Occupational Therapist – Clinical Specialist Position Available In Hillsborough, Florida

Occupional Therapist – Clinical Specialist Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Tampa Veterans Health Administrion Summary This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/23/2025 to 07/01/2025 Salary $105,383 – $137,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Tampa, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number Occupional Therapist Control number 839265600 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to Current Permanent Veterans Health Administrion (Agency) Employees ONLY, including Current Permanent Tampa VA Healthcare System (Facility) Employees and Past/Current/Upcoming VHA HPT Gradues. Facility Employees will have FIRST considerion. Videos Duties This position is loced in the Occupional Therapy Department of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service (PM&RS) of the James A Haley VA Hospital.

Functions:

1. Employee possesses the knowledge and techniques to address highly complex cases in the management persistent or chronic pain. 2. Employee demonstres a full professional understanding of the theories of trement in the area of persistent or chronic pain (pain neuroscience) and their proper applicion. 3. This Clinical Specialist Occupional Therapist plans a trement program with measurable goals, based on evaluive findings and within the boundaries of the individual prescription. Employee modifies the program according to changing pient needs and termines trement program when all goals have been met. Independently administers standard trements in the area of persistent or chronic pain. 4. Incumbent demonstres a high degree of independence and professional judgment in planning and executing trement programs to meet complex trement objectives for pients in the Chronic Pain Rehabilition Programs both virtual and in person. 5. He/She provides accure written and/or verbal documention of pient stus and progress, trement program plans and pient response to trement. 6. Incumbent demonstres ability to apply effective and innovive motivional techniques to guide, coach, and assist pients with complex physical/psychosocial diagnoses toward self management and improved function. 7. Employee independently schedules pient s throughout the day allowing for adeque individual trement time as well as necessary time for conferences and any administrive tasks. 8. Employee consults with pients and their families through pient family educion, training, advising them in the nure of their medical condition and by providing home programs. 9. Employee provides professional oversight and consultion for staff therapists and monitors and evalues clinically approprie trement programs with gre autonomy. 10. Employee assumes responsibility for the independent operions of the clinic. Employee secures work area and equipment to provide a clean and safe therapeutic environment. 11. This Clinical Specialist Occupional Therapist may be designed as the Acting Supervisor or Manger of the Occupional Therapy Department when the need arises. 12. He/she mentors and assists other occupional therapy staff in the management of highly complex pient cases. 13. Incumbent recognizes the approprieness of trement based on indicions, precautions and contraindicions. He/she recognizes when to refer conditions outside the scope of occupional therapy practice to the approprie provider. 14. The incumbent possesses specialized clinical skills and is able to demonstre advanced clinical trement techniques in chronic pain management. 15. Incumbent considers the age/gender of the pient when assessing or providing care, as it reles to the ability to understand directions and provide objective self-assessments when implementing the overall trement plan.

Work Schedule :

8am-4:30pm

Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # :72158-

F Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact , the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Fi nancial

Disclosure Report:

Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion 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 ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Proficiency. Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Educion and/or

Experience:

(1) The individual must meet least one of the following requirements below: (a) Bachelor’s degree in occupional therapy and two (2) years of experience as an occupional therapist;

NOTE:

The baccalauree degree must be from an approved program prior to the AOTA January 1, 2005 decision th the Accredition Council for Occupional Therapy Educion (ACOTE) would only accredit master or doctoral degree programs in occupional therapy or (b) Bachelor’s degree in occupional therapy and two (2) full years of gradue educion in a reled field;

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The baccalauree degree must be from an approved program prior to the AOTA January 1, 2005 decision th ACOTE would only accredit master or doctoral degree programs in occupional therapy. (c) Master’s Degree or higher in occupional therapy. Individuals must be a gradue of a degree program in occupional therapy approved by the ACOTE or predecessor organizions. This is inclusive of an internship (supervised fieldwork experience required by the educional institution). ACOTE is the only accredition agency recognized by the United Stes Department of Educion and the Council for Higher Educion Accredition. Degree programs may be verified by contacting the American Occupional Therapy Associion website or their office address: American Occupional Therapy Associion, P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220. Certificion-Documention Submitted. Candides must possess a current NBCOT certificion as an OT. Ste Licensure-Documention Submitted. Candides must possess a full, current, and unrestricted ste license, to practice occupional therapy in a ste, territory or Commonwealth of the United Stes (i.e., Puerto Rico), or in the District of Columbia. Grandfhering Provision. All [persons] employed in VHA [in this occupional series or in another occupional series th are also performing the duties as described in the qualificion standard on the effective de of this] qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the [ ] grade held including positive educion and [ ] licensure/certificion/registrion [th are part of the basic requirements of this occupion]. [ ] Employees who do not meet all the basic requirements required in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: (1) They may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance level, or changed to lower grade within the occupion, but may not be promoted beyond the full performance level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. (2) If an OT who was retained under this provision leaves the occupion, the employee will lose protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion. (3) OTs initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or licensure/certificion/registrion th meet all the basic requirements of this qualificion standard, must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. (4) OTs who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinions :

Occupional Therapist (Clinical Specialist), GS-13 (1) Educion, Experience, and Licensure. Completion of one year of experience equivalent to least the [GS-12 grade] level and directly reled to the position being filled and one of the following. A minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice directly in the advanced practice area. This time must be within the past five years; Certificion in an area recognized by the AOTA; Completion of a fellowship/residency or advanced degree program in the advanced practice area; or An additional advanced degree in a reled field. (2) Demonstred KSAs. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of contemporary occupional therapy across multiple areas of practice. Ability to provide clinical guidance in the advanced practice area to other OT practitioners. Knowledge of advanced specialized evaluion, interventions and services to independently develop trement stregies for area of specializion. Skill in developing protocols and procedures for intervention programs based on current occupional therapy theory, recent research, and practice. Ability to provide consultion to other health care practitioners and outside groups about occupional therapy scope of practice for area of specializion. Ability to implement, revise/upde evidence based occupional therapy services and programming in area of specializion. Assignment. Clinical OT specialists this grade level serve as subject mter experts and as consultants to occupional therapists and other medical center staff in evaluing and treing pients in the areas of occupional therapy th are beyond the general practice of occupional therapy. This individual must demonstre skills and techniques for a specific pient populion th has highly complex occupional and/or psychosocial impairments. Clinical OT specialist may initie, lead, and support research projects reled to clinical needs. This may include grant writing, guiding others in the process, and direct clinical participion in research.

Preferred Experience:

Experience providing occupional therapy services to pients experiencing Chronic Pain and implementing the biopsychosocial approach to pain management .

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion 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 applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion 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 stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne 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 tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. 1. Current permanent VA Employee of the facility. 2. All other VA Agency employees.

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Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/01/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

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It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Davina Cook Phone Address James A Haley Veterans Hospital 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard Tampa, FL 33612 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/01/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

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It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Davina Cook Phone Address James A Haley Veterans Hospital 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard Tampa, FL 33612 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/23/2025 to 07/01/2025 Salary $105,383 – $137,000 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Tampa, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number Occupional Therapist Control number 839265600 ., .