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Job opening: Supervisory Health Systems Specialist

Salary: $114 044 - 148 255 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Oct 02 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position serves as the Executive Officer to the Director providing health system management support services in full support of the Medical Center's mission, goals and objectives. Duties include the coordination of diverse administrative and professional programs, requiring support in long- and short-range planning, financial and workload analyses, program implementation and evaluation. **Recruitment or Relocation incentives may be authorized for highly qualified applicants**

Duties

The incumbent functions as Health System Specialist in the Office of the Medical Center Director. Incumbent may serve as a back-up for other Health System Specialists in the office and may be detailed to fill critical administrative leadership positions within the facility and VISN to support continuity of healthcare delivery operations. The Health Systems Specialist utilizes specialized knowledge of the fundamentals of healthcare management and serves as a management representative of the ELT. The incumbent participates in the stewardship and responsibility for operations of the organization as a whole, executing the Director's vision for the framework of healthcare delivery and direction of services and programs across the enterprise. Duties of the position include but are not limited to: First level supervisor responsible for direction and supervision of subordinate employees, writing position descriptions, evaluating work performance, and counsels employees as necessary. Develops a thorough, administrative and strategic operational initiatives of the organization that enables the specialist to identify problems, analyze data, and recommend resolutions based on specific knowledge of the organization's objectives and priorities, resources, and catchment area. Assist in prioritizing resource allocations throughout the healthcare system in conjunction with other Director's Office Staff. Incumbent reviews resources requests for FTEE, Equipment, Overtime, and Space, and keeps abreast of the medical center budget and forecasts needs based on regional market trends. Maintain a broad knowledge of improved healthcare operations issues, updates equipment, construction techniques, etc., that may be helpful to senior management. Incumbent reviews policies and procedures that are in conformance with the overall philosophy of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) related to all aspects of healthcare programs. Plans, organizes, trends and reviews requests for resources within their assigned executive's chain of command and makes recommendations, based upon the relative needs while considering their ability to utilize the resources requested. Assist the Executive Leadership Team in assessing needs in a realistic fashion, documenting them effectively, and presenting them to a diverse audience of internal and external stakeholders. Reviews medical center budget initiatives, subsequent justifications and defends for the clinical or administrative service/program to the Medical Center Director as needed. Provides guidance and advice on program specific matters such as handling legislative issues, the development and implementation of policy or program initiatives, protocol issues, and other important correspondence or VISN/VACO related matters. Works closely with other facility/VISN elements on project development and submission. Incumbent makes recommendations regarding necessity of a project, and what elements are to be included in the scope of the project based on local, VISN, or national strategic initiatives and alignment. Reviews audits and evaluations which are conducted at the facility. Incumbent deals with problems arising from quality of care issues and consumer complaints arising from individual patients, Veterans groups, Congressional offices, and other stakeholders. He/she/they obtains data and prepares replies to correspondence for the signature of the Medical Center Director, Network Director, or for the appropriate VA Central Office, i.e., the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Health (Executive in Charge), Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, and the ADUSHOM, etc. Incumbent will be asked to take on collateral assignments in overall program areas directly impacting healthcare delivery operations. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health Systems Specialist/PD028210 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified applicants Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period
  • Subject to background/security investigation
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination programs are requirements for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/16/2023. 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 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: Decision MakingOrganizational StewardshipProblem SolvingTeamwork 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 nature of this position is primarily sedentary with some standing, walking, and light lifting 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 Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital 11201 Benton Street Loma Linda, CA 92357 US
  • Name: Mianna Arrington
  • Phone: 253-304-7374
  • Email: mianna.arrington@va.gov

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