The position is responsible for assisting the Credentialing and Privileging Manager with the operation of the Credentialing and Privileging Program Office at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) or Health Care System (HCS) and is responsible to provide extensive support in the management of Credentialing and Privileging program activities.

Duties

The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Health Systems Specialist (organizational title is Assistant Credentialing and Privileging Manager) and is assigned to the Medical Staff Office, which is under the Chief of Staff at a VAMC. The incumbent will perform a variety of duties, including, but not limited to the following: Assisting the Credentialing and Privileging Manager with oversight of all functions related to healthcare providers' professional credentials supporting all divisions of the Medical Center (i.e. full time, part time, temporary, intermittent, contract, without compensation (WOC) and fee basis) in accordance with VHA Credentialing and Privileging Directives, Handbooks, Policies, Memos, and Notices; The Joint Commission (TJC) Standards and State and Federal Regulations. Working collaboratively with local and VISN leadership to identify and/or implement best practices and advising Medical Center leadership of all program requirements pertaining to the Credentialing and Privileging program in collaboration with the Credentialing and Privileging Manager. Ensuring quality assurance and assist the Credentialing and Privileging Manager with providing oversight for the Medical Center Credentialing and Privileging program. Collaborating with the Credentialing and Privileging Manager to ensure that the Medical Staff Bylaws/Rules and Regulations are reviewed and updated annually (or as needed) to reflect regulations or accreditation standards. Assisting the Manager with outlining the VAMC Credentialing and Privileging Program goals and objectives, identifies risks, supervising the Credentialing and Privileging office specialists, ensuring training and education, and completing second level reviews as appropriate. Serving as a consultant to the VAMC Leadership and the VISN Credentialing and Privileging Officer when the Credentialing and Privileging Manager is absent. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am -4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist/PD99417S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not 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, 11/02/2023. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 first must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) and qualify based on your experience described below: Individual Occupational Requirement - Education: 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) OR Specialized Experience: Possess 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. OR Special Provision for In-service Placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements. Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. AND 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provides data, reports, and assistance to management in development of strategic plans for the facility as it relates to access to care; Measures and provides recommendations with an emphasis on improving clinical product line performance; Reviews and evaluates assigned processes and procedures to determine areas of effectiveness, efficiency, and improvement for proposal; Incorporates best practices to help improve patient access to care and that standards are met within assigned services; Monitors existing or emerging workflow issues; Monitors consult management issues and provide guidance when required; Utilizes advanced principles and strategies for access improvement to review and provide recommendations; Collects and analyzes/reports trended data sets; Makes recommendations to assist in the allocation of resources; Evaluates and monitors administrative activities and substantive recommendations for program improvements. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or, LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administrative and Management Interpersonal Skills Technical Competence Quality Assurance 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. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds 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

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

NOTE: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.

Contacts

• Address VA Central Texas Health Care System 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, TX 76504 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]