Job opening: Program Analyst
Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
Published at: Dec 11 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located with the VISN 16 Business Office reporting to the Business Implementation Manager under the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. The incumbent supports VISN Leadership including the Network Director and Senior Management Team, the Business Implementation Manager and other key VISN Program Managers, with information regarding clinic practice management initiatives and programs throughout the Network.
Duties
Major Duties:
Provides oversight serving as the liaison between the Business Implementation Manager and facility Leadership and program managers.
Leads the VISN's efforts to integrate profile management among healthcare providers, facility staff, and patients.
Ensures completed profiles reflect national, network and local goals, directives, and policies.
Responsible for oversight and establishment of clinics related to VISN-assigned clinical resource hubs (CRH) (i.e. Clinical Contact Center, Primary Care CRH, Mental Health CRH, etc.).
Establishes program milestones, goals and objectives, providing or evaluating implementation plans, and data capture components related to this program for the Network.
Provides technical advice to the Business Implementation Manager and clinic personnel primarily at the clinic Director and Patient Service Line (PSL) management level regarding, clinic profiles workload capture, Billing requirements and all other technical components of clinic creation and activation.
Delivers presentations to all levels of the Network, Facility, Service Organizations, Veterans, family members and caregivers.
Coordinates with informatics at the VISN and Facility level for development and management of data systems, assisting with and creating reports and presentations.
Determines best method to collect requested data from a variety of multiple sources, monitor compliance with VHA directives, compiles and analyzes statistics and other data as they relate to clinic profile management, clinic creation, billing and workload capture and transmission.
Identifies problems and applies analytical techniques, correcting negative trends and provides resolutions to system issues/malfunctions, to include encounter/workload transmission errors, clinic grid inconsistences, correct workload capture, costing and other issues related to clinic profile management.
Retrieves & analyzes data for validation of clinic set up information to include billable status, count vs. non-count, DSS (MCA) identifiers and activation of encounter forms, standard naming conventions, accurate grids and all other parameters of the clinic profile.
Reviews reports, records, and provides statistical analysis for accuracy in clinic profile management by accessing and analyzing data, presenting alternatives, making recommendations, and assisting with developing problem resolutions across the VISN.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (subject to change based on the needs of the agency)
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/PD032840
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/18/2023.
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 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:
Leading and directing workgroups related to ancillary impacts of proper clinic profile management.
Providing oversight and guidance of clinic structure to include the scheduling of patients, workload capture and insurance billing.
Developing and implementing policies and procedures.
Implementing Clinic Profile initiatives, software enhancements and changes in VHA policy.
Assisting with and creating reports and presentations that are the basis for data driven decision making as they relate to clinic profile operations and management across the VISN.
Developing and implementing training to faculty staff on clinic profile and data management.
Coordinating quality assurance efforts through review and assessment of workflow and procedures.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Administration and ManagementHealth InformaticsPlanning and EvaluatingQuality 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 primarily 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.
Contacts
- Address VISN 16 South Central VA Health Care Network
715 S. Pear Orchard Road
Ridgeland, MS 39157
US
- Name: Karen Dwyer
- Phone: 858-472-1391
- Email: [email protected]