About the Position: You will serve as a Health System Specialist with Department of Defense, Defense Agency at the Army Community Hosptial R.W. Bliss, Directorate of Exec Quality Management located on Fort Huachuca, AZ. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Responsible for implementing and maintaining patient safety policies, programs, and practices in accordance with Quality Management Program principles and numerous applicable regulations. Implements a process to receive and centrally manage patient safety reports from MTF staff and/or patients or visitors. Train staff as appropriate in the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) concepts in order to promote their role as RCA team members, RCA team leaders, and RCA recorders. Provide feedback to MTF staff regarding the identification and follow-up of patient safety events and lessons learned. Comply with directives in preparing annual and cyclic planning documents. Advise on and assists in the planning, development and implementation of the patient safety program, patient safety policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations.
• You may be required to do Travel (TDY) outside of the commuting area up to _5_%
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes developing, implementing, and monitoring processes to improve the safety of patient beneficiaries; providing expertise and guidance to staff members in the areas of risk assessment, risk analysis, and evaluation of action plans; and responsible for planning of data collection methodologies to support clinical improvement initiatives. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. [remove LL.M., if unrelated] with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83CF DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-R W BLISS DO NOT USE Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk