Supervisory Patient Representative

The position of: Supervisory Patient Representative, serves as the Veteran Experience Officer (VEO, organizationally reporting to the Associate Medical Center Director. This position is located within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Health Care System (HCS) at the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), located at the Cincinnati, OH VA Medical Center. The Cincinnati VA Medical Center (CVAMC) is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, OH and Fort Thomas, KY serving 15 counties in Southwest OH, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. The CVAMC also supports two off main campus locations in the Cincinnati area via an Eye Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division. Major Duties: Lead, coordinate, and manage the continuous improvement of Veteran experience. Work with senior executives to establish strong commitment and support improving Veteran experience. Educate managers and line employees in philosophy and techniques of Veteran experience improvement. Promote an organization-wide approach to patient-centeredness and engagement. Engage the workforce to sustain Veteran experience initiatives. Serve as a change agent and work closely with hospital leaders in identifying priority areas, developing goals, planning improvement, and measuring effectiveness. Serve as the subject matter expert on established and evolving best practices related to employee engagement and Veteran experience. Develop and articulate an organizational Veteran experience strategy. Facilitate development of detailed work plans related to patient experience. Collaborate with departments and units to operationalize the Veteran experience strategy. Set objectives and benchmark performance. Work Schedule: Monday • Friday, 7:30am • 4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Patient Representative/PD935780 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/08/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. GRADE DETERMINATION GS-12 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experiences must meet all of the following: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Advanced knowledge of the Survey of Healthcare Experience of Patients (SHEP), Veteran Signals ( V Signals(, Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL), Patient Advocate Tracking System (PATS), All Employee Survey (AES), and any other data resources that may be used to analyze the patient experience. Advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles of organizational change Management. Expertise in applying analytical an evaluation methods and techniques to patient experience issues. Knowledge of health care system operations and interdependencies of various Departments. Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Interpersonal skills in presenting recommendations, articulating decisions, and negotiating solutions to disputed recommendations. 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/. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. There is no educational substitution at this grade level.