About the Position: This position is located at Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. This is a DOD Demonstration Project position.

Duties

Manage the Military Treatment Facility Clinical Quality/Performance Improvement programs, ensure compliance to meet organizational needs. Conduct studies, to provide guidance to the organizations on Performance Improvement goals and clinical quality outcomes. Administer the Healthcare Risk Management daily activities to include risk identification, investigation, and reduction. Serve as primary point of contact for the accreditation and compliance programs for scheduling, accreditation surveys, and agency inspections. Interpret regulatory guidance to advise health care providers on medical staff bylaws, rules, regulations, and criteria. Direct professional credential and privileging program and review records and applications, monitor credentials, update data and analyze background information.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A Personnel Security Investigation is required.
• A one-year probationary period is required if the selectee has not previously met this requirement.
• Selectees will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Red Cross. Advanced certification (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS.
• This position requires Tuberculosis Testing and/or record of Tuberculosis Testing.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 identifying and resolving issues with existing plans and/or techniques. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-I). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83AY DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-EDWARDS AFB DO NOT MAIL Edwards, CA 93523 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk