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Job opening: Health System Specialist -Compliance Officer

Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
City: Tomah
Published at: Oct 11 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
The primary purpose of the position is to provide leadership, strategic direction, and oversight of the compliance activities for the medical facility and to ensure a standardized and effective approach to compliance using the compliance framework, Compliance and Integrity standards, processes, and resources set forth under the Compliance Program national guidelines and associated documents within the VHA health care system and any functions aligned under the VHA health care system.

Duties

Duties and responsibilities Include; but not limited to the following: Develop, recommend and implement Compliance and Integrity program goals for operational units within the local health care system. Assist front line operational units in developing their Compliance and Integrity activities using the compliance framework established by national program guidance and policy. Develop detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects; Review programs/projects to determine how they can be accomplished with the least disruption to workers and mission operations and ensure directions and schedules are accomplished in a timely manner. Provide local health care system and Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) senior executives and executive committees regular reporting on implementation and effectiveness of the local health care system's Compliance and Integrity program and communicate timely on an ad hoc basis any urgent and significant compliance or business integrity issues; participate in regular information planning sessions, maintain productive interaction with staff, report on the status and progress of work accomplished to date, and monitor work in progress. Exercise oversight of implementation of the Compliance and Integrity program within the local health care system to ensure it is effective; such oversight shall include taking appropriate corrective action, recommending remediation or disciplinary measures to immediate supervisor or appropriate management official when Compliance and Integrity goals are not achieved or when operational management fails to take reasonable steps to prevent or detect behavior which is noncompliant or not consistent with high standards of business integrity; establish program objectives and units of measure for determining when objectives have been met; alert local health care system's leadership of any material noncompliant or unethical activity detected. Establish and maintain the "tone at the top" within the local health care system for Compliance and Integrity, including but not limited to, providing regular communications to local health care system staff on the importance of Compliance and Integrity; draft guidance and direction regarding program management and reporting. On a periodic basis, perform local health care system-wide reviews of internal controls over prioritized risk areas and determine adequacy in preventing compliance failures; plan and initiate a comprehensive evaluation system for review and analysis of proposed costs, program development, and performance. Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday-Friday, 08:00 am - 4:30 pm Position Description Title/PD#: Health System Specialist -Compliance Officer/PD99467S Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary, although the incumbent is expected to be able to perform some light physical activity on a regular basis. Some light physical effort may be required locating equipment during the annual equipment audit. The incumbent will do regular physical activity requiring walking, bending, reaching, stooping, and possible travel between the Jesse Brown VAMC and other affiliate hospitals and research facilities.

Requirements

  • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
  • Subject to a background/suitability investigation
  • May serve a probationary period
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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 12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS 11 level. 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: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. --OR-- Specialize Experience - Positions above GS-5: 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. In addition to the basic requirement as stated above the following is the experience requirement to qualify at the GS-12 grade level in this occupation. Specialized Experience - GS-12: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience in positions that required comprehensive knowledge of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to health care administration, continuous quality improvement, and data analysis; through knowledge of financial management including budgets, general fund accounting principles, and financial management; skill in analyzing and evaluating broad and difficult problems, apply extensive qualitative and/or quantitative methods for program improvement, and make recommendations for complicated solutions; comprehensive knowledge of broad agency administrative practices such as correspondence control practices, office processes, and regulations; ability analyze problems and present both written and oral recommendations taking into consideration the wide range of factors and requirements which affect the management of the healthcare delivery systems; and advanced communication and interpersonal relations skills, including the ability to appropriately relate to internal and external customers. 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.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Contacts

  • Address Tomah VA Medical Center 500 East Veterans Street Tomah, WI 54660 US
  • Name: Madeline James
  • Phone: 504-812-1498
  • Email: [email protected]

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