Are you ready to love your job? Want to enjoy what you are doing each and every day? Is making a difference important to you? The Veterans Health Administration is looking for an energetic motivated individual ready to lead one of the most stimulating and important offices in the Department of Veterans Affairs. America's Veterans need you! To find out more, go to http://www.va.gov/jobs/.

Duties

This is a 4-Year Term Appointment. Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) senior leadership position is responsible for oversight and management of the agenda to advance VHA direct and community care access. The Office of Integrated Veteran Care (IVC) is the accountable office for access to care and advises Senior VHA Leadership on all access to care items including oversight, governance, expertise, and leadership related to the Veterans Community Care Program, direct care access initiatives, and financial health. IVC provides oversight and guidance to VHA's network of 1.3 million community providers and to the 6,000 sites of care that are critical to providing Veterans with direct care access. In addition, IVC manages a set of programs that support over 800,000 Veteran family members in reimbursing over $2.5 billion per year for their care. The Assistant Under Secretary for Health (AUSH) for IVC supports strategies to achieve the three organizational goals: seamless care to Veterans, financial sustainability, and high reliability. This position monitors all IVC budget and productivity improvements and is responsible for strategic and long-range planning of its operational areas and of meeting organizational needs related to access. The AUSH has three direct reports who are T38 senior executives and oversees a team of over 1,100 staff and direct budget of $1.5 billion annually. The AUSH ensures the development, implementation and evaluation of programs, policies, and activities that are national in scope and that influence the overall organizational mission and strategy. S/he initiates, designs, and completes high-visibility national projects to advance VHA's goals. Indirectly, the incumbent advises on strategy and policy that impacts community care spending of approximately $30 billion annually and oversees quality, utilization management, and network adequacy for the community program. As VHA's accountable owner for access to care, the incumbent is responsible for overseeing access to care and scheduling policy, practices, and technologies. The AUSH for IVC is a Title 38 senior executive who uses extensive leadership skills, communication skills, healthcare/managed care knowledge, healthcare ethics expertise, and knowledge of VA and national healthcare policy to advise, support, and collaborate with the senior executives in VHA.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• 4-Year 7306 appointment with potential for re-appointment (not guaranteed)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/16/2024. In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following: BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH SCIENCE OFFICER: U.S. Citizen Successful completion of a Master Degree or higher in course of study from an accredited college or university with a major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. No license required. DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess extensive leadership experience in the health care arena sufficient to qualify for the equivalent of a senior executive equivalent position within the Federal service. In addition, the incumbent is broadly acquainted with clinical treatment modalities, administrative and clinical support systems and is knowledgeable about multifaceted health care delivery systems. In addition to basic requirements, the following technical and executive core qualifications are required for this position. Typically, these qualifications would be gained through education, experience and training which reflect progressive development and achievement in responsible management/executive level assignments in health care at a national or Network level, equivalent positions in a hospital/network/regional office or allied medical care facility, or executive positions in an academic institution. An individual's total experience and education must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. If you are currently a federal employee, this type of experience is typically found at positions at the GS-15 level and above. To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess all of the necessary requirements for this position, you MUST SHOW in your RESUME that you possess the five Mandatory Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical Qualification(s) outlined below. Eligibility will be based on clear and concise accomplishments that emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments (with results), policy initiatives and level of contacts. Applicants can obtain a sample resume along with additional information regarding the Executive Core Qualifications on the Internet at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/qualify.asp. A. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: ECQ 1. LEADING CHANGE: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. ECQ 2. LEADING PEOPLE: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ECQ 3. RESULTS DRIVEN: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ECQ 4. BUSINESS ACUMEN: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Applicants may focus on resource management, with particular emphasis on financial management (budget). ECQ 5. BUILDING COALITIONS: Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Applicants may demonstrate that they have external contacts as well as internal interactions. B. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQ): Demonstrated executive leadership experience in administering and/or implementing managed care programs on a national or regional scale. Demonstrated executive leadership experience overseeing patient access in a large complex healthcare delivery system or within a large integrated healthcare delivery system. REFERENCES: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard and Appendix. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: Most of the work performance is at a desk, in an office setting. The incumbent often carries books and papers to and from meetings and conferences. It is highly likely that the incumbent may have to travel between office buildings for meetings, which will involve going outside during various elements of weather.

Education

PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.

Contacts

• Address Veterans Health Administration - 1007 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: David Schoolfield
• Phone: (202) 461-7352
• Email: [email protected]