You will serve as a HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST in the Navy Medicine East, Health Operations Directorate of NAVMEDFORLANT PORTSMOUTH VA.

Duties

You will serve in an advisory and oversight role at the Echelon III level responsibility for programmatic management of 18 Navy medical commands within the Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) Area of Responsibility. You will provide expertise for issues related to Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer (PEBLO) functions. You will assist the Regional Program Manager for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in monitoring, tracking, and overseeing all ongoing activities and Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) policies. You will track, monitor, and record submissions of STR reports from subordinate commands and provide analyses of process compliance and deficiencies. You will generate correspondences, reports, and documents in support of routine office administrative requirements.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience resolving common user issues associated with Limited Duty (LIMDU) Sailor and Marine Readiness Tracker (SMART) and providing guidance on the application and various reporting and track functions within LIMDU SMART. Experience writing desk guides and standard operating procedures. Experience planning, studying, advising, analyzing, and evaluating on HIPAA/Privacy programmatic compliance and medical reporting requirements. Experience serving as the Region point of contact for Health Readiness Common Unfitting List Evaluation System (HERCULES) implementation. Experience tracking, monitoring, and recording submissions of Service Treatment Records (STR) reports from subordinate commands and provide analysis of process compliance and deficiencies. GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience ensuring Naval Medical Training and Readiness Commands (NMRTC) medical treatment facilities (MTFs) receive training and guidance regarding separation processing with specific consideration to Disability Evaluation System (DES), transgender, pregnancy and/or other sensitive issues; Experience identifying and documenting programmatic lessons learned from medical boards, medical readiness and medical retention related assist visits; Experience assisting senior leadership monitor track, and oversee activities related to privacy, access and disclosure of patient health information, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) practices; Experience generating correspondence, generating agendas, scheduling minutes, and documenting minutes in support of routine office administrative requirements; and Experience tracking, monitoring, and recording submissions of Service Treatment Records (STR) reports from subordinate commands and provide analysis of process compliance and deficiencies. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, 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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

FOR GS-11: SUCCESSFUL completion of 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.

FOR GS-09: SUCCESSFUL completion of a Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.B. or J.D., if related.

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements.

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.

See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address NAVMEDFORLANT PORTSMOUTH VA 620 John Paul Jones Circle Suite 1400 Portsmouth, VA 23708-2106 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]