Rehabilitation Counselor Position Available In Hillsborough, Florida

Rehabilition Counselor Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion James A Haley Veterans Hospital Summary James A Haley Veterans Hospital is looking for Rehabilition Counselor who will work within Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service, Vocional Rehabilition program. This program is a recovery-oriented clinical vocional rehabilition services th offer an array of vocional, educional, training, employment, and therapeutic work services. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/24/2025 to 07/07/2025 Salary $61,111•$96,116 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9•11 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 11 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

CBTC-12750614-25-KAM

Control number 839338800 This job is open to Federal employees•Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to ALL Current Permanent Federal Employees, including Current Department of Veterans Affairs (Agency•

VHA, VBA, NCA

) Employees, and Tampa VA Healthcare System (Facility) Employees. Facility Employees will have FIRST considerion. Videos Duties Rehabilition Counselors in the Veterans Health Administrion (VHA) work with persons who experience functional impairments and disabilities associed with mental health, physical, and/or psychosocial challenges affecting employment, independent living, or personal adjustment. Rehabilition Counselors utilize various professional counseling and clinical modalities to promote and support optimal functioning, independence, personal adjustment, adaption to disability, community reintegrion, and recovery. Rehabilition Counselors work with Rehabilition Counselors and Specialists to provide and coordine a wide range of rehabilition counseling services to Veterans with disabilities, including assessment, counseling and case management services, development of rehabilition plans, and assistance in taining and maintaining employment, independent living, and taining personal goals. Rehabilition Counselors are loced within various settings, including Veterans Integred Service Networks (VISNS), VHA Medical Centers and facilities, Community Based Outpient Clinics (CBOCs), Inpient Clinics, Outpient Clinics, Residential programs and Domiciliary throughout the United Stes. Additional duties include but not limited to: Establishes and maintains close liaison with medical center staff to ensure referrals are completed in an approprie manner. Monitors pient vocional rehabilition trement records to assure objectives are met and rehabilition plans are upded through documention. Addresses the complexities of psychosocial rehabilition factors and timely and high-quality outcomes consistent with stutes, regulions, and policies. Resolves issues associed with specific projects involving best practices and provides leadership and direction on project implemention. Coordines workforce development (vocional, educion, and placement of Veterans) services and/or customer service to successfully opere a rehabilition program. Uses sound judgment and decision-making while initiing and/or leading interdisciplinary groups of staff to improve customer service while delivering Veteran-focused and outcome-oriented care. Coordines the placement of Veterans within the James A. Haley VA Hospital through the established Non Paid Work Experience (training to placement program) as developed by staff with Supervisory oversight. Coordines vocional rehabilition services reled to job coaching, job accommodion, and adaption services to both Veterans with significant vocional support needs and to those employers who employ these Veterans. Utilizes knowledge of career development processes and job analysis methodology to determine essential functions of jobs, worksite modificions and/or alternive vocional goals given the work history and residual functional capacities of individuals with disabilities Utilize huddle boards as a standardized visual management tool to develop, coordine, and implement improvement opportunities regarding Service Member and Veteran rehabilition needs. Boards are used to show new improvement opportunities, progress, goals, action plans, and deadlines for completion. Huddle boards are the tool used during staff huddle meetings to conduct reviews of current processes and incorpore performance improvement activities by utilizing Lean Six Sigma training. Responsible for faciliting these meetings for the purposes of collaborive efforts to decide, develop, modify, or providing input on plans, goals, or objectives for projects and operions within the VR program, while also ensuring integrion and regulory compliance of business operions. Huddles and project updes led by the VR staff and roted through the various team members who will guide the project through the complex DMAIC process, including Defining, Measuring, Analyzing, Improving, and Controlling improvement projects. Qualitive and quantitive analytical techniques are used to measure and interpret various administrive activities and procedures’ effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. Board meetings are used to refine and develop specific guidelines to measure or improve the effectiveness of program management, business operions, policies, and procedures, while coordining and integring Physical Medicine and Rehabilition policies. Formules a variety of rehabilition services using counseling practices and evidence based and informed modalities to aid Veterans with severe disabilities in achieving competitive employment, educional, and independent living goals.

Work Schedule :

Tuesday•Surday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, with roting tours of duty as needed.

Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : Rehabilition Counselor, G.S-9/GS-11.

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): 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.

Educion:

(1) A master’s degree in rehabilition counseling or clinical rehabilition counseling from a rehabilition counseling program accredited by the Council for Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP). If the applicant’s degree was granted prior to July 1, 2017, the program must be accredited by the Council on Rehabilition Educion. OR (2) A master’s degree in counseling or clinical rehabilition counseling from a college or university accredited by a nional or regional accrediting body accredited by Council for Higher Educion Accredition (CHEA). OR (3) A master’s or doctoral degree in a reled field of study with course content th wellness, or human development from a college or university accredited by a nional or regional accrediting body accredited by

CHEA. OR

(4) Foreign gradues with a degree acceptable by the Commission on Rehabilition Counselor Certificion (CRCC).

Certificion:

Current, full and unrestricted certificion as a certified rehabilition counselor (CRC) from the CRCC to practice vocional rehabilition counseling. Exceptions for Gradue RCs. (a) RC gradues from an approved counseling or rehabilition counseling program who otherwise meet the basic qualificion requirements and the additional degree requirements for CRC certificion by the CRCC, but do not possess the required certificion, may be appointed, pending certificion, as a gradue RC on a full-time temporary appointment not-to-exceed two years under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405(a)(1)(D). (b) Gradue RCs may only be appointed the entry grade level and may not be promoted/converted until certificion is obtained. (c) Temporary gradue RC appointments may not be extended beyond two years or converted to a new temporary appointment. Failure to Obtain Certificion. Failure to become certified within the prescribed amount of time will result in removal from the

GS-0101 RC

series and may result in terminion of employment. 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 DETERMINATIONS.

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides. Rehabilition Counselor, GS-09 : Experience. None beyond the basic requirements. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to meeting the experience or educional requirements for this grade level, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of human development and behavior, medical, psychosocial, and vocional aspects of disability and differential influences of environmental factors to assist persons with disabilities in determining suitable vocional goals. Knowledge of history, philosophy and disability rights legislion in the field of rehabilition to apply in the practice of rehabilition counseling. Ability to synthesize assessment and diagnosis informion in conjunction with labor market trends and community/educional resources to develop an effective individual service delivery plan. Knowledge of caseload management stregies to maximize an individual’s independent functioning from assessment through provision of post-employment services. Ability to employ person-centered job development stregies to facilite successful job placement. Knowledge of assessment tools and methods, functional capacity evaluions and specific vocional preparion to evalue transferrable skills, residual capacities and needs for accommodions and assistive technology. Rehabilition Counselor, GS-11: Experience. Completion of one year of professional experience equivalent to the next lower grade level directly reled to the position being filled. OR Educion . A doctoral degree in rehabilition counselor educion or reled field (e.g. rehabilition psychology) from a CACREP accredited institution or from an institution accredited by a nional or regional accrediting body accredited by CHEA. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of physical and psychological disabilities, approprie accommodions and assistive technology principles to mitige and reduce or elimine barriers to integre into the community. Knowledge of counseling theory, medical and psychiric terminology and signs and symptomology of suicidal and homicidal ideions, to communice appropriely with community health care professionals to provide useful input to other team members and employers in relion to the Veteran and/or his/her family’s psychosocial needs and to recommend and help implement suitable trement plans. Ability to use evidence-based and evidence informed vocional and professional counseling practices to include individual placement and support (IPS), customized employment and supported employment models and motivional interviewing skills to promote self-awareness, adjustment to disability, enhanced job retention and successful integrion to the community. Knowledge of career development processes and job analysis methodology to determine essential functions of jobs, worksite modificions and/or alternive vocional goals given the work history and residual functional capacities of individuals with disabilities. Ability to administer and interpret a wide variety of assessment methods including transferrable skills and labor market analyses to evalue for individual interests, aptitudes and abilities and to identify suitable vocional goals for the development of an effective individual service delivery plan. Knowledge of marketing stregies to develop collaborive partnerships/Memorandums of Agreement within VA and local business community to enhance employment and/or work opportunities.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in counseling clients with acute and chronic traumic and raumic brain injuries, with a strong understanding of the unique challenges faced by this populion. Experience in a neurobehavioral program in various rehabilition settings, ideally involving the coordinion of comprehensive care and multidisciplinary team collaborion. Demonstred skills in coordining services, resources, and support systems to facilite clients’ adjustment and coping stregies.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-9 to GS-11.

Physical Requirements:

Light lifting (under 15 lbs.); light carrying (under 15 lbs.); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; walking (intermittent); standing (intermittent); hearing (aid permitted); clear speech. The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of light items like papers or books. Some work is provided in the local community. Must be able to access the community. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. 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 This is a Bargaining unit position. 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.

Note:

Veterans’ Preference is not applicable to VA Employees or employees of other Federal agencies. Area of Considerion-Eligible applicants reviewed and referred in the follow order: Current permanent VA Employees of the facility. All other VA Employees. Current permanent Federal employees of other agencies.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

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.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

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 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript 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) Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. 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 07/07/2025 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

USA JOBS

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 Khryn Miller 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 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript 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) Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. 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 07/07/2025 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

USA JOBS

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 Khryn Miller 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 06/24/2025 to 07/07/2025 Salary $61,111•$96,116 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9•11 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 11 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

CBTC-12750614-25-KAM

Control number 839338800 ., .