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Program Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
On-site Reno, NV $51K – $66K Apply by Jul 10, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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This developmental position is for the Office of the Service Chief in the Social Work Services at the Veterans Affairs Sierra Nevada Health Care System (VASNHCS). The position composes a career ladder structure to the full performance level of Program Specialist.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but not limited to: Advises Veterans and their NOK of burial benefits.
- →Help Veterans and NOK prearrange burial, interment, cremation, as desired by Veteran.
- →Advises surviving relatives about burial benefits and other potential benefits provided by VA.
- →Reviews eligibility and entitlement of burial and death allowances and advises on the process for applying for those benefits.
- →Refer surviving relatives with specific benefit inquiries to a VBA point of contact, not the toll free telephone number.
- →Inform Veteran, caregiver and NOK of available supportive services within the medical facility, such as Chaplaincy and Social Work, to provide support at end of life and immediately following death.
- →Reviews daily death notifications.
- →Submits completed death certificates to designated Funeral Director and County Registrar's Office.
- →Ensures Veterans with no relatives are provided a dignified funeral and burial at VA expense.
- →Collaborates with VA offices to locate NOK when not readily known.
- →Views, as required, the deceased Veteran's unclaimed body and/or remains to confirm VA funds are executed as intended in the burial purchase.
- →Requests any clinical staff involved with care prior to death contact the survivor within 24 hours of the pronouncement of death.
- →Identifies, in collaboration with designated facility staff, a responsible funeral home for the unclaimed remains and prepares a purchase order and/or contract to this effect.
- →Completes required VA authorizations to release personal effects and any remaining funds in the patient's account to NOK or designated party.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 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 or trial 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 Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8e056e71-6046-496f-a426-8eac9df5c110
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