Description:
The Program Assistant serves the Chief of Polytrauma Rehab Center and Program Manager. Polytrauma Rehab Center is a complex service consisting of multiple types of medical activities, including inpatient, outpatient, purchasing, clinical and research data collection at multiple sites. Incumbent will track all credentialing, background investigations, and HR actions, function as the APAC for the Polytrauma Rehab Center and is responsible for handling day to day administrative functions.Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/09/2026.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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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.
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: performs collection, compilation, and/or tracking of data and statistical information in support of an organization's program operations; Prepares mandatory monthly and annual reports; Creates models for organizational charts; Ensures all records, both electronic and hard copy, are in accordance with policy for the service; Organizes resident orientations and sets up sup meetings for Service Chief and Program Manager; Primary time keeper and responsibility for the monthly Compensation Time for travel monthly report; administrator for the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) and responsibility for bi-annual inventory of the service.
- Customer Service
- Administration and Management
- Contracting/Procurement
Physical Requirements:
Work is mostly sedentary with some walking, bending, standing in completing various stages of the daily tasks and carrying of light objects such as supplies and documentation manuals and records. There will be some lifting and transferring of baskets or boxes of supplies and records more than 15 pounds. The incumbent must have adequate eyesight and hand dexterity to allow for reading and operating a computer keyboard. The incumbent is required to answer numerous personal/telephonic inquiries and must have adequate eyesight and hand dexterity to allow for reading and operating a computer.
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/ .
Feb 5, 2026;
from:
usajobs.gov