This position is located in the Associated Health Education section, Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA), Veterans Health Administration Central Office (VHACO). OAA serves as a focal point in VHA for the development, analysis, and evaluation of policies, guidelines, and programs related to academic affiliations and the professional education of health professions trainees, including physician, nursing, and associated health disciplines.

Duties

The salary range listed on this announcement reflects the GS Salaries across the entire country for the grade levels being announced. Once a selection is made the salary will be set based on your location and the given locality table for that area. - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule Major Duties may include, but are not limited to: Conducts HPT education program management and/or clinical research studies, including the analysis of educational and patient care outcomes and the design, management, programming, and analysis of large databases and complex multi-site, multi-source datasets. Develops special studies, reports, and presentations for use within and outside of VA (affiliates, accreditation, professional journals, and regulatory bodies). Develops analyses and reports and draws conclusions to facilitate improvements in HPE programs and policies, which have a system-wide impact. Provides expert guidance, consultation, and leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating STRONG Act projects and related initiatives and adherence to policies and standards of VHA. Provides technical consultation and editorial review of initiative-related STRONG Act proposals, white papers, issue briefs, manuals, and other materials that will be distributed both in and out of VA. Implements new initiatives and projects to strengthen, facilitate, and integrate initiative-related projects into overall Department strategies and priorities. Develops innovative strategies and recommendations for initiating and establishing goals, timetables, and procedures for expediting projects. Ensures that logistics involved in publishing policies, bulletins, and other documents are completed upon approval. Manages design or review of proposed and actual methods for implementing initiative-related educational surveys or other educational evaluation tools as appropriate. Interprets and applies broad guidelines and principles to administering assigned functions. Works with senior leadership to plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor the STRONG Act and other initiative-driven projects. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, Tour of duty will be set based on organizational need. Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized. Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period). Remote: This is NOT remote position. You must be willing to report to a physical duty station listed on the announcement. Virtual: The employee may work at a VA facility or other VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee and is authorized for telework up to 50%. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD88278A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/09/2024. 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 grade level. For GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 grade level. 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. All applicants MUST meet the following Individual Occupational Requirements: 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 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. In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirements, you MUST also meet the specialized experience requirements. GS12 Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Health System Specialist, GS-0671-12 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service to qualify at the GS-12. Examples of specialized experience include: Conducts HPT education program management and/or clinical research studies, including the analysis of educational and patient care outcomes and the design, management, management, programming, and analysis of large databases and complex multi-site, multisource datasets. Develops special studies, reports, and presentations for use within and outside of VA (affiliates, accreditation, professional journals, and regulatory bodies). Provides expert guidance, consultation, and leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating STRONG Act projects and related initiatives and adherence to policies and standards of VHA. GS13 Specialized Experience: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Health System Specialist, GS-0671-13 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-12 level in Federal service to qualify at the GS-13. Examples of specialized experience include: Conducts HPT education program management and/or with clinical research studies, including the analysis of educational and patient care outcomes and the design, management, management, programming, and analysis of large databases and complex multi-site, multisource datasets. Develops special studies, reports, and presentations for use within and outside of VA (affiliates, accreditation, professional journals, and regulatory bodies). Provides expert guidance, consultation, and leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating STRONG Act projects and related initiatives and adherence to policies and standards of VHA. Provides technical consultation and editorial review of initiative related STRONG Act proposals, white papers, issue briefs, manuals, and other materials that will be distributed both in and out of VA. Develops innovative strategies and recommendations for initiating and establishing goals, timetables, and procedures for expediting projects. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Oral CommunicationProblem SolvingProject ManagementResearch 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 primarily sedentary. Some work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the worksite. Occasional travel including site visits is required. The work often requires long hours to meet project deadlines and to devise corrective action and solutions to unexpected technical and/or management crisis resulting in sometimes highly stressful work situations. 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 the GS-13 grade level. However, for the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) ONLY, 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VSHO - Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]