The Health Systems Specialist - Deputy Integrity and Compliance Officer is responsible for planning, designing, analyzing, implementing, and maintaining Integrity & Compliance program activities including identifying organizational risks and developing plans of action that will avoid or minimize risk to the organization.

Duties

Major duties include: Develop, recommend and implement Integrity and Compliance program goals for operational units within the local health care system. Review programs/projects to determine how they can be accomplished with the least disruption to workers and mission operations and ensure directions and schedules are accomplished in a timely manner. Provide local health care system and Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) senior executives and executive committees regular reporting on implementation and effectiveness of the local health care system's Integrity and Compliance program and communicate timely on an ad hoc basis any urgent and significant compliance or business integrity issues. Participate in regular information planning sessions, maintain productive interaction with staff, report on the status and progress of work accomplished to date, and monitor work in progress. Exercise oversight of implementation of the Integrity and Compliance program within the local health care system to ensure it is effective. Implement national Integrity and Compliance controls, solutions, and programs at the local health care system. Incumbent reviews the internal controls in place within any area where a failure has occurred and decides on the unit's ability to prevent additional Compliance operational failures. Incumbent conducts and/or coordinates investigations of reported incidents of noncompliance with VHA administrative policies and directives pursuant to VHA policy. Due to the oversight function and nature of the disciplines within the Corporate Compliance Department, the incumbent will have knowledge of and make recommendations involving issues of a highly sensitive nature. Provides regular reporting on the implementation and effectiveness of the local Health Care System's Corporate Compliance Programs to the Health Care System Director, Senior Leadership Team, executive committees, and VISN or National program offices. Incumbent participates in external reviews of organization surveys (JC, JG/CAP, GAO, CARF) as directed by Health Care System Executive Leadership. Incumbent conducts Health Care System risk assessments to identify, assess, prioritize, mitigate, monitor, document, and bring into compliance risks specific to all disciplines within the Corporate Compliance Department. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Telework: Ad-hoc telework may be available at Supervisors discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist - Deputy Integrity and Compliance Officer/PD23523-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Bargaining Unit Position: No The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/09/2024. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement: 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 Specialized Experience: 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: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. Special Provision for In-service 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) in Federal service that has equipped you 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. The specialized experience for this position is defined as: Supervising or leading staff; developing, standardizing, implementing and sustaining processes to ensure efficient management of a healthcare system expert knowledge of healthcare industry laws, policies, regulations, and changes that may affect the compliance program: policies and procedures; conducting analysis and problem solving of complex healthcare management and operational systems; providing training and education to various levels of staff and management in relation to compliance and integrity of a health care system; and exhibiting leadership in compliance activities, with facility management and staff, and with compliance department, subordinate staff. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem SolvingComplianceInternal Controls/IntegrityInterpersonal EffectivenessRisk 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: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Fargo VA Medical Center 2101 Elm Street Fargo, ND 58102 US
• Name: Andrea McGuire
• Phone: 602-277-5551 X1738
• Email: [email protected]