Supervisory Audiologist

Supervisory Audiologist

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

Veterans Health Administrion

Summary

This position is in the Audiology section of the Audiology and Speech-Language Phology service the McClellan Audiology Clinic of the Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System. The incumbent will serve as the Sacramento Region Supervisory Audiologist with frequent travel between McClellan, CA and Mher, CA clinics and occasional travel to other audiology clinical locions within the region.

Summary

This position is in the Audiology section of the Audiology and Speech-Language Phology service the McClellan Audiology Clinic of the Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System. The incumbent will serve as the Sacramento Region Supervisory Audiologist with frequent travel between McClellan, CA and Mher, CA clinics and occasional travel to other audiology clinical locions within the region.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

07/23/2025 to 08/01/2025

Salary

$132,630 to - $172,423 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 13

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

McClellan, CA

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

50% or less - You expected to travel for this position between the Mher and McClellan campuses regularly.

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Excepted

Promotion potential

13

Job family (Series)

0665 Speech Phology And Audiology

Supervisory stus

Yes

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

Announcement number

CBSW-12770605-25-AM

Control number

841496400

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

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Duties

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The duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

Administrive:

Assist in planning, assessing, and evaluing programs to ensure proper coordinion between healthcare delivery within the section and the overall delivery of health care.

Make decisions with wide litude of control and independent judgment.

Exercises supervisory responsibilities such as planning and scheduling work, assigning work to employees, accepting, amending or rejecting completed work, assuring th production and accuracy requirements are met, appraising performance and recommending performance standards and rings, assigning delineed clinical privileges, approving leave, and effecting disciplinary measures.

Assist in training and oriention of new staff.

Uses and shares knowledge of contemporary audiology practice.

Articules and communices assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, and objectives, as well as advise on work methods, practices, and procedures.

Uses ability to coach the clinical team in the selection and applicion of approprie problem solving methods and techniques.

Shows potential to monitor and report on stus and progress of work.

Evalues program quality to ensure th methods, deadlines, and quality have been met.

Assists in serving as facilitor and/or negotior and coordining initiives and consensus building activities among clinical team members.

Clinical:

Conducts, plans, and coordines clinical and administrive aspects of a full range of services associed with contemporary audiology practice. Audiology services include comprehensive hearing testing, hearing aid prescription and management, and Compension and Pension hearing examinions.

The incumbent is responsible for independent diagnostic assessment and evaluion of cases th are referred to the Audiology Section without limition as to difficulty or complexity. The incumbent responsible to conduct interviews with the pients and approprie family members or friends; and to select, administer and interpret the diagnostic test results necessary to detect and evalue the presence of a hearing disorder.

The incumbent is responsible for (1) assessing pient conditions from examinion, observion and consultion with other members of an interdisciplinary health care team; (2) utilizing diagnostic and evaluive procedures and techniques consistent with contemporary audiology practice; (3) developing an approprie plan of care and delivering trement as designed and consistent with principles of evidence-based practice; (4) documenting evaluion and trement actions and outcomes in approprie forms in a timely manner, in accordance with facility policy, and completing all reled pient care tasks; (5) reporting the findings to Veterans and their families, and to professional colleagues; (6) provides pient and family educion including informed consent; and (7) optimizing clinical safety and efficiency by maintaining supplies, equipment in good working order.

The incumbent serves as a consultant to other facility personnel involving the most difficult and complex cases and is a recognized subject mter expert on mters reled to audiology and hearing disorders.

The incumbent will remain current with new developments in audiology and will maintain professional competency by reading professional journals and engaging in continuing educion activities and professional learning experiences, and by communicing with other professionals in audiology and reled professions.

Professional interpersonal communicion is required by this position and the incumbent expected to tend staff meetings and inter-disciplinary health care team meetings as approprie, review policies and procedures, and tend in-service training.

The incumbent may participe in research activities pertinent to audiology. Although limited research is conducted in the clinical setting, the use of carefully executed procedures may be a part of a research design. The incumbent may be requested to assist in ghering clinical research da.

The incumbent may perform ancillary assignments, including program management duties on an occasional basis, where the complexity and amount of the work is not substantial.

Work Schedule : Monday to Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm

Telework : Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Stement # : 61203627F

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Authorized

Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized

Fi nancial Disclosure Report: Not required

EDRP Authorized : Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact ... the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Learn more

Requirements

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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 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

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

A. United Stes Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

B. English Language Proficiency: Must be proficient in spoken and written English.as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), and7407(d).

C. Educion: The individual must meet least one of the following requirements below. NOTE: all applicants must submit a copy of their transcripts.

Doctor of Audiology (AUD) from an audiology program recognized by the Accredition Commission for Audiology Educion (ACAE) or Council on Academic Accredition (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associion (ASHA).OR;

Other doctoral degree in hearing science or a directly reled field from an institution accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the USDE.

NOTE: Effective January 1, 2007, the Accredition Commission for Audiology Educion (ACAE), and the Council on Academic Accredition (CAA) in Audiology and Speech Language Phology of ASHA accredits only doctoral degree or AuD programs in audiology.

Foreign Educion: To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must have been submitted to a prive organizion specializing in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials. Such educion must have been deemed least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. programs.

D. Licensure Requirement : Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license to practice audiology the doctoral level in a United Stes ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.

NOTE: all applicants must provide a copy of their licensure with their applicion.

E. Grandfhering Provision: 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).

F. Preferred Experience: a minimum a five years of experience as a licensed audiologist, a minimum of three years of experience working with cochlear implants and/or vestibular evaluions/trement, documented experience precepting or mentoring gradue students in audiology, and documented experience in leadership and/or management roles.

G. Drivers License: A current, valid ste-issued driver's license is required for this position.

NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your applicion package. If an interview is requested, you required to provide a copy of your current, valid ste-issued driver's license.

H. Grade Determinion: In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must meet the following grade requirements.

Supervisory Audiologist, GS-13 .

(1) Experience: At least two years of experience as a professional audiologist, with least one year comparable to the next lower grade level.

(2) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the KSAs required the full performance level, the following KSAs are required:

(a) Skill in conflict resolution to facilite positive working relionships between employees, team leaders and managers.

(b) Skill in applying evidence-based practices in a professional area.

(c) Ability to analyze organizional and operional challenges to develop and implement solutions.

(d) Ability to develop the abilities and strengths of current employees.

(e) Ability to balance responsibilities, set priorities and delege tasks to meet multiple deadlines.

(f) Ability to analyze da to manage workload, quality, performance and productivity within the section

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

The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for 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

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.

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, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .

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Benefits

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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 Learn more about federal benefits .

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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 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 VA for Vets 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

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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 Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

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.

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Required Documents

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

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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

Professional Certificion

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 Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .

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

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

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

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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 08/01/2025 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 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

Alina Martinez

Phone

...

...

Address

VA Northern California Health Care System

10535 Hospital Way

Mher, CA 95655

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 USAJobs Help Center .

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.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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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

Professional Certificion

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 Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .

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

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

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

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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 08/01/2025 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 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.

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Agency contact informion

Alina Martinez

Phone

...

...

Address

VA Northern California Health Care System

10535 Hospital Way

Mher, CA 95655

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 USAJobs Help Center .

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.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/23/2025 to 08/01/2025 Salary $132,630 to - $172,423 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: McClellan, CA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less - You expected to travel for this position between the Mher and McClellan campuses regularly. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBSW-12770605-25-AM Control number 841496400