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Job opening: Health System Specialist

Salary: $59 966 - 94 317 per year
City: Madison
Published at: Oct 21 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI and is aligned under the Chief of Staff department. This position supports the DEO and HPE management for establishing, maintaining, and evaluating the quality of HPE programs and the quality of care delivered by health professions trainees (HPTs) at the VA medical facility. The purpose of this position is to conduct and evaluate a wide range of program management and administrative duties.

Duties

HPT Onboarding Specialist - 50%: Monitors and manages the onboarding and off-boarding activities of HPTs to ensure each individual HPT is qualified to train at VA, meeting the requirements of the affiliate training program and requirements for federal employment. Facilitates and validates information for the TQCVL and expedites approval process from the DEO through the VA Facility Director and verifies information prior to any HPT's appointment. The position may provide completed onboarding packages to HR for processing, but subsequent qualification review is not performed. As the SME, trains and guides affiliate staff in completion of the TQCVL including navigation of multiple data sources such as National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE), and Selective Service System. Maintains various VA and local databases that consist of information related to HPT records, training, security background, academic programs, VA transfers, pharmacy prescribing authorization and licensure. Administers functions to expedite and coordinate the full spectrum of on- and off boarding services including, but not limited to PIV sponsor, fingerprinting, TMS account creation and management, electronic medical record access and IT network account creation. Troubleshoots individual problems, analyzes systems issues, to develop and present solutions for program and system efficiency. May serve on focus groups, integrated project teams and attend meetings related to VHA policy and processes, academic affiliations, clinical training, mandatory training, Cerner transition, and HPT processing. Directs, organizes, and coordinates administrative programs and information such as HR, personnel security, Office of Information Technology (OIT), and for mandatory training which support the in-processing of HPTs. Program Administration, Outreach and Development - 50%: Synthesizes data including collection from various electronic resources to include but not limited to: OAA databases, HPT program codes and pay data reporting and retrieval, TMS Administration, Microsoft Identity Manager Account Management and Reporting, OIT IT provisioning request and reporting (YourIT Service Now), VA Financial Service Center Payroll Operations Data request including IPPS and TDY Travel, HR Smart Manager Self Service system entry, Access Identity Management Onboarding/Offboarding System, Electronic Permission Access System (ePAS) and NARS request, and VA Electronic Health Record data. Advises HPE management and OAA's informed decision-making processes with the research, collection, compilation, analysis, presentation, and management of data and HPE program information. Establishes and maintains collegial working relationships with key academic, accreditation organizations, such as university and college academia and administrative staff, civilian medical facilities key personnel, other federal and state government agencies, and professional societies. Informs stakeholders to ensure HPTs are eligible to rotate at the facility, have appropriate training qualifications and certifications, and to complete required legal documentation such as affiliation agreements and onboarding applications. Conducts special projects related to performance/process improvement to include rapid improvement events and new/revised policy or program changes; uses qualitative and quantitative techniques to measure utilization, efficiency, and productivity of HPE programs. Prepares data and information for executive-level briefings, decision or white papers, reports and other documents used for official reporting, communications or publication by the facility or OAA; manages and maintains electronic files in accordance with Records Control Schedule and Federal Information Security Management Act requirements. Researches, develops, and communicates with stakeholders to implement policies, procedures, and institutional controls critical to the accreditation of the HPE programs following directives from OAA, VISN, accrediting bodies such as but not limited to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), and others. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am-4:30pm Telework: AD HOC Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD99461S

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2024. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 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. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have be in one of the: GS-09 Grade Level: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related OR, 1 year equivalent to at least GS-7 to be eligible for GS-09. GS-11 Grade Level: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related . OR, 1 year equivalent to at least GS-9 to be eligible for the GS-11. Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond . You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementComputer SkillsOrganizational Performance AnalysisStakeholder 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: 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

IMPORTANT: 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 William S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital 2500 Overlook Terrace Madison, WI 53705 US
  • Name: Azalea Cadle
  • Phone: 6129462196
  • Email: [email protected]

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