As a Medical Management Specialist, the incumbent serves as the "Business Manager" for one of the several complex, large, and diverse services hereafter referred to as "the clinical service" at the Lexington VA Medical Center. These services include: Medical, Surgical, Mental Health, Patient Care and Primary Care Services.

Duties

Incumbent will normally work at one of the locations for the two divisions (Cooper Drive Division or Leestown Road Division), but is required to work at the other location as necessary. The Medical Center is a two-division tertiary care facility that provides acute medical, surgical, neurological, and mental health inpatient services with a 99-bed complement at the Cooper Drive Division as well as a 61-bed Nursing home care unit and an additional 30- bed Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation beds at the Leestown Division. This large complex, tertiary carem dual-division, and affiliated research facility with over 250 beds for medical and surgical care at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels and psychiatry and extended care. The medical center has an extensive outpatient program with a workload of over 300,000 annual visits, provided via more than 900 clinics, in primary care and subspecialty clinics held at both divisions of the medical center and its Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCS)- which currently include Somerset, Morehead, and Hazard. Major duties and responsibilities; With support and guidance from the service chief, the incumbent directs administrative activities of the clinical service including budget and fiscal management, human resource management, strategic planning and program management and evaluation, assuring that the clinical and administrative functions are integrated in order to provide optimum utilization of resources. Participates in top management discussions, decisions, policy-making and provides program direction to other executives, managers and assigned personnel. Incumbent serves as a key member of the clinical services senior leadership staff and actively participates in the development of overall management objectives and philosophies necessary for the attainment of optimum efficiency in delivering health care to our Veteran population. He/she provides input, advice and counsel for the clinical service planning, programming, budgeting and general administration. The incumbent manages a large, diverse service that provides health care services central to the mission of this Medical Center. He/She establishes clinical services objectives congruent with a reflective of the philosophy and objectives of the clinical service chief. He/she develops long-range and short-term goals and programs required to meet stated objectives. He/she directs the planning and operations of the clinical service to complement attainment of established goals and objectives. In collaboration with the clinical service chief, the incumbent formulates policies and operating procedures, ensuring compliance with VA regulations, statuses and the standards and requirements of various internal and external review bodies. He/she assesses the impact of regional, national and private sector developments as they relate to the local program, making change recommendations accordingly. The incumbent develops program evaluation methodology and processes, which will ascertain such areas as program effectiveness of existing clinical service programs in meeting established program goals and objectives. Develops plans for organizational changes accordingly. Thoroughly evaluates proposed program changes, operating procedures and delegations of authority to ascertain impact on current program operations and on the VISN and Medical Center operations. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00am- 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Telework: ADHOC Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Management Specialist/PD08077A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): 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, 01/26/2024. 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 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: knowledge and skill in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations carried out by administrative or professional personnel, or substantive administrative support functions (i.e., internal activities or functions such as supply, budget, procurement, or personnel which serve to facilitate line or program operations). This includes knowledge of pertinent laws and regulations, policies and precedents which affect the use of the program, and related support resources (people, money, or equipment) in the program areas. Skill in leading people and the ability to assign and evaluate tasks to staff in the service. Skill in planning, scheduling, and conducting projects and studies to evaluate and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work operations, adapting analytical techniques and evaluation criteria. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Financial Management, Managing Human Resources, Organizational Awareness, Planning and Evaluating, Quality Management, and Strategic 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: The work is primarily sedentary in nature, however, does require movement throughout the childcare areas, meetings, and travel to meetings. 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.



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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Lexington VA Health Care System 2250 Leestown Road Lexington, KY 40511 US
• Name: Annette Johnson
• Phone: 352 443-2381
• Email: [email protected]