The incumbent will serve as the operations manager for the Fort Worth VA Health Care Center planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and improving administrative and supporting medical operations for the veterans' care and treatment. A recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Plans, directs, coordinates and manages the Fort Worth VA Health Care Center operations. Plans, directs, coordinates, and manages the functions, work operations and activities of the Health Care Center that provides treatment in a variety of primary care and specialty care services in medical specialties such as endoscopy, surgery, etc. Develop internal policies, methods and procedures for carrying out the mission functions, based on guidance and directives of VA North Texas Health Care System and VACO. Organize functions and operations to maximize utilization of resources and clinic performance. Coordinates work operations with clinical and administrative personnel both inside and outside the health care center. Establish workflow and functional assignments. Maintain performance and staffing data. Prepare narrative and statistical reports pertinent to health care center operations; briefs supervisors and executive staff. Review current and proposed policy, operations and procedures for the health care center. Prepares recommendations and reports on impact and implementation issues. Establishes and/or revises procedures that implement the new or revised policy and/or procedures. Notifies and explains new or revised policy modifications, Central Office, VISN, and NTX directives, policies and guidelines to the health care center managers and staff. Implements new program goals and objectives. Develop short and long-range plans for achieving them in conjunction with the overall plans of the VANT consistent with the current strategic planning process. Organizes and establishes program evaluation activities. Establishes and maintains ongoing relationships with local community organizations, volunteer groups, inter-Service, local, state, and national agencies; private and government accreditation agencies; and universities. Formulates and executes the Health Care Center budget. Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, or 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist RECRUITMENT/RELOCATION INCENTIVE AUTHORIZED/PD8610-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/12/2023. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived. The Individual Occupational Requirement for the Health System Specialist position is: Education: Undergraduate or Graduate Education 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 Experience: You must have progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. Special Provision for In-service Placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Organizational Awareness (Mission and Functions) Compliance Inspection (Guidelines and Regulations) Functional Management (Budget) Contract Administration 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. Walking and Standing for 2 hours may be required. Bending, stooping, hearing (aid permitted) required. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Dallas VA Medical Center 4500 South Lancaster Road Dallas, TX 75216 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]