This position serves as the Director of Professional Services for the Hopi Health Care Center, located in Polacca, AZ. The Director of Professional Services provides leadership to the Pharmacy, Nutrition, Imaging/Radiology, Social Services, Physical Therapy, Laboratory and Medical Records departments. Reports to the Chief Executive Officer.

Duties

Manage allied health services as well as the full range of administrative services that involves making and implementing administrative decisions directly affecting patient care. Provide expert staff guidance and program assessment following standards of care and practices required for providing inpatient and ambulatory care. Exercise responsibility for the assessment, planning, development, organization, integration, administration and evaluation of the professional services programs. Develop justification for program elements to include resource requirements, priorities and needs for professional groups or agencies to provide professional input and recommendations, solicit support, and obtains commitments for action. Serve as the principal advisor to the CEO and Executive staff regarding program requirements with participating as a member of the Executive Leadership Committee among other operational committees.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):Education: Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, GS-14:Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Examples include: Professional Services (DPS) Leadership Experience, or Documented experience supervising at least 4 of the disciplines including: Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Radiology, Nutrition, and Social Services. Providing supervisory guidance and leadership to management and working collaboratively to develop and implement internal program plans and procedures while incorporating goals and objectives of the departments. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.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 HOPI HEALTH CARE CENTER PO Box 4000 Polacca, AZ 86042 US
• Name: Phoenix Area IHS Human Resources
• Email: [email protected]