pay schedules, and Special Salary Rate (SSR) schedules.
• Conducting in depth analysis of professional medical staffing needs for the hospital.
• Formulating and implementing long and short-term policies, procedures, and program plans for the attraction and retention of professional medical staff.
• Utilizing automated staffing programs to prepare vacancy announcements and issue referrals to managers.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require walking in offices, hospitals, convention centers, hotels, universities, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct recruitment, hiring and retention duties. Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the worksite. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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.
Education
Qualifying education for the GS-0201 series includes 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.

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/
Additional information
VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
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 well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/.
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. 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.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
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715 S. PEAR ORCHARD ROAD
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