Management and Program Assistant

Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service (MH&BSS) at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is dedicated to providing healthcare in an environment that is patient‑centric, integrated across the continuum of care, and promotes excellence in quality and patient safety. Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service is a complex service consisting of a growing number of employees providing specialized care and treatment to patients suffering from psychiatric, psychological and social disorders. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/23/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS‑06, grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time‑in‑grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS‑0344‑7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS‑6. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF‑50 that shows your time‑in‑grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF‑50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one‑year time‑in‑grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF‑50 that clearly demonstrates one‑year time‑in‑grade. Note: Time‑In‑Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience Conducts studies, designs, monitors reports, analyzes workload data and uses a wide range of methods and procedures to conduct program analysis for a variety of data sources. Reviews, verifies and analyzes data submitted for consistency with established clinic‑wide objective. Collect, organize and prepare reports of clinic programs and workload data utilized in ongoing operations management and performance improvement activities. Responsible for auditing data and performing data validation studies, working with other hospital personnel on a daily basis, writing policies and procedures and statistics. Coordinates activities with appropriate service and/or representative when functions cross organizational lines and/or require modification of existing or emerging matters of Medical Center policy. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at #J-18808-Ljbffr PVH (Tommy Hilfiger/Calvin Klein)