About the Position: This position serves as the Chief of the Patient Administration Department located at Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic. It is a critical position that reports directly to the Deputy Commander for Administration on all matters relating to patient administration. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Responsible for planning, directing, and integrating the programs and processes of patient administration functions within the medical treatment facility (MTF). Responsible for internal controls, audits, and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with directives, acceptable quality assurance, and optimal productivity. Coordinate the investigation of compliance violations, tracks and oversees corrective actions, and generates reports as required. Responsible for reporting requirements of all Patient Administration functions. Gather, comply, analyze, and maintain statistics related to health care services and population served. Aid in quality assurance research projects and studies. Responsible for interfacing with a full range of authorized beneficiaries or sponsors. Supervise technical and administrative support staff assigned to the above functions.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Telework Eligibility: Situational Telework only.
• This position requires the employee to occasionally travel (no more than 5% of the time, in the most expedient manner) away from the normal duty station.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes utilizing various databases and healthcare systems to monitor the healthcare delivery processes within a medical treatment facility (MTF); running recurring reports and interpreting data; implementing solutions/recommendations to the identified problems with healthcare processes and/or systems; and monitors and coordinates personnel matters. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree 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. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83DJ DHA NCR MARKET DO NOT MAIL Various Locations, DC 00000 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk