This position is in the Corporate Compliance Office located at the Durham VA Health Care System (DVAHCS) in Durham, North Carolina. This position serves as the Integrity and Compliance Officer and reports to the Chief, Corporate Compliance Service.

Duties

The primary purpose of the position is to provide leadership, strategic direction, and oversight of the compliance activities for the healthcare system and to ensure a standardized and effective approach to compliance using the compliance framework, Compliance and Integrity standards, processes, and resources set forth under the Compliance Program national guidelines and associated documents within the VHA health care system and any functions aligned under the VHA health care system. Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Developing, recommending, and implementing Compliance and Integrity program goals for operational units within the local health care system. Developing detailed plans, tasks, milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects. Participating in regular information planning sessions, maintain productive interaction with staff, report on the status and progress of work accomplished to date, and monitor work in progress. Exercising oversight of implementation of the Compliance and Integrity program within the local health care system to ensure it is effective. Implementing national Compliance and Integrity controls, solutions, and programs at the local health care system. Developing and implementing internal controls and solutions, in partnership with risk owners, to manage and mitigate key risks that may adversely impact local health care system objectives, compliance with regulations, or overall reputation within the local, VISN, or national landscape of the agency health care system. Providing a written review of the effectiveness of the Compliance Program at the end of each fiscal year. Establishing and maintaining the "tone at the top" within the local health care system for Compliance and Integrity. Providing regular communications to local health care system staff on the importance of Compliance and Integrity. Drafting guidance and direction regarding program management and reporting. Performing local health care system-wide reviews of internal controls over prioritized risk areas and determine adequacy in preventing compliance failures. Participating in meetings with internal staff and representative operational units within the local health care system to determine compliance program status, major milestones, and coordination of each to detect in advance potential slippage or increased costs. Understanding local strategy, local needs, and risks of the local health care system. Analyzing and prioritizing local risks by working closely with management to develop a proactive strategy to mitigate compliance risks. Maintaining a strong presence within the healthcare system through rounding and providing education and guidance at every level of the healthcare system. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Available as necessary. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist - Integrity and Compliance Officer/PD99467S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/18/2024. 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. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical 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 impacting organizational operations. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Compliance Customer Service Integrity/Honesty Leadership Risk Management Written Communications Internal Controls 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 but does require some walking, standing, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, or carrying light items. 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 this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Durham VA Medical Center 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705 US
• Name: Brian Watt
• Phone: (906) 396-7485
• Email: [email protected]