Description:
The Health System Specialist (HSS) serves as a Staff Assistant to the Director. The HSS provides direct support to the top management team - responsible for the administrative and strategic planning, organization, operation, and evaluation of the medical center. The HSS is delegated responsibility for the study, analysis, evaluation, and formulation of recommendations for the improvement of the administrative management and operating programs of the Hampton VA Medical Center (VAMC).
Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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.
Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): The 0671 series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet one of the pre-determined Education or Experience Individual Occupational Requirements listed below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study of hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.
OR
Specialized Experience: 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.
Special Provision for Inservice Placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included:
- Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements;
- Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and
- Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program.
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Understanding of aspects to the Medical Center operations and the Department of Veterans Affairs system as a whole; Analyzes data and all correspondence regarding clinical, administrative, and facility specific performance measures to develop plans and actions to address current and future initiatives; Analyzes interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and projectivity of substantive mission-oriented programs; Knowledgeable of concepts, principles and practices of healthcare delivery; Use of qualitative and quantitative methods for assessment and improvement of program effectiveness; Ability to plan, organize, and direct team study work; Knowledge of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to clinical operations; Skill in conducting detailed analyses of complex functions and work process; Ability to use management tools and techniques (flow charts, decision trees, forecasting techniques, needs assessments, process improvement, and feasibility studies); Ability to use various analytical techniques to include simulation, modeling, and time studies; Knowledge of strategic planning methodologies and possess abilities in coordinating and providing effective planning direction to the organization; and Effectively express information to multiple audiences through clear, convincing oral and written communications.
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.
Mar 13, 2025;
from:
usajobs.gov