The Office of Tribal Health works to oversee, maintain, and improve VHA's relationship with Health and Human Services (HHS) Indian Health Services (IHS) and to ensure optimal implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and IHS. The Office of Tribal Health provides comprehensive, compassionate, and quality healthcare, while enhancing the quality of life to American Indian and Alaskan Native Veterans.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Identify developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training. Planning and scheduling work to meet program goals and general objectives established by a higher organizational echelon. Develops detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects. Makes recommendations for actions when adjustments or a different course of action is necessary; modification of program methods and approaches and takes actions necessary to correct any identified problem areas. Monitors project activities and resources to mitigate risk. Gives presentations or briefings on all aspects of the project. Participates in phase, milestone, and final project reviews. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:30-05:00 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. For this position, telework of up to 50% is authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD34629-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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, 06/13/2024. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. To qualify for the GS 0671 occupational series, applicants MUST possess one of the following: Undergraduate and graduate education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR General Experience: Work that required a knowledge of the basic principles and practices related to the management of a health care delivery system. Such experience may have been gained as an administrative officer, management analyst, or administrative or clinical program manager or supervisor in a health care delivery system. OR Special Provision of Inservice placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. AND Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-13) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Expert ability to lead and supervise a national team which supports policy, legislative and regulatory activities involving the healthcare of American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans. An advanced ability to provide national advice, strategic guidance and conduct special reviews, studies and/or analyses of program implementation matters related to access to care through national programs or operations of a health care system. Demonstrated advanced skill in initiating and completing formal and informal processes and cultural protocols required to engage with Tribal Nations at the Nation-to-Nation level, such as White House Council Native American Affairs, VHA-IHS-MOU, Tribal Consultations. Demonstrated advanced knowledge, skills and abilities to navigate formal and informal national-level communication and protocols with tact and diplomacy in response to complex, high visibility requests for data, metrics, and talking points for coordinating with VA/VHA Communications to stakeholders to include but not limited to the White House, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA), Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VHA Under Secretary, VHA- Deputy Under Secretary of Health, National VACO program offices, Tribal governments (Nation-to-Nation), VISNs, VAMCs, Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal Health Programs, Urban Indian organizations, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and front-line Tribal communities. Advanced knowledge of mission, functions, and organizational goals of the Department: regional offices, medical centers and program offices in order to address interrelated issues/concerns related to the operations, efficiency and/or productivity of clinical, educational and administrative programs related to American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans. Experience in supervising employees, including conducting performance evaluations, issuing awards, conducting investigations, using disciplinary and performance improvement systems, hiring and removing federal employees. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Personal mastery Technical Skills Interpersonal Effectiveness Customer Service Creative Thinking Flexibility/Adaptability Systems Thinking Organizational Stewardship 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 is mostly sedentary, occasionally requiring some standing, walking, or stooping. 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 but you have use education to meet the IOR.

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 VHA Servicing Human Resources Office - 1 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]