West Palm Beach VA Medical Center is looking for Time and Leave Clerk in the Centralized Time Keeping Unit of Nursing, Patient Care Service. Must fully understand time and leave regulations to ensure that timecards are processed timely and accurately. This position requires to interact with all levels of staff in Patient Care Services and other Medical Center personnel on a day-to-day basis including Chief Nurses, Nurse Managers, Fiscal Service/Payroll, Human Resources, and front-line staff.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/21/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement :

Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS 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-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. 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:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 1.) Using manuals, operating procedures, policies, technical publications, standards and guidelines as references. 2.) Communicating with co-workers, management staff, supervisors via face to face, telephone, email or Teams. 3.) Organizing files and retrieving reports, ensuring accuracy. 4.) Keeping account for timekeeping and clerical support. 5.) Communicating verbally and in writing with a variety of people from different backgrounds and different levels of understanding.

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completed 4 years' education above high-school.

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond high school. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

Administrative and Management:

Knowledge of planning, coordination, and execution of business functions, resource allocation, and production.

Customer Service:

Works and communicates with clients and customers to satisfy their expectations. Committed to quality services.

Clerical:

Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.

Accountability:

Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-Quality, Timely, and coast-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules. 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.

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 primarily sedentary. Some walking, standing, and bending may be required. Continuous work in front of a computer screen is required. 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/ .