OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Duties

This position is assigned to the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System and works closely with a variety of service level and senior executive staff. The primary responsibility of the incumbent will be to support the Executive Health System Director in the day-to-day operations of the health system and any related Network activities. Furthermore, the incumbent will direct and lead/guide the services or departments in any projects that may involve management support. The incumbent will also be given various other duties that support the organizational goals of the health system. The incumbent will report directly to the Executive Health System Director or designated designee. Provides active and well-informed administrative participation in planning for the delivery of health care by taking the initiative to identify needs and potential issues/concerns and devising flexibilities in operations and constructive, cost-effective approaches to the resolution of problems. Develops, evaluates, and modifies organizational structure and systems to achieve program goals. Incumbent is responsible for the researching, writing, and coordination of various facility proposals and initiatives. Works with community stakeholders, VISN staff, and health system staff to develop options and actions that will effectively plan for the future of the health system and VISN 8. Incumbent may serve as a North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System's representative on VISN 8 councils, teams, committees, and task forces. May be required to attend all related Network meetings and at times oversee all planning activities/correspondence that goes to the Network. This will involve facilitating cross-communication between councils, teams, committees, and task forces, facilitating action item follow-up, staying abreast of pertinent issues, gathering data, preparing presentations for Network meetings, and other assignments as delegated by the Chair or Co-Chair. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: NOT Available Telework: NOT Available Virtual: This is NOT a virtual position. Selected applicant MUST physically report to the Gainesville Malcom Randall VA medical Center. Position Description Title/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD05976A and PD05976-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized

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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Individual Occupational Requirement: The individual must meet the IOR. The IOR for the 0671 series is: You must meet one of the following: 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 Experience described as 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. -AND- Specialized Experience: GS 13-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: Advanced experience in qualitative and quantitative techniques to evaluate problems and design recommendations. Experience working with healthcare delivery systems, intra department relationships and agency operations. Advanced experience improving productivity and utilization of resources across administrative healthcare services. Experience with budget management and developing long term plans and special proposals. Specialized Experience: GS 12-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: Experience in data analysis for continuous quality improvement. Experience working with other departments in a complex agency. Experience with missions and functions of a healthcare organization. Experience with budget management and developing budget plans. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:Analytical ThinkingCommunicationConflict ManagementPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic Thinking 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: No special physical demands such as above average ability, dexterity, or strength are required to perform the work. Work is sedentary, and the employee may sit comfortably. There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, driving of an automobile, etc. Fieldwork may involved traveling to other facility sites of care, interviews, meetings, and sources of information. 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

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.

Contacts

• Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 US
• Name: Lauren Bianchi
• Phone: 216-447-8010 X49802
• Email: [email protected]