The Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center Facility Planner is responsible for strategic planning, Capital Assets Realignment, community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) planning, and business planning associated with program development and expansion initiatives

Duties

The incumbent coordinates population-based studies involving data collection and analysis, statistical forecasting and related methodologies, and special projects for the Medical Center Director involving facility-specific or network-wide initiatives. The core duties of this position include but are not limited to: Ability to communicate with project managers, internal and external designers, reviewing agencies, facilities service personnel, and county and local government officials. Knowledge and ability to provide clinical and administrative data analysis and the development of business plans consistent with VHA, VISN, and medical center/system goals, strategies and objectives. Knowledge and skill in the application of analytical and evaluative methods in collecting, analyzing, planning, organizing, developing, and coordinating, integrating, and interpreting a wide variety of data and reporting results in a concise usable manner. Assist with the development of equipment requests relating to renovation and construction. Serves as a facility representative on the VISN and VHA Capital Assets and Strategic Planning Committees. Skilled in providing oversight of the strategic process and/or program planning for individual clinical or administrative services or programs. Knowledge of assessment tools for identifying current status, actual and potential problem areas, identifying and interpreting trends and significant factors, as well as knowledge of social factors, economics, and other conditions affecting performance of health care delivery systems, including population demographics (veterans and community), service utilization, finance and budget. 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 | 8:00 - 4:30 PM CST [Some after hours and/or weekend work may be required on occasion. Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist (Strategic Planner)/PD502540 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized 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, 12/15/2023. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Specialized Experience: 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 Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. OR 2. Education: Undergraduate or graduate education with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. (TRANSCRIPT MUST BE PROVIDED.) NOTE: CANDIDATES USING EDUCATION TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT MUST SUBMIT AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF CONFERRED DEGREE BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirement, you must also meet the Time-in-Grade Requirements below. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: GS -13 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12.The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. 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 . In addition to the Time-in-Grade Requirement and Individual Occupational Requirement, applicants must also possess the specialized experience as described below. GS-13 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 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. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as: Conducting statistical analysis on data to identify patterns/trends and variances. Collecting and analyzing medical information for external abstractors. Developing operational protocols, procedures, and methods for assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of operating programs in meeting goals and objectives. Analyzing health service delivery gaps based on the needs of veteran population and application of the capital asset planning process. Examining policy issues and strategic planning with a long-term perspective. Determining objectives, setting priorities, and anticipating potential threats or opportunities. For the GS 12 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. In addition to the Time-in-Grade Requirement and Individual Occupational Requirement, applicants must also possess the specialized experience as described below. GS-12 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. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as: Using collected analytical data to maximize utilization of space, equipment, and resources for the clinic; Investigating complex issues, analyzing problems, and presenting both written and oral recommendations which affect the management of the healthcare delivery system; Appling extensive qualitative and/or quantitative methods for program improvement, make recommendations for complicated solutions; Reviewing demographics, financial, and performance data, performance gaps, evaluating operational cost effectiveness profitability and reviewing resources allocation, to measure attainment of program goals and objectives; Conducting fact-finding and data analysis for planning and conducting studies, organizational reviews, investigations to identify systemic problems, and disparate organizational practices. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ThinkingCapital Planning and Investment AssessmentCustomer ServicePlanning and EvaluatingProject ManagementStrategic 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: Work is mainly sedentary. Traveling off station to various meetings is necessary and working overtime and odd hours, to include weekends may be necessary. There may 5 be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, such as, papers and books. 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.

Contacts

• Address Memphis VA Medical Center 1030 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 US
• Name: Judith Castro
• Phone: 4078406953
• Email: [email protected]