Occupational Therapist (Clinical Specialist)

Occupional Therapist (Clinical Specialist) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Summary The Occupional Therapist - Clinical Specialist position is loced in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, and provides direct services, evaluion and trement to inpient and outpient veterans. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/11/2025 to 07/21/2025 Salary $117,807 - $153,151 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Chicago, IL 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 No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CAZP-12761290-25-GL Control number 840555000 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 Applicions accepted from current, permanent, employees of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL to include CBOC and VCS employees. Videos Duties The advanced practice Occupional Therapist (OT) serves a dual role as both Clinical Educion Coordinor and Clinical Resource Therapist Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. The incumbent integres expert clinical care, educion leadership, regulory compliance, mentorship, and program development to ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based occupional therapy services across a variety of settings, including acute care, inpient rehabilition, outpient clinics, and long-term care. - Provides advanced-level assessment and trement for veterans with complex physical, psychological, and cognitive conditions. - Demonstres high-level clinical reasoning and autonomy in modifying care plans. - Maintains strong partnerships with affilied universities and establishes new contracts with academic institutions. - Facilites onboarding, oriention, and structured learning experiences for OT, OTA, and associed health trainees. - Medies student-instructor issues and supports additional educional opportunities such as surgical observions or interdisciplinary shadowing. - Serves on university curriculum committees and influences academic program development. - Serves as the primary compliance liaison for OT, ensuring all documention meets standards set by Medicare, Joint Commission, CARF, and VA guidelines. - Conducts chart audits and documention training to promote accure coding, workload capture, and alignment with regulory expections. Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework : not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 000000 Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorize Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. 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 trial 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 ( 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 Basic Requirements: The following are the basic requirements and qualificions for appointment as an Occupional Therapist. 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 Requirement - Per VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, Paragraph 3j: No person appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C., chapter 73 or 74, to serve in a direct pient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English. Educion and Experience Requirement - You 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. Note: 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.--OR- C. Master's degree or higher in occupional therapy. The program must be approved by the ACOTE or predecessor organizions. Certificion : Candides must possess a current NBCOT certificion as an occupional therapist. Ste Licensure : Candides must possess a full, current, and unrestricted ste license, to practice occupional therapy in a ste, territory or commonwealth of the United Stes, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia In addition to the basic requirements as sted above, the following criteria must be met to qualify for the Occupional Therapist - Clinical Specialist position the GS-13 grade level. GS-13 Grade Level - Educion, Experience, Licensure: Completion of one (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level and directly reled to the position being filled and one of the following: A. A minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice directly in the advanced practice area. This time must be within the past five years. B. Certificion in an area recognized by the AOTA. C. Completion of a fellowship/residency or advanced degree program in the advanced practice area. D. An additional advanced degree in a reled field. In addition to the experience requirement, candides 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 evaluions, 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. References: VA Handbook 5005/127, Part II, Appendix G14, ded December 13,2019. Physical Requirements: May require medium strength according to the Department of Labor. Medium work entails: exerting 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greer than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Examples of the medium strength required are as follows: Standing, walking, squting, bending, and sitting; sitting a desk and using upper extremities to reach, grasp and place papers, charts and binders; reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling: 1-10 pounds constantly, 1-25 pounds frequently, and 20-50 pounds occasionally. 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. 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 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 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 07/21/2025 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 Gemil Lewis Phone Address Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 820 South Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60612 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 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 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 07/21/2025 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 Gemil Lewis Phone Address Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 820 South Damen Avenue Chicago, IL 60612 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 07/11/2025 to 07/21/2025 Salary $117,807 - $153,151 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Chicago, IL 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 No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CAZP-12761290-25-GL Control number 840555000 .,

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