You will serve as a HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST in the FORCE SURGEONS OFFICE of II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Duties

You will serve as a principal advisor and consultant to the Force Surgeon on the development, implementation, and management of performance improvement activities. You will manage continuous evaluation of the quality of Health Care delivery and risk in order to prevent and identify Health Care risk exposure. You will be responsible for ensuring that all program activities are ongoing, effective, efficient, appropriately documented, integrated, and reflective of current regulatory requirements. You will plan, coordinates and implements training sessions for individuals, teams, groups, and committees at every level of Health Care to ensure they are properly educated in the concepts and tools of performance improvement and patient safety You will prepare written reports, informational documents, etc. to inform the command and other interested agencies of the progress in implementing performance improvement.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• The incumbent must be familiar with Marine Corps automated data processing equipment (computers) and capable of operating Microsoft Office programs, Microsoft Outlook, and other job-related software.
• Incumbent must be able to deploy (world-wide) with military units. The incumbent must attend and successfully complete the Army Career Program 12 Safety Internship or approved equivalent within one year to remain in the position.
• This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Plan, develop, and coordinate internal review systems for clinical and administrative activities to meet organizational accrediting standards; perform medical risk management assessments for process improvements; research, evaluate, and implement a performance evaluation program to recommend or develop new policies and/or system changes; ; and prepare briefs to be presented to a diverse groups of various roles. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/health-system-administration-series-0671/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, 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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

• I have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR
• I have successfully completed three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree OR
• I have successfully completed an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled.
  https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/ OR
• I have a combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PSC Box 20080 Camp Lejeune, NC 28542-0080 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]