Supervisory positions are generally filled from within the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, when recruitment from outside VA is desired. Chaplains at GS-11 provide a complete religious ministry to veteran patients. Chaplains maintain cooperative relationships with Medical Center personnel and individuals and groups in the community. The work emphasizes an ecumenical, team approach to assignments.
Intermittent positions have no prescheduled tour of duty.
In such cases, the selected individual may be promoted to GS-12 after training. All Chaplains appointed through this announcement will be given permanent appointments in the excepted civil service. Newly appointed chaplains serve a one-year trial period. Persons appointed to full time and part time positions receive civil service benefits, including generous vacation and sick leave, military leave, federal employee group life insurance, federal employee health benefits, and coverage under the federal employee retirement system. Excepted service employees are not eligible to transfer to positions in the competitive civil service.