This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, and Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) within the Credentialing and Privileging Service at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System. The Supervisory Health Specialist oversees all functions related to health providers' professional credentials supporting all division of the VAMC in accordance with VHA Credentialing and Privileging, Directives, VA Handbooks, Policies, Memos and notices.

Duties

Major duties: Identifies and presents to leadership the resources necessary for accomplishing the mission and function of the facility's Credentialing and Privileging program. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards; outlines and explains performance expectations to staff. Assigns and reviews work performed by subordinates based on priorities, consideration of complexity and requirements of assignments and employee skill level. Evaluates work performance mid-year and annually. Provides regular feedback on employees' strengths and weaknesses. Provides advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on work and administrative matters. Serves as approving official for leave requests and approving official for credit card purchases and reconciliations. Conducts staff meetings and composes minutes. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 07:30am -04:00pm Telework: May be available Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist/PD99874A Recruitment Incentive: May be authorized Relocation Incentive: May be 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, 10/19/2023. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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-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 responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical 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: Administration and ManagementInterpersonal SkillsLeadershipQuality AssuranceTechnical Competence 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 work is sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be 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.

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 Durham VA Medical Center 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705 US
• Name: Delores Harris
• Phone: 202-745-8000 X54288
• Email: [email protected]