This position is organizationally aligned to the Resources Directorate at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, Illinois. The primary purpose of the position is to provide full and complete staff support as the Facility's Onboarding Specialist aligned to the Associate Director. This includes participating in and contributing to the integration and coordination of administrative and allied health services in carrying out FHCC's basic patient care mission.

Duties

Major Duties: The incumbent provides the oversight, guidance, and direction to all Service Level Administrative Officers and Clinical and Nonclinical Managers/Leaders. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work. Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, consideration, of the difficulty of work and capabilities of employees; evaluates work performance of subordinates. Gives advice, counsel, or instructions to employees on work and administrative matters. Interviews candidates for subordinate positions, recommend appointments, promotions and reassignments. The incumbent participates in high-level conferences and special meetings concerning changes in plans and procedures to the formulation of policies, providing data and information often critical to the decisions and implementation of changes. Expert knowledge and ability to apply a variety of management principles, theories and processes with a high degree of resourcefulness, creativity, productivity, and ingenuity to numerous projects, studies, investigations, and assignments. Ability to analyze extensive program data, identify interrelationships and discrepancies, along with preparing plans and proposals to address concerns that often impact FHCC and other Medical Centers in the VISN. Skill in oral and written communication, which includes preparation and presentation of recommendations regarding complex FHCC and VISN issues based on analysis and evaluation of the issues. Effects minor disciplinary measures and recommend action for more serious cases. Finds ways to improve production and increase the quality of work. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 0730am-0400pm Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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, 09/08/2023. 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. 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-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: mastery of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness and management processes; expert knowledge of the mission, organizations, structure, programs, and requirements of healthcare delivery systems, policies, processes, and procedures; skill in conducting analytical studies and projects relative to changes in the delivery of healthcare; demonstrated working knowledge of vehicles for care delivery to include telehealth, Care in the Community, contracting for care, strategic partnerships with other health care delivery sources, enrollment and eligibility regulations, and priority groups; knowledge of advanced management and organizational principles and practices along with comprehensive knowledge of planning, programming and budgeting regulations, guidelines and processes; skill in written communication with skill in preparation of technical reports, policy statements, special proposals, present briefings, convey recommendations, and attend meetings and conferences; and skill in oral communication with people from a wide variety of educational backgrounds.. 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. 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.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center 3001 Green Bay Road North Chicago, IL 60064 US
• Name: Brianna Turner
• Phone: 708-904-8377
• Email: [email protected]