The incumbent is assigned to the Medical Staff Office, which is under the Chief of Staff at the Dayton VA Medical Center (VAMC) and is responsible for providing administrative and technical direction and support to the credentialing and privileging (C&P) operations. The C&P Specialist is aligned to and supervised by the C&P Manager.

Requirements

Qualifications

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. Basic Requirements: Health System Specialist (GS-671) Occupational Requirements - The basic requirements for this occupation can be met by possessing one of the following: Education - 4 year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) OR Experience - 3 years of general experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4. OR Experience/Education Combination - a combination of education and experience as described above. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). Grade Requirements (GS-9): In addition to the basic requirements, you must also meet the individual grade requirements to qualify for this position. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Education Requirement: Must have 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. OR Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to the following: Keeps leadership and appropriate administrative staff informed of program changes, new regulatory requirements, and policies and procedures pertaining to the C&P process. Receives and reviews correspondence and communications for the C&P function and determines which items require immediate attention and which are confidential in nature. Incumbent must have a broad knowledge of medical specialties and core privileges and is the technical advisor to clinical leadership for the development of department specific privileges and assures that complete documentation is available to support privileges granted to providers within their training and/or experience. Provides guidance and instruction to hospital staff in completing the required documentation of establishing privileges for LIPs. Provides oversight to application process; analyzes exceptions and deviations in expected application process; determines course of action and makes recommendations. NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.

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 Dayton VA Medical Center 4100 West Third Street Dayton, OH 45428 US
• Name: Gwendalyn Williams
• Email: [email protected]