About the Position: This position supports the Director for Quality, Office of the Chief at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. This temporary appointment is intended to not exceed 12/31/2023 upon which will be converted to a permanent position.

Duties

Consult, coordinate, and facilitate improvement initiatives utilizing process improvement methodologies in order to maintain processes that constantly meet or exceed accreditation requirements. Facilitate the identification and development of standards of practice and service that are customer focused and fiscally sound. Use information management systems for monitoring inputs, processes, and outcomes in patient care. Design tools for ongoing self-evaluation against nationally recognized standards. Develop metrics, data collection methodology, data analysis, synthesis, and reports utilizing statistically valid methods and provides graphical displays of data that result in process and system analyses. Provide continuous accreditation consultation, assisting in implementing performance improvement systems, and serves as an advocate for the Joint Commission

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security investigation or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.

Qualifications

Position may be filled as a temporary promotion, temporary reassignment, or temporary change to lower grade NTE 6 months by a current permanent DHA employee. Temporary promotions, reassignments, or change to lower grades may be extended up to a maximum of five years and may be made permanent without further competition. Position may be filled as a temporary appointment NTE 6 months if a candidate is not a current permanent DHA employee. Temporary appointments may be extended up to a maximum of three years. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 assisting with evaluating an organization's compliance against accreditation and/or regulatory standards and guidelines; assisting with coordinating program improvement initiatives; and assisting with data collection for process and system analyses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Decision MakingPlanning and EvaluatingTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DDAAFF DHA NCR MKT-WR NATL MIL MED CTR DO NOT MAIL Bethesda, MD 20889 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk