Job opening: Supervisory Medical Administration Specialist
Salary: $75 864 - 98 620 per year
Published at: Jun 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - 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 whole health care to Veterans?
Duties
This position is located in the Medical Information Systems Division, Benefits Management Program, Purchased Care Section. The Milwaukee VA Medical Center is a level I A facility with a Purchased Care budget of 35 million. Serves as the Manager of Purchased Care Section with direct accountability to the Program Manager, Benefits Management. As a member of higher level management, the incumbent is responsible for a wide variety of functions related to Purchased Care and other contract services; these include financial analysis, programmatic oversight of Purchased Care, provider contract development and contract maintenance, information management. performance of clinical/financial feasibility studies, and support in strategic planning efforts. The Purchased Care Managerserves as the immediate supervisor of the employees assigned to the Purchased Care Section.
Major Duties:
Establishes and maintains good relations with Veterans, their families, visitors, and clinical and administrative employees.
Provides oversight and management of administration activities within the community care department.
Develops and tracks monitors for all program areas and identify need for changes in process functions or further evaluation.
Manages staffing, budgeting, procuring, and training for the community care department.
Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjust short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
Manages the medical administration operations and supports the mission, vision, and fundamental principles of the community care department.
Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates in order to adjust priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work.
Interviews candidates for positions in the unit.
Recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignment to positions.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, normal business hours
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Administration Specialist/PD12202O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
One year Supervisory probationary period may be required.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/11/2024.
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 S-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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 GRADE REQUIREMENTS
Experience: Must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes, but is not limited to: Experience in analytical, financial, statistical, and quantitative problem solving and analysis. Working with mathematical procedures, quantitative, statistical and analytical methodologies and understanding of accounting procedures and principles. Possessing extensive knowledge of financial analysis techniques including budget projection, algorithms and forecasting models, manage staffing and manpower utilization, generate useful reports and/or studies to support and project cost and financial data for senior level management. Proficient in the use of a personal computer and computer systems, knowledge and familiarity with Word Processing, Spreadsheets, and Database Package. Possessing knowledge of laws and regulation pertaining to Fee Policy.
OR
GS-11 Substitution of Education for Experience: Must have Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such degree or LL.M, if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)
OR
GS-11 Combining Education and Experience: Must possess a combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Administration and ManagementAnalytical ReasoningFlexibilityOral CommunicationPlanning and Evaluating
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 involves considerable walking, standing and bending in searching various files. There is occasional lifting and carrying of such items as record boxes and bulky files.
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
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:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address Clement J Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center
5000 West National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53295
US
- Name: Lesley Hynes
- Phone: 414-712-8259
- Email: [email protected]
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