About the Position: This position is located in the Fox Army Health Center located in Redstone Arsenal, AL. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Develops, coordinates, implements, manages, and evaluates the Patient Safety Program for the organization. Serve as the liaison between DHA by providing education training, facilitation, and support of programs in clinical practice to promote a safety culture and risk mitigation. Maintain constant communication with senior leadership regarding Risk Management, and Quality Management (QM) program for the department. Utilize automated systems to complete human resource tasks, supervisory tasks, and healthcare administration tasks. Review medical record request from attorneys and determine the reason for the request is potential litigation. Independently review all actions of medical department in accordance with regulations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Tier 1: Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is therefore subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations.

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 working in a medical treatment facility analyzing and advising on patient safety program and policies; providing analysis for the quality improvement programs; identifying administrative program issues and recommending solutions; monitoring/coordinating for an organization/department within a medical treatment facility; providing input/recommendations assisting with the education, training, facilitation, and support of programs in clinical practice to promote a safety culture and risk mitigation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

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-DD83CR DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-FOX AHC DO NOT USE Huntsville, AL 35809 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk