Health System Specialist

Description:

This position is in the Health Professions Education (HPE) Office (HPEO) and is supervised by the HPE Manager with oversight provided by the Associate Chief of Staffing. Education, Designated Education Officer (DEO), who reports to the Chief of Staff (COS).

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/12/2025.

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 11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS 9 and for a GS 12 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.

Preferred experience: Health profession education Programs, OAA regulatory policies disbursement agreement administration, OAA auditing from compliance and business Integrity.

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 9 for the GS 11 and GS 11 for the GS 12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. The specialized experience for both grades is the same but the the GS 11 would have more supervision and training while the GS 12 is full performance and would be able to do all of the tasks independently. 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. Substantive and authoritative knowledge and expertise in supporting, analyzing, planning, coordinating, and executing multiple highly complex, high value clinical academic training programs simultaneously. Ability to suggest and draft local operating procedures for direct paid HPT processing and internal control procedures using knowledge of health care operations, HPE programs, and OAA policies. 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,

GS 11

• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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. Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR,
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond two full years of graduate education, a Masters degree, or a LL.B. or JD. Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11.

GS 12

• There is no education substitute for experience at this level.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Administration and Management
• Budget Administration
• Compliance
• Organizational Performance Analysis

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 sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. The position may spend time in clinical areas of the facility to ensure coordination of schedules, attend meetings, and facilitate program effectiveness. Occasional travel to the VISN office, other VAMCs, and the academic affiliate may be required.

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/ .