Strengthen VA HR management efforts by applying knowledge of HR concepts, practices, employment legislation, policies, and procedures. Responsible for identifying, attracting, and attaining individuals for positions to address specific organizational workforce needs. Contribute to the maintenance of a capable VA workforce that makes the Department better prepared to deliver high-quality care and services to Veterans and their families.Job Duties• Provides continuing technical advice and assistance in all areas of staffing and recruitment• Provides management advisory service for assigned organizations involving a wide variety of position and personnel actions that are often sensitive and difficult in nature• Independently resolves difficult issues/problems requiring consideration of the total personnel management program• Applies a comprehensive knowledge of position classification, recruitment and placement, and human resource development to advise and assist management in accomplishing their personnel management responsibilities• Advises management on recruitment strategies, sources and special programs that emphasize affirmative action in staffing positions• Performs placement duties to include job analysis, preparing announcements, issuing referrals and coordinating pre-employment requirements• Provides HR, managers and employees with information and interpretations of the organization's HR policies, procedures and guidelines

Strengthen VA HR management efforts by applying knowledge of HR concepts, practices, employment legislation, policies, and procedures. Responsible for identifying, attracting, and attaining individuals for positions to address specific organizational workforce needs. Contribute to the maintenance of a capable VA workforce that makes the Department better prepared to deliver high-quality care and services to Veterans and their families.Job Duties• Provides continuing technical advice and assistance in all areas of staffing and recruitment• Provides management advisory service for assigned organizations involving a wide variety of position and personnel actions that are often sensitive and difficult in nature• Independently resolves difficult issues/problems requiring consideration of the total personnel management program• Applies a comprehensive knowledge of position classification, recruitment and placement, and human resource development to advise and assist management in accomplishing their personnel management responsibilities• Advises management on recruitment strategies, sources and special programs that emphasize affirmative action in staffing positions• Performs placement duties to include job analysis, preparing announcements, issuing referrals and coordinating pre-employment requirements• Provides HR, managers and employees with information and interpretations of the organization's HR policies, procedures and guidelines

• Subject matter expert for Title 38 recruitment and placement.• Spearheaded planning, staffing, recruitment, and placement of physicians, physician assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and registered nurses.• Produced salary surveys and determined credential, compensation panels, and on-boarding processes.• Developed recruitment advertisements for target publications, working closely with the public affairs officer.• Advised management on recruitment strategies, sources and special hiring programs.

• Processed over 350 disability claims annually associated with pre-discharge programs.• Gathered medical records and service records from individuals, hospitals, service departments, and national archives and records administration.• Lead Transition Assistance Program (TAP) briefings for separating military service members and their spouses.• Provided individual benefit counseling regarding VA benefits.• Interpreted policies, regulations, procedures, and judicial determinations applicable to administering VA benefits.

Direct staff to promote and implement human resource values by planning and managing human resources programs.• Develop organization strategies by identifying and researching human resources issues; contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to organization strategic thinking and direction; establishing human resources objectives in line with organizational objectives.• Implement human resources strategies by establishing department accountabilities, including talent acquisition, staffing, employment processing, compensation, health and welfare benefits, training and development, records management, safety and health, succession planning, employee relations and retention, AA/EEO compliance, and labor relations.• Manage human resources operations by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining staff; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing staff job contributions; maintaining compensation; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.

• Interviewed service members using lay medical knowledge and terminology.• Collected essential information from the service member, command, medical facility, and service departments.• Coordinated medical and procedural work related to Medical Evaluation Board processing. • Interpreted application of laws, regulations, legal opinions and procedures affecting rating decisions, case adjudication and claims.• Counseled personnel on their rights, benefits and privileges. • Prepared appeals and rebuttals, and coordinated the assignment of legal counsel.• Referred personnel to appropriate agencies to obtain counseling and guidance on benefits provided by the Department of Labor, Social Security Administration and Veterans Affairs.• Analyzed and provided statistical on the status of processing effectiveness, resourcing for managerial and congressional purposes; generated standard and customized management reports and charts.

• Restored teeth prepared by dentist with permanent and temporary fillings.• Placed bases, liners and dentin bonding agents; placed and polished amalgam restorations, including those involving grossly decayed teeth requiring cusp replacement and retentive pins.• Finished synthetic restorations including multi-surfaced anterior restorations; and applied dental sealants.• Provided oral prophylaxis and therapeutic care in the cases of acute gingivitis and incipient to moderate periodontal diseases using a variety of scalers and ultrasonic equipment.• Removed supra-gingival stain and calculus in accordance with accepted practices and procedures outlined by the dental treatment facility.• Applied prescribed medications to gingival tissues in cases of excessive bleeding; applied topical fluoride to patients at risk for caries.

• Managed a large Military Treatment Facility, coordinating, planning, analyzing and evaluating administrative and personnel management of 63 employees.• Advised on procedural requirements pertaining to the provisions of outpatient care of over 18,000 beneficiaries. • Developed and implemented operating policies to define access to care standards and delineate operating procedures for the clinic as well as administrative policies and procedures providing cost effective, accessible and quality services.• Analyzed utilization management for health care delivery methods and procedures to increase the efficiency, productivity and quality of care.• Ensured administrative propriety of performance appraisals, awards and leave programs; counseled employees on work and management policies.• Coordinated the execution of a $230,000 annual supply budget; controlled and managed property accountability of a $680,000 equipment and maintenance budget, $5M fixed facility, and multiyear budget forecasts.• Conducted staff visits and periodic reviews to identify problem areas within assigned programs; integral member of the Program, Budget and Administration Committee of the Executive Board.