Physical Therapist (Clinical Specialist - Pelvic Health Rehabilitation)

Physical Therapist (Clinical Specialist - Pelvic Health Rehabilition)

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service

Summary

Pelvic Health Physical Therapy (PHPT) helps manage pelvic health issues of a variety of conditions. Serves as the subject mter expert for PHPT, consultant to physical therapy (PT) and other medical center staff in evaluing and treing pients in this focus area. Evalues, plans trement program on an individual basis for pients referred with levels of function ranging from simple to the most complex using evidenced based PT practice.

Summary

Pelvic Health Physical Therapy (PHPT) helps manage pelvic health issues of a variety of conditions. Serves as the subject mter expert for PHPT, consultant to physical therapy (PT) and other medical center staff in evaluing and treing pients in this focus area. Evalues, plans trement program on an individual basis for pients referred with levels of function ranging from simple to the most complex using evidenced based PT practice.

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

07/29/2025 to 08/13/2025

Salary

$105,383 to - $137,000 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 13

Locions

1 vacancy in the following locions:

Clarksville, TN

Nashville, TN

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

50% or less - This position splits time between the Nashville campus and the Clarksville CBOC.

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Excepted

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

0633 Physical Therapist

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

Yes

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Credentialing

Announcement number

CBTG-12773410-25-JB

Control number

841959100

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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 Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (Facility) Employees. Facility Employees will have FIRST considerion. US Citizens should apply to Job Opportunity Announcement CBTG-12773409-25-JB - Veterans Preference WILL APPLY.

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This position splits time between the Nashville campus and the Clarksville CBOC. Traveling between the campuses required of the position.

VA Careers - Physical Therapy :

Pelvic Health Physical Therapy (PHPT) helps manage pelvic health issues of a variety of conditions. Serves as the subject mter expert for PHPT, consultant to physical therapy (PT) and other medical center staff in evaluing and treing pients in this focus area. Evalues, plans trement program on an individual basis for pients referred with levels of function ranging from simple to the most complex using evidenced based PT practice. Established trement procedures are not always applicable and, times, must be substantially adapted and applied with critical concern for pients who are acutely ill, or who have a combinion of severe mental or physical disabilities with secondary complicions. Trement plans require frequent modificion in response to subtle but significant changes in the condition of the pient. The employment of innovive trement techniques is often necessary to obtain the best medical/surgical outcome. Flexibility of schedule must be maintained to allow for unscheduled pients and for mentoring and consultion; evaluions include a medical history, results and interpretion of the approprie tests and measurements performed. Tests may need to be adapted because of multiple physical and emotional impairments.

Major Duties include but are not limited to:

Involve the pient, family, significant others, and pertinent health care staff in the trement process by ongoing communicion through demonstrion, instruction, team conferences, and chart documention as approprie to each pient's trement goals.

Assesses pient's learning needs, and plans and implements approprie pient educion programs, involving the pient, family, and significant others in the instructional process.

Functions as a mentor in a wide variety of medical conditions and provides specific instruction and/or training to students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Provides instruction to pient and family in these areas as approprie to their roles and level of understanding.

Exercises originality in solving problems not covered by theses guides, making modificions of trement plans and procedures to meet the varying needs of pients.

Responsible for the care and sanition of equipment.

Evalues and assesses pients, as assigned, to determine the trement course to be followed.

Performs tests and measurements of muscles, nerves, range of motion, posture, strength, ambulion, circulory, and respirory stus using various mechanical and electrical means.

Performs and interprets results of tests and measurement of the pient's condition for use in preparing and trement plan, modifying trement, and evaluing results of trement.

Participes in multidisciplinary clinic rounds, as needed, which includes providing informion on pient assessment/progress, and informion regarding physical therapy management of pients.

Regularly tends continuing educion programs on issues pertaining to Pelvic Health, the evaluion and trement of reled diagnoses, both acute and chronic.

Serves as a subject mter expert regarding pelvic health concerns to all stakeholders.

Provides formal and informal instruction as needed as it reles to pelvic health.

Responsible for development and maintenance of Physical Therapy trement protocols reled to Pelvic Health programs.

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 7:30AM - 4:00PM

Telework : Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Stement # : 70994-F

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized

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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

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 and/or Experience. The individual must meet least one of the following requirements below:

Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy AND five (5) years of progressively independent experience as a physical therapist. -OR-

Master's Degree in Physical Therapy AND two (2) years of progressively independent experience as a physical therapist. -OR-

Doctore degree in Physical Therapy.

PLEASE NOTE : Individuals must be a gradue of a Commission on Accredition in Physical Therapy Educion (CAPTE) accredited college or university.

Foreign Gradues - Gradues of foreign physical therapy programs meet the requirements if they have a current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice physical therapy in a Ste, Territory or Commonwealth of the United Stes, or in the District of Columbia.

Ste Licensure . Candides must possess a full, current, and unrestricted ste license to practice physical therapy in a ste, territory or Commonwealth of the United Stes (i.e. Puerto Rico), or in the District of Columbia.

English Language Proficiency. Individuals appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapters 73 or 74, to serve in a direct pient-care capacity in VHA must be proficient in written and spoken English

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).

Grandfhering Provision. All licensed PTs employed in VHA 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 licensure 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:

Employees grandfhered into the GS-0633 occupional series as PTs may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupion.

PTs who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of this 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 this standard.

PTs initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or licensure/certificion/registrion, meet all the basic requirements of this qualificion standard and must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion.

If PTs who are grandfhered under this provision leave 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.

Physical Therapist GS-13 Grade Determinions :

Specialized Experience.

In addition to meeting the basic requirements, one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level and one of the following:

Evidence of a minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice directly in the specialty area. This time must be between the past two and five years; or

Board Certificion in the specialty area recognized by the ABPTS; or

Completion of a fellowship program; or

An additional advanced degree in a reled field. In addition, the candide must demonstre the following KSAs.

Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Advanced knowledge and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and trement modalities used in a specialized trement area of physical therapy.

Ability to serve as a consultant and subject mter expert for health care providers regarding the delivery of care within a specialized content area of physical therapy.

Ability to teach and mentor medical center staff in a specialized content area of physical therapy.

Ability to guide the work of a multi-disciplinary team in a specialized content area of physical therapy.

Advanced knowledge and expert skill to perform and interpret specialized procedures and tests in evaluing the trement outcomes in the assigned specialty content area.

Preferred Experience: Pelvic Health Rehabilition Training.

Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .

The full performance level of this vacancy is 13.

Physical Requirements: Pre-placement and periodic physical examinions are required for hybrid occupions to ensure workers are placed in positions where they can perform the essential functions of their job considering their physical, mental and emotional capacities, without endangering their health or the health of their co-workers. 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, : .

NOTE: Individuals must be a gradue of a Commission on Accredition in Physical Therapy Educion (CAPTE) accredited college or university. The CAPTE is the only accredition agency recognized by the United Stes Department of Educion (USDE) and the Council for Higher Educion Accredition (CHEA) to accredit entry-level physical therapy programs. Verificion of accredited programs may be obtained from the American Physical Therapy Associion (APTA) www.apta.org.

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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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

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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.

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

License

Resume

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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

License

Other (1)

Performance Appraisal

Professional Certificion

Resume

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

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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 08/13/2025 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

Jason Beverung

Phone

... X2231

...

Address

Tennessee Valley HCS - Nashville

1310 24th Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37212

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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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

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Required Documents

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

License

Resume

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

License

Other (1)

Performance Appraisal

Professional Certificion

Resume

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 08/13/2025 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

Jason Beverung

Phone

... X2231

...

Address

Tennessee Valley HCS - Nashville

1310 24th Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37212

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

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