To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/13/2026. 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 and/or education 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: Knowledge of an extensive body of management and/or program analysis technical rules, guidelines, regulations and precedents and knowledge of the basic objectives and policies governing various management or program operations. Skill in applying basic data gathering methods, such as standard interviewing or surveying techniques to collect various types of factual information. Knowledge of PCMM software, Mental Health's Strategic Plan, overall impact PCMM reports have on a medical center decision, medical center's overall system of providing care to Veterans, medical centers and V AMC's organizational system, VistA, DHCP CPRS, and PCMM software and medical center policies and procedures. Advanced ability to extract, correlate and analyze patient encounter and provider workload data relative to Mental Health and make recommendations to management. Knowledge of office management policies, procedures, and organizational functions of the VATVCBHCS and the Mental Health Service Line to organize and manage a wide variety of internal and external reports. Knowledge of duties, ability to prioritize work, plan office activities, and to perform non-routine assignments independently. Advanced knowledge of methods used to gather, analyze, and evaluate information concerning management processes, draw conclusions, and recommend appropriate action. Advanced knowledge and operating skills, using personal computer and computer applications ( e.g. Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), electronic mail (Internet, Intranet, Outlook) for correspondence, interoffice communications, and reports as well as knowledge of various telehealth technologies utilized within the service line. 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/.