About the Position: This position is located in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Director for Medical Affairs (DADMA) Directorate, Clinical Support Division (CSD), Clinical Quality Management (CQM) Branch. The CQM Branch mission is to continually assess, assure, and improve thequality of healthcare delivered to MHS beneficiaries. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

Support and manage healthcare quality planning activities for the DHN Chief CQMLead ultimately impacting the overall strategic direction of clinical care, quality, safety and graduateeducation across the DHN. Employ expertise in Continuous ProcessImprovement (CPI) applied to healthcare to coordinate the planning of DHN clinical qualityimprovement priorities to be aligned with the DHHQ Office of Strategy Management, and MedicalAffairs Directorate. Serve as a DHN subject matter expert in improvement science trained in Lean SixSigma (LSS) tools and techniques and the principles and practices related to the management of healthcare delivery systems Conduct DHN level planning and analysis of clinical quality improvements through a network of existing and evolving clinical experts in working and stakeholder groups by applying knowledge and application of CPI.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 evaluating medical service delivery to identify clinical quality improvements; interpreting policies and/or procedures to develop protocols across medical facilities; and providing guidance and advice to senior leaders in a healthcare setting. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD60AP DHA SAN ANTONIO MARKET DO NOT MAIL San Antonio, TX 78230 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk