Speech-Language Pathologist
- Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Gainesville, Florida
- Full Time
Speech-Language Phologist
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Summary
This position is in the Speech Phology Section of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service with in the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.
Summary
This position is in the Speech Phology Section of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service with in the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/15/2025 to 08/25/2025
Salary
$73,939 to - $115,213 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Gainesville, FL
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0665 Speech Phology And Audiology
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBTC-12764226-25-SGP
Control number
843494200
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
This job is open to current permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees. For the EXTERNAL announcement apply to CBTC-12764224-25-SGP
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Duties
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Duties Include:
Conducting interviews with pients and family members/caregivers.
Selection and administrion of screening tools to detect of speech, language, voice, fluency, cognitive, and/or swallowing disorders.
Selection and training of low and high tech cognitive and augmentive/alternive communicion aids.
Accure and complete reporting and documention of the findings to other professionals within the speech-language phology section, PACT Team(s), and Community Living Facility Interdisciplinary Team(s).
Serving 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 speech, language, voice, fluency, cognitive, and swallowing disorders.
Work Schedule : Monday-Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, weekend and holiday rotions included
Telework : Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 51900F, 50480F
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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 :
Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).
Educion and Experience.
(1) A master's degree, or its equivalent, in speech-language phology, communicion disorders or a directly reled field from an accredited college or university and one year of creditable experience (see paragraph 2.g.).
or
(2) A doctoral degree in speech-language phology, communicion disorders and sciences or a reled field, from an accredited college or university.
Licensure. Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license in a U.S. ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.
(1) Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for SLP licensure may be appointed to a temporary position as a gradue SLP under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 (c)(2). Individuals appointed as gradue SLPs may not be promoted to the GS-12 level without being fully licensed.
(2) The requirement for licensure may be waived by the Under Secretary for Health or designee in VHA Central Office for individuals engaged in research or academic assignments involving no direct pient care duties, in accordance with current activities.
(3) An SLP who has, or ever has had their speech-language phology license revoked, suspended, denied, restricted, limited or issued/placed on probionary stus may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in Chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16 of this part.
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).
Foreign Educion. To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must be deemed least equivalent to th gained in a conventional U.S. program by a prive organizion specializing in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials.
Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupional Health Service.
English Language Proficiency. SLP candides must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
Grade Determinions :
Speech-Language Phologist, GS-11.
Educion. None beyond the basic requirements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the basic requirements, the candide must demonstre all of the following KSAs:
(a) Knowledge of principles and techniques in assessing and treing disorders of speech, language, cognitive-communicion and swallowing.
(b) Knowledge of instrumention and technologies for assessing and treing communicion and swallowing disorders.
(c) Ability to adapt clinical procedures and techniques to accommode unique pient conditions, needs and goals.
Assignment. SLPs this entry developmental grade level assess and tre pients with routine speech, language, voice, cognitive-communicion and swallowing disorders following the principles of evidence-based practice and perform clinical procedures with respect to age-specific, unique pient conditions and needs. When assessing and treing pients with complex or rare speech, language, voice, cognitive communicion and swallowing disorders, SLPs may require consultion with an SLP the full performance or higher level.
Speech-Language Phologist, GS-12.
Experience. In addition to the basic requirements the GS-11 level, completing one year of professional experience comparable to the next lower level and possessing a full, current and unrestricted license to practice speech-language phology.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience requirements, the candide must demonstre all of the following KSAs:
(a) Skill in applying principles and techniques of diagnosis and trement associed with contemporary speech-language phology following evidence-based practice for adult pients exhibiting the full range of speech to the full range of pient populions.
(b) Skill in administering and interpreting instrumental swallowing evaluions.
(c) Ability to assess the effectiveness of clinical outcomes and adapt clinical procedures and techniques to accommode unique pient conditions.
Assignment. This is the full performance level. At this level, SLPs independently provide evidence-based assessment and trement interventions to individuals with a wide range of speech, language, voice, cognitive-communicion and swallowing disorders. Staff SLPs select, administer and interpret standardized and non-standardized assessment measures. They integre assessment findings into a pient-centered trement plan of care and evalue the effectiveness of interventions by collecting and documenting trement outcomes. SLPs may be assigned to work in a specific clinical area such as traumic brain injury, head and neck cancer, movement disorders or spinal cord injury. They may provide clinical training experiences for trainees and students and participe in research activities.
Preferred Experience: Candides must have 3 years of experience with dysphagia evaluion and management to include independently completing modified barium swallow studies. Candides must have 3 years of experience with evaluion and management of critically ill/acute care pients.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12.
Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupional Health Service.
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, 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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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.
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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:
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 (VA)
Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license in a U.S. ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.
Resume
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
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 08/25/2025 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
Samantha Portuondo
Phone
...
...
Address
Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1601 Southwest Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
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
Help
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 (VA)
Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license in a U.S. ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.
Resume
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
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
Help
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 08/25/2025 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
Samantha Portuondo
Phone
...
...
Address
Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1601 Southwest Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
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 08/15/2025 to 08/25/2025 Salary $73,939 to - $115,213 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gainesville, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 12 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-12764226-25-SGP Control number 843494200
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Summary
This position is in the Speech Phology Section of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service with in the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.
Summary
This position is in the Speech Phology Section of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilition Service with in the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System.
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/15/2025 to 08/25/2025
Salary
$73,939 to - $115,213 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Gainesville, FL
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
12
Job family (Series)
0665 Speech Phology And Audiology
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBTC-12764226-25-SGP
Control number
843494200
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
This job is open to current permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees. For the EXTERNAL announcement apply to CBTC-12764224-25-SGP
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Duties
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Duties Include:
Conducting interviews with pients and family members/caregivers.
Selection and administrion of screening tools to detect of speech, language, voice, fluency, cognitive, and/or swallowing disorders.
Selection and training of low and high tech cognitive and augmentive/alternive communicion aids.
Accure and complete reporting and documention of the findings to other professionals within the speech-language phology section, PACT Team(s), and Community Living Facility Interdisciplinary Team(s).
Serving 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 speech, language, voice, fluency, cognitive, and swallowing disorders.
Work Schedule : Monday-Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, weekend and holiday rotions included
Telework : Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 51900F, 50480F
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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 :
Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).
Educion and Experience.
(1) A master's degree, or its equivalent, in speech-language phology, communicion disorders or a directly reled field from an accredited college or university and one year of creditable experience (see paragraph 2.g.).
or
(2) A doctoral degree in speech-language phology, communicion disorders and sciences or a reled field, from an accredited college or university.
Licensure. Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license in a U.S. ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.
(1) Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for SLP licensure may be appointed to a temporary position as a gradue SLP under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 (c)(2). Individuals appointed as gradue SLPs may not be promoted to the GS-12 level without being fully licensed.
(2) The requirement for licensure may be waived by the Under Secretary for Health or designee in VHA Central Office for individuals engaged in research or academic assignments involving no direct pient care duties, in accordance with current activities.
(3) An SLP who has, or ever has had their speech-language phology license revoked, suspended, denied, restricted, limited or issued/placed on probionary stus may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in Chapter 3, section B, paragraph 16 of this part.
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).
Foreign Educion. To be creditable, educion completed outside the U.S. must be deemed least equivalent to th gained in a conventional U.S. program by a prive organizion specializing in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials.
Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupional Health Service.
English Language Proficiency. SLP candides must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
Grade Determinions :
Speech-Language Phologist, GS-11.
Educion. None beyond the basic requirements.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the basic requirements, the candide must demonstre all of the following KSAs:
(a) Knowledge of principles and techniques in assessing and treing disorders of speech, language, cognitive-communicion and swallowing.
(b) Knowledge of instrumention and technologies for assessing and treing communicion and swallowing disorders.
(c) Ability to adapt clinical procedures and techniques to accommode unique pient conditions, needs and goals.
Assignment. SLPs this entry developmental grade level assess and tre pients with routine speech, language, voice, cognitive-communicion and swallowing disorders following the principles of evidence-based practice and perform clinical procedures with respect to age-specific, unique pient conditions and needs. When assessing and treing pients with complex or rare speech, language, voice, cognitive communicion and swallowing disorders, SLPs may require consultion with an SLP the full performance or higher level.
Speech-Language Phologist, GS-12.
Experience. In addition to the basic requirements the GS-11 level, completing one year of professional experience comparable to the next lower level and possessing a full, current and unrestricted license to practice speech-language phology.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience requirements, the candide must demonstre all of the following KSAs:
(a) Skill in applying principles and techniques of diagnosis and trement associed with contemporary speech-language phology following evidence-based practice for adult pients exhibiting the full range of speech to the full range of pient populions.
(b) Skill in administering and interpreting instrumental swallowing evaluions.
(c) Ability to assess the effectiveness of clinical outcomes and adapt clinical procedures and techniques to accommode unique pient conditions.
Assignment. This is the full performance level. At this level, SLPs independently provide evidence-based assessment and trement interventions to individuals with a wide range of speech, language, voice, cognitive-communicion and swallowing disorders. Staff SLPs select, administer and interpret standardized and non-standardized assessment measures. They integre assessment findings into a pient-centered trement plan of care and evalue the effectiveness of interventions by collecting and documenting trement outcomes. SLPs may be assigned to work in a specific clinical area such as traumic brain injury, head and neck cancer, movement disorders or spinal cord injury. They may provide clinical training experiences for trainees and students and participe in research activities.
Preferred Experience: Candides must have 3 years of experience with dysphagia evaluion and management to include independently completing modified barium swallow studies. Candides must have 3 years of experience with evaluion and management of critically ill/acute care pients.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12.
Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupional Health Service.
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, 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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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.
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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 .
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:
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 (VA)
Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license in a U.S. ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.
Resume
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
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.
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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 08/25/2025 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
Samantha Portuondo
Phone
...
...
Address
Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1601 Southwest Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
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
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 (VA)
Individuals must hold a full, current and unrestricted license in a U.S. ste, territory, commonwealth or the District of Columbia.
Resume
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
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
Help
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 08/25/2025 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
Samantha Portuondo
Phone
...
...
Address
Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1601 Southwest Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608
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 08/15/2025 to 08/25/2025 Salary $73,939 to - $115,213 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 - 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gainesville, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 12 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-12764226-25-SGP Control number 843494200
Job ID: 489790886
Originally Posted on: 8/17/2025
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