OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - 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 care to Veterans?

Duties

This position is located in Charleston, SC with the primary responsibility for the Veterans Equitable Resources Allocation (VERA) Program. As an integral part of the Fiscal Service line, the incumbent provides operational support and expertise to the facility Pentad, participating in executive leadership discussions, decisions, and policy making. Using specialized knowledge and skills pertaining to the health care delivery systems and medical coding systems. The incumbent takes action to develop or modify objectives and boundaries of assignment as indicated and plays a critical influential role in organizational performance and excellence. Duties include, but are not limited to: Provides guidance, recommendations, and monitoring in the implementation, management, and evaluation of VERA oversight programs ensuring that the programs meet the required standards and/or criteria. Conduct special organizational studies concerning work flow operations and forecasting of manpower, equipment and space utilization and requirements critical in the management of the VERA program for the facility. Implement plans in collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer and Medical Center Director to ensure the program needs of the Medical Center are met in the most effective and-efficient manner. Manages in depth reviews of the Medical Center Service-lines to evaluate resource utilization, workload/cost reporting conduct data validation activities and provides written reports on findings along with recommendations for improving program activities to the Medical Center Director. Plans, develops, and conducts formal and informal training programs, conferences, etc. relevant to the revenue enhancement process, workload/cost reporting, and data validation/certification. Develops training materials and other tools to assist managers in utilizing data reports that are produced. Ensures comprehensive documentation regarding all data produced. Provides operational support and expertise to the facility Pentad, participating in executive leadership discussions, decisions, and policy-making. Serves as a principal management advisor to the Medical Center Director for highly complex internal and external issues involving the VERA program. Creates a facility-wide management information system that ensures the capture of cost, workload, and VERA data and presents this information in a format that is useful to the Medical Center Director, senior management officials, and various councils/boards/committees for evaluating resource utilization and VERA performance for the medical center. Review all request for budget changes and provides final recommendations to the Pentad. Responsible for evaluating resource allocations that reflect VA policy objectives. Provides finance and cost information for in-depth studies of VERA allocations and variation in demand, supply utilization, and cost of facility activities. Creates databases that support benchmarking of data including financial data. Responsible for the design and development of all reports and databases translating data into meaningful management Information which is made available to a wide variety of constituents including oversight bodies and key stakeholders. Serves as technical authority in interpreting and applying guidelines and formulating policies. Monitors, corrects, and analyzes utilization data. Provide recommendations and write policy, correspondence, project proposals, procedures, etc. 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: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Monday - Friday) Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Travel: May be Required Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST (VERA Coordinator)/PD11244-0 and PD11245-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• 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, 02/20/2024. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 and/or education as described below: GS-11: GS-11 is an intermediate level position leading to the full performance level of GS-12. In a developmental capacity the incumbent will be responsible for performing the full range of duties that generally conform to those given in the GS-13 position. The incumbent of the position serves as a developmental "Health Systems Specialist-VERA Coordinator" and is assigned to Finance under the technical direction of the Chief Financial Officer. 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: Mastery of advanced management and organizational principles and practices, both qualitative and quantitative. Knowledge of basic principles and practices related to the management of health care delivery systems and the ability to apply this knowledge to solve the unique problems. Knowledge of the mission, vision, and program goals of the HCS, VISN 7, and VACO. Skill to plan, organize and direct team work and to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations. Knowledge of database management, VA and non-VA health databases, and information systems. Education: There is no educational substitution at this grade level. GS-12: GS-12 Primary responsibility is VERA Coordinator with the primary responsibility for the Veterans Equitable Resources Allocation (VERA) Program. As an integral part of the Group Practice Manager team, the incumbent provides operational support and expertise to the facility Pentad, participating in executive leadership discussions, decisions, and policy-making. The incumbent takes action to develop or modify objectives and boundaries of assignment as indicated and plays a critical Influential role in organizational performance and excellence. 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: Mastery of advanced management and organizational principles and practices, both qualitative and quantitative. Knowledge of basic principles and practices related to the management of health care delivery systems and the ability to apply this knowledge to solve the unique problems. Knowledge of the mission, vision, and program goals of the HCS, VISN 7, and VACO. Skill to plan, organize and direct team work and to negotiate effectively with management to accept and implement recommendations. Knowledge of database management, VA and non-VA health databases, and information systems. Providing guidance, recommendations, and monitoring in the implementation, management, and evaluation of VERA oversight programs ensuring that the programs meet the required standards and/or criteria. Serves as a principal management advisor to the Medical Center Director for highly complex internal and external issues involving the VERA program, assists with resolution of issues elevated to the Office of the Director. Work to educate and mentor others in health care administration. Conducting special organizational studies concerning work flow operations and forecasting of manpower, equipment and space utilization and requirements critical in the management of the VERA program for the facility. Implement plans in collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer and Medical Center Director to ensure the program needs of the Medical Center are met in the most effective and-efficient manner. Provide operational support and expertise to the facility Pentad, participating in executive leadership discussions, decisions, and policy-making. Education: There is no educational substitution at this grade level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem SolvingAnalytical ThinkingCommunicationOrganizational Performance AnalysisPerformance MeasurementProblem SolvingTeaching Others 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. 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 Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401 US
• Name: Lois Auge
• Phone: 706-002-0094 X20094
• Email: [email protected]