About the Position: Management may select at any of the grade levels announced. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to the target grade of the position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. Duties described reflect the full performance GS-13 level. If not selected at the full performance, duties will be performed in a developmental capacity under close supervision. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Duties

Serves as a Senior Healthcare Business Analyst within DHA’s Financial Operations Directorate. Subject matter expert in Military Health System (MHS) data systems, resourcing models, military beneficiaries and health services, and product lines for healthcare delivery and military readiness functions. Elicits, analyzes, validates and documents business, organizational and/or operational requirements to support the business needs of stakeholders including the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the Department of the Army, Air Force and Navy. Performs complex data extraction, integration of disparate data sets, and conducts statistical analysis of medical and business intelligence systems Provide consultation services and develops Enterprise-level decision support tools, products, and business practices to inform MHS resourcing strategies and support MTF optimization efforts Performs impact analysis of various organizational structures, cultures, business processes, personnel policies and medical information systems usage in wide ranging functional data quality areas. Prepares projects, metrics, studies, analyses, and reports. Assists in the communication of DHA policies to the field by providing explanations of the analysis upon which the policies are based. Applies statistical analysis to operational data in order to provide decision support and program analysis.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A Personnel Security Investigation is required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a NACI background investigation.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• One year trial/probationary period will be required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education 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. Basic requirement for a Health System Specialist, GS-0671-09: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes accessing various medical or business intelligence data systems to view metrics, updating data in medical or business databases or automated dashboards, and retrieving metrics for command or headquarters-level review. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree 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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Basic requirement for a Health System Specialist, GS-0671-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes includes accessing various medical or business intelligence data systems to view metrics, updating data in medical or business databases or automated dashboards, conducting research of clinic operations, and assisting in the development of decision support metrics used for senior level decision making. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next 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 in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Healthcare Administration. You must attach transcripts to your application package. 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. Basic requirement for a Health System Specialist, GS-0671-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes accessing various medical or business intelligence data systems to view metrics, updating data in medical or business databases or automated dashboards, conducting research of clinic operations, assisting in the development of decision support metrics used for senior level decision making, assisting in developing business solutions to resolve analytical reporting issues and assisting in the evaluation of health system financial and analytical tools in order to assist in healthcare resourcing optimization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Basic requirement for a Health System Specialist, GS-0671-13: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes accessing various medical or business intelligence data systems to view metrics, updating data in medical or business databases or automated dashboards, conducting research of clinic operations, developing decision support metrics used for senior level decision making, developing business solutions to resolve analytical reporting issues, evaluating health system financial and analytical tools in order to assist in healthcare resourcing optimization, and authoring and presenting executive-level briefings that provide recommendations for policies that support healthcare strategy methodologies. 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 the GS-12 and GS-13 grade levels, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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 KF-DHA-DDAAFC DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HQ DO NOT MAIL Falls Church, VA 22042 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk