Job Summary

This position is located in the Health Information Management Section (HIMS) under the Health Administration Service (HAS). The primary duty of this position is to serve as a the Lead File Clerk in the File Room/Scanning Unit of HIMS at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. This announcement will remain open until the closing date, November 20, 2026 or when the applicant count of 75 is reached, whichever is earlier.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/20/2026. NOTE: You must include qualifying specialized experience in mm/yyyy to mm/yyyy format on your resume and indicate Full-Time or Part-Time (if Part-time, must include # of hours worked per week). AND, if you have held a Government position, that position's grade level MUST be listed on your resume. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Distribution and coordination of unit workload to ensure assignments are carried out in a timely manner. Performs clerical duties, including, for example, the use of computerized records tracking, associated with the retention, maintenance, disposition, and control of administrative and medical records. Identifies and prepares records for retention and disposition. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 4-years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation (transcripts required) OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours beyond the second year, is equivalent to 1 year of specialized experience. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.