The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Health System Specialist - Whole Health Program Manager. The Whole Health Program Manager is responsible for the overall planning, development, and coordination, of a comprehensive and complex Whole Health System.

Duties

The Whole Health Program Manager is responsible for the comprehensive development, planning and implementation of the program's policies and procedures, determining the needs of the program, overseeing and directing the quality and quantity of training, monitoring data-driven outcomes, and establishing program initiatives and direction within limitations of available staff and budget. Major duties include, but are not limited to: - Serving as a subject matter expert and demonstrates an ability to provide consultation to other health care practitioners and outside groups. - Defining work of staff through writing and reviewing functional statements and position descriptions. - Developing curriculum to promote self-care and empowerment of patients, including but not limited to, mindfulness courses, stress reduction courses, and other educational courses for self-care. - Ensuring daily Whole Health operations run smoothly. - Assisting in the orientation of physicians, medical residents, and other allied health personnel to the (discipline) Program at this facility. - Working with Quality Management as needed to establish medical center procedures to meet accreditation standards for clinical services under the Whole Health System. - Assisting with the implementation and revision of policies/directives for Whole Health in accordance with local and national regulatory groups, professional accrediting organizations and VACO requirements. - Developing program proposals that encompass short- and long-term goals for the Medical Center. - Planning the overall program objectives and is responsible for their implementation, considering patient's needs, space, manpower, and budgetary restrictions. - Assisting in monitoring clinical and patient services for the effective and efficient management of numerous control points and resources. - Serving as a POC for Veterans who would like to register for the 9-week support group. - Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm; Monday - Friday Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist - Whole Health Program Manager/PD99869S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): 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, 04/15/2024. 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 as described 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: progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: (1) Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. At this level, applicants would have obtained this experience working within a health care setting, working directly with clinicians and local leadership to solve problems in support of the delivery of patient care; applying organizational and system-wide strategies for continuous quality improvement; and experience running and supervising an administrative component of a health care system customizing personalized health plans for patients. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Managing Human ResourcesProject Management 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 nature of the work for this position is primarily sedentary and there are no unusual physical demands involved with completion of duties. Some travel is required. 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 Danville VA Medical Center 1900 East Main Street Danville, IL 61832 US
• Name: Brooke Cremonesi
• Phone: 217-499-7292
• Email: [email protected]