Orthotist-Prosthetist- Regional Clinical Director Position Available In Hillsborough, Florida

Orthotist-Prosthetist- Regional Clinical Director Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Tampa Veterans Health Administrion Summary The Prosthetist-Orthotist Regional Clinical Director, provides leadership for regional O&P Services and works under the supervision of the Regional Ampution Center Medical Director in collaborion with the VISN Prosthetic Representive (VPR) in the VISN where the Regional Ampution Center (RAC) resides. The P&O Regional Clinical Director is responsible for planning, development, and implemention. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/22/2025 to 05/28/2025 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $124,531 – $161,889 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 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 None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12736688-25-DC

Control number 837488300 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) . Facility Employees will have FIRST considerion. Videos Duties VA Careers –

Prosthetics :

Functions:

1. Acts as a Regional and Nional resource/consultant with significant multidisciplinary involvement in the care of Veterans with amputions. 2. Provides expert level direct clinical skills in the evaluion, prescription formulion, fitting, alignment, and delivery of orthotics and prosthetic devices. 3. Considers new and emerging technologies in designing unique or innovive devices to accommode or tre a wide range of complex medical conditions. 4. Utilizes effective communicion skills all levels to enhance team functioning and clinical care. Clinical Care 1. Acts as a Regional and Nional resource/consultant with significant multidisciplinary involvement in the care of Veterans with amputions 2. Provides expert level direct clinical skills in the evaluion, prescription formulion, fitting, alignment, and delivery of orthotic and prosthetic devices. 3. Considers new and emerging technologies in designing unique or innovive devices to accommode or tre a wide range of complex medical conditions. 4. Utilizes effective communicion skills all levels to enhance team functioning and clinical care. 5. Develops, implements and documents in CPRS the evaluion and trement plan for an assigned caseload of pients. 6. Manages the efficient use and ownership of diagnostic equipment such as CAD/CAM and gait analysis equipment. 7. Utilizes telehealth practices to enhance the regional care of Veterans Regulory Issues 1. Serves as a SME for O&P reled CMS issues. 2. May serve as a member of the O&P L-code committee. 3. Responsible for compliance of nional VA handbooks. Educion. 1. Monitors and implements regional educion including via videoconference in compliance of electronic workload capture, coding, pricing, recording of pient encounters, quality control and quality assurance measures, check out procedures, competency assessments, scope of practice reviews and progress notes of all clinical staff within the region. 2. Serves as liaison between existing prosthetic and orthotic schools and medical school affiliions. 3. Coordines and develops continuing educion programs. 4. Participes in planning committees for the annual VA O&P breakout session. 5. Participes in planning for ASOC educional conferences. 6. Participes in the Prosthetic Leadership Board Educion Committee Research 1. Supports or conducts, coordines and facilites Prosthetic and Orthotic Research on a regional and nional level. 2. Collabores with research institutions, both government and non-government, to advance the ste of knowledge within the prosthetic and orthotic profession.

Supervisory Controls:

The incumbent directly reports to the RAC Medical Director. . The incumbent also receives general direction from the Veterans Integred Service Network Prosthetic Representive in the VISN where ,the RAC is loced, the Deputy Clinical Prosthetics Officer/Nional Program Director, Orthotic and ,Prosthetic Service, and VA Central Office Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service. Works with wide litude and independence of action and is experienced in clinical care, administrion, development and coordinion of programs with other allied professional groups and disciplines. The employee is 3 regarded as the technical and clinical authority on mters reled to the Regional prosthetic and orthotic programs and provides leadership within the RAC and affilied region in these mters.

Work Schedule:

8:00am-4:30pm,

Monday-Friday Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 71859-

F Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized 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 Language Proficiency. Orthotists, prosthetists, or orthotist/prosthetists must be proficient in spoken and written as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d).

Educion :

(1) A bachelor’s degree or higher in orthotics and prosthetics from a Commission on Accredition of Allied Health Educion Programs (CAAHEP) accredited program. OR, (2) A bachelor’s degree or higher in any major along with a post-gradue orthotics or prosthetics certifice from a CAAHEP accredited program. Foreign Gradues. Gradues of foreign degree programs must have proof of a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (or foreign equivalent, as verified through an independent credential evaluion company), with a specializion in orthotics and prosthetics.

Certificion-Documention Submitted :

Board Certificion. Candides must be board certified by the American Board for Certificion in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC) or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certificion (BOC) as an orthotist, prosthetist, or orthotist/prosthetist. The board certifice must be current and the applicant must abide by the certifying body’s requirements for continuing educion. Certificion as a technician, pedorthist, assistant or fitter does not meet this requirement. Grandfhering Provision . Orthotists, prosthetists, or orthotist/prosthetists employed in VHA in this occupion on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive educion and certificion th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For 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: Orthotists, prosthetists, or orthotist/prosthetists th do not meet the basic requirements for educion and certificion may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or demoted within the occupion, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Employees 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. Employees initially grandfhered into this occupion who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or certificion th meet all the basic requirements of this qualificion standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. If an employee who was retained under this provision leaves the occupion, the employee loses protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion. 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 :

GS-14 (a) Experience. Completion of 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (b) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following KSAs and demonstre the potential to acquire the assignment-specific KSAs designed by an asterisk (•). •1. Ability to manage and supervise prosthetic and orthotic laborories, conduct site s, and review the functional level of each lab. 2. Knowledge of ABC, BOC, OSHA, and JCAHO standards and Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service policies and ability to apply these in the daily operions of orthotic and prosthetic laborories. •3. Ability to provide training in new technologies involving CAD/CAM systems and devices such as computerized foot orthoses, myoelectric prostheses, and energy storing components, neuro and brain machine interface systems. 4. Ability to apply knowledge of the theories and principles used in orthotics and prosthetics to teach custom design and fabricion of devices th are innovive, complex, and/or unusual in nure. •5. Ability to function as a team member or leader with orthotists, prosthetists, and other professionals on committees to review local and nional agenda items and to make recommendions based on the review. 6. Ability to develop reports and present the nional level to VHA leadership, Congressional members, and organizions such as AAOP, AOPA, and VSOs.

Preferred Experience:

Preference for 3-5 years of experience managing pients needing complex ampution needed and has prior experience in clinical program development. Prior experience managing ampution pients with polytrauma injuries .

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14.

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. Area of Considerion- Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1. Current Permanent VA employees 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: Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action 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. Other (1) Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) 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 05/28/2025 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.

NOTE:

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: Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action 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. Other (1) Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) 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 05/28/2025 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.

NOTE:

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 05/22/2025 to 05/28/2025 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $124,531 – $161,889 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 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 None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12736688-25-DC

Control number 837488300 ., .